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1930 Census Searching
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There is no index or
Soundex for the 1930 Census in Ohio. So we have to search the hard
way. |
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1) Obtain a street address for your subject.
You can do this using the City Directory for your city or try the 1920
Census / Soundex and hope they have not moved in 10 years. |
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2) Use a geographic aid to identify the Enumeration
District. Note all 1930 Enumeration Districts (ED) are two part
numbers. There are three types of geographic aids you can use, NARA
Locator, Morse's Enumeration District Locator, Enumeration District Maps.
(Franklin County is 25-, Hamilton County is 31-) |
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Online 1930 Census Microfilm Locator from the National
Archives:
1930census.archives.gov/beginSearch.asp
You select the state from the drop down box on the
left hand side of the page.
Then you have searching choices, search by County, by
City or by the name of town, streets, post offices, rural townships,
election precinct and ward numbers, and rivers and lakes. Institutions
include schools, prisons, and sanitariums. |
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The
1930 Census Microfilm Locator includes transcriptions of the boundaries of
all the enumeration districts in the country (approximately 120,000 of
them). This means that ONLY the names of the boundary streets for an ED
are listed. If you do not find a match, try the names of other main
thoroughfares nearby to your location. Also, entering the names of nearby
institutions can help to identify ED numbers adjacent or close to the ED
being sought. |
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A
description of how to search using the NARA Geographic Description
database is explained at:
1930census.archives.gov/searchStrategiesGeographic.html |
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Morse's Enumeration District Locator also called
Obtaining EDs for the 1930 Census in One Step (Large
Cities)
found at:
stevemorse.org
First you select the state, then the city you wish to
search. (This is not a comprehensive list.) The database allows you to
search for an intersection. Then it will give you the ED including a
list of all the streets in that ED. The database will also provide
current. For those in libraries that retrieve the census by roll
number, the database will tell you the volume / roll number.
Try finding the main library in Columbus located at
Grant Avenue and State Street. The ED is 25-66.
This one-step site has descriptions for enumeration
districts in certain large cities only. While the NARA site includes only
the names of the boundary streets for an ED, this one-step site includes
every street that is part of the ED. As a bonus, the site will provide
advice to the user: input your city and it will tell you which resource to
use. |
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NOTE: The enumeration districts are not in
numerical order on the rolls of film. Morse's database tells you the
order of the EDs on the roll of film. NOTE:
Enumeration districts don't necessarily follow a geographical order
either. So be certain to copy out all the information you require
for your search. |
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3) Once you have the enumeration district and the roll
number, you can retrieve the census records by scanning that section of
the film. A map or a list of streets in that enumeration district
will help you find the people you are looking for. |
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You can download a blank 1930 census form from
Ancestry.com at:
www.ancestry.com/save/charts/census.htm |
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Sample search
using the 1920 Census examples |
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Course
Bibliography |
Course links |
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Genealogy Course Outline |
KSU (two-day) Course Outline |
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