Did you try Ancestry? Having the nation-wide index available makes it so much easier than trying to guess where someone was on the day of enumeration. If you don't have a subscription, send me his name and I will try to find him. I have seen the institutions (including brothels in Butte) listing the inmates by name. Ellen -----Original Message----- From: SReif1956@comcast.net To: St. Louis Metro <MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 6:38 pm Subject: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] 1930 census question I found an article that gives me a reason why I could not find my mother's cousin in the St. Louis area census for 1930...it seems he was a resident of the state penitentiary since May 17, 1929, under sentence of 5 years for first degree armed robbery, Do you suppose they took a census for the inmates in Jefferson City? Is that where the state Pen was at that time? S.Reif ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MO-STLOUIS-METRO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- Unlimited storage and industry-leading spam and email virus protection.