While the federal census captured a household once every ten years, a store ledger captured a community in motion, week by week and season by season. For Appalachian researchers, these records fill gaps no government enumeration ever could. Includes a Store Ledger Entry Transcription Worksheet, a credit network mapping guide for identifying kin and neighbor clusters, a cross-reference table pairing ledger entries to supporting records, and a repository guide for locating surviving ledgers in county archives and historical societies.