The 1930 US Federal Census will be released on April 1. It consists of more than 2,600 rolls of microfilm covering over 137 million individuals. It contains information on the usual -- names of all persons living in each home; relationship of each person to the head of household; whether the home is owned or rented; place of birth; citizenship status; and occupation -- but also some socio-economic info, such as the value of the home; if the family owns a radio; if they own a farm; whether they attended school or college; if they can read or write. MyFamily.com promises to have some images from the 1930 census online within "hours" of the release, and the entire 1930 census online within three months, Ancestry.com is also going to be posting it as well. You can find the links to all US Federal Censuses that Ancestry makes available, here; and this is where the 1930 file will be posted once it's available: <http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/main.htm?lfl=sln> MyFamily's home page is here: <http://www.myfamily.com/isapi.dll?c=Home&htx=LoginFrontMember&_lin=1> ***** Peter Morgan * Morgan:Newsletters * 604.683.3241 * pmorgan@morgan-news.com News that sells * #118, 970 Burrard St., Vancouver, B.C., V6Z 2R4, Canada All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand.