Census and Voice

So, this weekend I did a lot of work pulling my resources together and creating an outline

I also did a lot of searching through census records, but it's kind of difficult because I've narrowed my research down to the years 1845-1847 (I'm still narrowing), but most women only stayed in the area for a few years at a time, so most of the specific women I search aren't coming up. But, what the sensus records are giving me are ages. It's a solid example of what the age range was in this community.

Then I was going through some saved files and came upon a site I'd forgotten about. It was a database with scanned copies of the "Voice of  Industry," a popular newspaper which was first published in 1845 and was last published in 1848. It has lots of advertisements, more stories written by the women, and common comings and goings form the town.

I was really happy when I found it!

Hope everyone is doing great!