Though this is "off subject" It's Christmas - I've been using Ancestry.com 1930 index heavily the past few weeks and have learned afew tricks I'll pass on. Their 1930 Index search engine doesn't "search" very well. You can also use their site's universal search engine if their 1930 engine is misbehaving, and your people will appear if they were indexed in any census, including 1930, The 1930 search engine also seems to tire easily. After a 1930 search, the 1930 engine will reappear for another search and then says "not found" [or something of that nature] if you request another search - don't believe it, click on the link "1930 Census" at the top of the page, go back to the starting 1930 Index page and redo your search with a fresh engine. I've also noticed when I used a Capital for the first letter of a name, the engine changes it to a small letter after its search and then won't redo or do another clean search, even when I changed the letter[s] back to a capital. I won't be reviewing my subscription to Ancestry this year. They've gotten too expensive, they don't like my browser (which I love), and my local HFC has it on line for a much cheaper fee, and there I can get everything! - not just Ancestry. Lynn > "John Chapman" wrote > > Their indexes are not 100%. If you look at their listing, you'll see > that NY, NH and IL are not listed as 100% Also, in this and other of > their indexes, if you don't find your relative, it does not mean > they were not included in the census. I've relatives in a number of > census that are in the NARA soundex, but NOT in Ancestry.com's > indexs. So use the indexes with caution. -- Visit my genealogy new "Updated" website: http://www.lanset.com/lingbro Researching surnames BOCHNICEK, BROD, BROZ, DVORAK, GRAHAM, PETRAN, PAZDERA, SMRCKA and more