This snippet from Rootsweb Review may be of general interest, even though it will be a few years before we can access the 1930 records. Karen --------------------- >From Rootsweb Review 1930 FEDERAL POPULATION CENSUS -- Information about this census which will be released on 1 April 2002 along with the Soundex indexes for Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, part of Kentucky (Bell, Floyd, Harlen, Kenton, Muhlenberg, Perry, and Pike counties), Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and part of West Virginia (Fayette, Harrison, Kanawha, Logan, McDowell, Mercer, and Raleigh counties). <http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/1930cen.html> CLUES IN CENSUS RECORDS, 1790-1840 <http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/oldclues.html>