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Subject: [DEKENT] 1930 Census
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 20:54:44 EST

Hi List,

I received this from another mailing list! :)

Happy hunting, Helen (DCGS)

I received this newsletter today which covers info about the 1930 Census

which is coming out in April:


FAMILY TREE FINDERS

Monday – 26 November 2001

Gearing Up for the 1930 Census


As we have discussed before, the 1930 census will soon be available. Its

release date is 1 April 2002. What this means is that the National

Archives and its 13 NARA branches will have the Soundex and census films

available that day. For those of us who access these films from another

repository, that date will come and go and the films will not yet be

available.


According to the National Archives' web page on the 1930 census

(http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/1930cen.html), those repositories that

pre-order whole states or the whole country will be shipped their film

the first week of April. It will take some time for those repositories

to catalog and then make the films available.


The other disappointing news is the fact that the 1930 census is only

partially Soundexed. Like the 1910 census, we will have to narrow our

research using other methods. Like the 1910 census, there are census

enumeration district descriptions.


These are on microfilm, and the National Archives 1930 census Web page

shows what films of micropublication T1224 pertain to the 1930 census

and for what state. If your repository does not have these films, you

can order them directly from the National Archives, paying for just the

film that you need for the state where your ancestors are from.


Locating your ancestor in city directories, for those with urban

ancestors, you can use these census enumeration descriptions, the

address in the city directory and a map of the area, preferably showing

city divisions, such as assembly districts or wards of the city, to

narrow your research to a select few enumeration districts rather than

having to search all enumeration districts.


While some of the states were Soundexed, the majority of us will need to

use a method such as this one. So, as we wait for the release of the

1930 census we can begin to prepare. This way when the films are finally

available to us, we will be able to focus in on the select enumeration

districts rather than beginning our preparation then.


Before we know it April will be here and then soon after the films will

hopefully be available through our various genealogy repositories. While

patience is not a genealogist's strong suit, at least you can be doing

something toward the 1930 census research rather than having to sit by

and twiddle thumbs.


You will also want to check out some of the USGenWeb sites over the next

couple of months. Some of them will begin to make available tax lists,

or other lists that may help you to further narrow down the locality of

your ancestor within those larger cities.

Rhonda R. McClure



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Diana in AL


searching for RITTER, NEUKIRCH/NIEKIRK/ NEWKIRK, DeTURK, BERTOLET,

YODER, MOHR/MOORE, KERST, GELBACH, KIELER in Berks Co PA

SAVAGE, LANDIS, JONES, DUGAN in Chester Co

SAVAGE, MORGAN, PALMER, EVANS in Philadelphia Co PA

HODGSON, DEAN in TN

DEAN, HANEY, WILLIAMS in AL, TN

DEAN, RIPPEE in MO

SAVAGE, LACEY, MOHR in KS, AZ and OR

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