Abstract of persons born outside of Pa. or the U.S. from the 1850 census : for Bart Twp., Brecknock Twp., Caernarvon Twp., Colerain Twp., Drumore Twp., East Cocalico Twp., Elizabeth Twp., Lancaster Twp., Little Britain Twp., Manor Twp., Martic Twp., and West Cocalico Twp
Records of pastoral acts at the Lutheran and Reformed congregations of the Muddy Creek Church, East Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1730-1790
Federal nonpopulation census schedules for Pennsylvania, 1850-1880, sociasl statistics and supplemental schedules
Place of Publication
Washington, D.C
Publisher
National Archives, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration,
Date of Publication
1965.
Physical Description
3 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
Series
National Archives microfilm publication ; microcopy no. 597.
Notes
Each census arranged alphabetically by county.
Library owns: Reel 4 - Social Statistics 1850 Jefferson to Northumberland Counties -- Reel 7 - Social Statistics 1860 Crawford to Monroe Counties -- Reel 16 Dependent, Defective and Delinquent Classes 1880 Lakawanna to Lebanon Counties.
Record Group 29.
Contents
The LancasterHistory Research Center only holds the "Social Statistics 1860: Crawford to Monroe Counties" microfilm reel. Digital files associated with this resource provide all pages related to Dauphin, Lancaster, and Lebanon Counties. The entire series of this resource include the following: Reels 1-5. Social Statistics, 1850. -- Reels 6-8. Social Statistics, 1860. -- Reel 10. Social Statistics, 1870. -- Reels 11-23. Dependent, defective, and deliquent classes, 1880.
Summary
The Social Statistics presents data for each township and borough in the county. The types of data include the following: Valuation of estate, real, and personal; Annual taxes; Seasons and crops with "usual average crop"; Schools/colleges/academies and the number of students; libraries and the number of volumes; Newspapers/periodicals and their circulation; Religious organizations/churcHes along with the number of persons they can accommodate and the valuation of church property; number of paupers; number of criminals; and average wages for six different categories of work.
