From a genealogical standpoint, the 1850 federal census was a watershed event because it marked the first U.S. census to record the full name and a significant amount of demographic data on each person in a given household, whether family member or not (e.g., live-in servants). Mrs. Motes’ new volume marks the fourth book in a series devoted to the ethnic and migratory components of South Carolina’s population in 1850. It tallies 1850 foreign-born South Carolinians from the following countries: England, Scotland, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Russia, Denmark, Sweden, and Switzerland.