Abstract

The authors develop a methodology to create databases that can be used to add micro-level geographic context to longitudinal historical demographic analyses. The method transforms geographic objects as snapshots (digitized from historical maps) into temporal representations of longitudinal object lifelines and links individuals to these geographic objects. The methodology is evaluated via a case study using historical data from the Scanian Economic Demographic Database. The authors link approximately 53,000 individuals in five parishes for the period 1813-1914 to the property units in which they had lived. The results of this study are a unique contribution in terms of linking individuals to micro-level longitudinal geographic data over such long periods. Thus, these data may provide new knowledge for historical demographic research.

Keywords

property units; GIS; geographic data; longitudinal historical data; micro-level

Published in

Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History
2015, Volume: 48, number: 3, pages: 153-173
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

UKÄ Subject classification

Economic History


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01615440.2015.1016645

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/84271