A student from the U of Denver, doing research while here in Boston was interested in accessing the 1850 census. The print volumes in the Reference Room only present aggregate data -- to his dismay, as he wanted a list of the actual heads of households (by name and such) for Essex County in New York.
Thanks to JC's knowledge and our online subscription to Ancestry.com (the "library edition," which you access via e-resources) we could get that level of detail. Ancestry has apparently scanned in the individual census records -- which include the names of heads of households -- back to 1790. Very neat indeed!
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