The Maryland Historical Society Library now has the 1930 Census. Unfortunately, the National Archives did not prepare a Soundex index for the Maryland portion of this census so you have to approach this the same way you approach the 1910 Census. There is a helping aid if your ancestors lived in Baltimore. There is a Microfilm reel that translates Baltimore City streets into Enumeration Districts. Then it is a matter of scanning the ED to find the people you are looking for. The streets are written along the left hand side of the census. The helping reel contains multiple cities, so do not let that confuse you. Baltimore City is the last one on the reel.

I am new to this research...is this typical of the census? Is there an index? Do they eventually prepare the indexes and soundexes? ----- Original Message ----- From: Margaret Isabelle Obert <board-obert@erols.com> To: <BALTGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 1:16 AM Subject: [BALTGEN-L] 1930 Census > The Maryland Historical Society Library now has the 1930 Census. > Unfortunately, the National Archives did not prepare a Soundex index for the > Maryland portion of this census so you have to approach this the same way > you approach the 1910 Census. There is a helping aid if your ancestors lived > in Baltimore. There is a Microfilm reel that translates Baltimore City > streets into Enumeration Districts. Then it is a matter of scanning the ED > to find the people you are looking for. The streets are written along the > left hand side of the census. > > The helping reel contains multiple cities, so do not let that confuse you. > Baltimore City is the last one on the reel. > > > ==== BALTGEN Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb/MDGenWeb page for Anne Arundel Co. - 350 Years of Settlement > 1649-1999 > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdannear >