Statistical database

I searched the Pew Research Center for statistics about genealogists and found a very interesting statistic in a report about public library users. 

 I found an article that mentioned genealogy in libraries specifically:

 

 

Access historical documents or archives or genealogical records: 25% of Americans ages 16 and older used their library in the past year to do so. African-Americans are more likely than others to have done this: 29% used the library this way, compared with 23% of whites and 19% of Hispanics.

 

Zickuhr, Kathryn, et al. Libraries, Patrons, and e-Books
Part 4: How People used the Library in the Past Year. Pew Internet: Pew Research Center, 2012. Retrieved from: http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2012/06/22/part-4-how-people-used-the-library-in-the-past-year/

 

Searchwise, this database was the hardest yet to use, in my opinion.  There was no thesaurus, the topics to browse at the top were very general and easy to get lost in, and no limiters on the search page.

 

Contentwise, this was the only mention of genealogy that I could find other than research done on online hobbyists from 2007.  Not very helpful to a researcher, so I don't think this database would have much relevant information for one of our genealogical patrons.