UNfortunately, for the first year probably, using the 1930 census will be a pain, as only a very small portion of it is Soundexed. (however, LOUSIANA is one of them! :) There where also Many more people than there were in 1920, making it doubly worse. I am sure, however, that Ancestry and everyone else will set out right away on transcribing it, as they are doing with 1870, 1880, etc. But since its so much bigger that'll be a year or more, surely... Unless we have more advanced OCR techniques by then. (one can hope!) This is from the NARA site: Indexes using the soundex indexing system exist for the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky (part), Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia (part). These Kentucky counties are indexed: Bell, Floyd, Harlan, Kenton, Muhlenberg, Perry, and Pike. These West Virginia counties are indexed: Fayette, Harrison, Kanawha, Logan, McDowell, Mercer, and Raleigh. http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/1930cen.html There is going to be some great info on it - like "radio set?" and "year of immigration"! Btw - the Family History Center is a library, so they will be have the films for viewing on April 1 2002. Its gonna be crowded. :) -Ben At 1:35 PM -0500 10/24/00, David Strickland wrote: >first release date is april 1, 2002. libraries and institution orders >filled first. 1930 catalog not yet available. orders not taken before 1 >April 2002 from public. > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Harold Dozier [SMTP:hsdozier@att.net] >> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 1:24 PM >> To: LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: 1930 Census >> >> What is expected date for the 1930 Census to be available to the public? >> Like >> with the FHC library. >> >> Seems to me it was to be kept private for 70 years which should be about >> up? >> >> Best Regards, >> >> Harold Dozier >> Tulsa, OK -- <http://tunnels.tripod.com/> - My Old-As-Hell Home Page <http://freepages.sf.rootsweb.com/~bhines/> - My newish Genealogy Pages