This was forwarded to me by list member Michelle Burris Kenerly (bluejeans@ec.rr.com), who thought that it would be something helpful for the LDRoots readership. Thank you, Michelle! ----------------------------------- Here's something new for research. Subject: Mini-sode on the 1930 Census New Tricks from Old Dogs: A Mini-sode on the 1930 Census Did you know . . . You can identify ethnic entries in the 1930 census indexed images at Ancestry.com. On the search page, fill in the surname, using the predominant spelling for that name, and the place of residence-state, county, town. Click search. The entries will appear in family format - father, mother, and all the kids in the order they appear in the census. Next, review the spelling variations at the end of the predominant spelling. Watch for the places of birth that match your interest. This will enable you to find related families with spelling alternatives. Then review the places of birth for families from different places of residence. These entries will lead you to related families in other parts of the country. Families you have interviewed often know they have relatives in other towns and other states - they just can't remember who. You can find them by matching places of birth. Try this genealogy research strategy also for locating kinship networks prior to making searches in foreign countries of origin. The kin that surround your ancestor in America are often the same kin that surround your ancestor in his place of origin. Your favorite genealogist, Arlene Eakle http://www.arleneeakle.com
This sounds like a great tip, but I think that there may be a step omitted in your instructions below. When I follow the instructions as set out below, I don't see the info you said would appear. Could you pls review your instructions and see if something has been left out? Thanks. --- On Wed, 1/21/09, Shari Handley <srh@tyaskin.com> wrote: From: Shari Handley <srh@tyaskin.com> Subject: [LDR] Tips/Tricks for using the 1930 census To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2009, 2:57 PM This was forwarded to me by list member Michelle Burris Kenerly (bluejeans@ec.rr.com), who thought that it would be something helpful for the LDRoots readership. Thank you, Michelle! ----------------------------------- Here's something new for research. Subject: Mini-sode on the 1930 Census New Tricks from Old Dogs: A Mini-sode on the 1930 Census Did you know . . . You can identify ethnic entries in the 1930 census indexed images at Ancestry.com. On the search page, fill in the surname, using the predominant spelling for that name, and the place of residence-state, county, town. Click search. The entries will appear in family format - father, mother, and all the kids in the order they appear in the census. Next, review the spelling variations at the end of the predominant spelling. Watch for the places of birth that match your interest. This will enable you to find related families with spelling alternatives. Then review the places of birth for families from different places of residence. These entries will lead you to related families in other parts of the country. Families you have interviewed often know they have relatives in other towns and other states - they just can't remember who. You can find them by matching places of birth. Try this genealogy research strategy also for locating kinship networks prior to making searches in foreign countries of origin. The kin that surround your ancestor in America are often the same kin that surround your ancestor in his place of origin. Your favorite genealogist, Arlene Eakle http://www.arleneeakle.com *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message