For many years I have wondered which group
was the larger: the 2,808 subjects of this study
or the multitude lending greatly appreciated help
to its author. As it turned Out, the latter group
was smaller, but just barely. By far the largest
number of people I should thank replied kindly
to a letter from a stranger and supplied a datum
that vanished into the computer's maw. These
helpful individuals were so numerous that I
hope a heartfelt thank you will suffice for all.

No social-historical research project lasting a
sixth of a century can survive long without
funding, and I have been very fortunate in re-
ceiving it, beginning with a Research Grant
from the National Foundation for the Humani-
ties that released me for research during the
1972-73 academic year. For that year the Social
Science Research Council also tendered me a
Faculty Research Grant, which I had to decline,
but I remain grateful for its vote of confidence
in my project.

Beginning in 1971-72, and again in 1972-73,
1973-74, 1980-81, and 1985-86, York Uni-
versity provided Minor Research Grants to pur-
chase supplies and materials. York awarded me
a Faculty of Arts Fellowship for 1980-81, which
released me from two-thirds of my teaching and
permitted extensive searching of census micro-
films.

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