----- Original Message ----- From: <JYoung6180@aol.com> To: <PENNSYLVANIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 1:10 PM Subject: [PA] 1930 Census Search Help from NARA > This information was posted on the PA GenWeb Coordinators' list and I thought > it would be of interest to the members of this list so I'm passing it along... > > The National Archives has provided an early gift for those of us who are > already aware that the 1930 Census which is being released Monday (April 1, > 2002) has no Soundex index for the state of Pennsylvania. To help the > researcher, the National Archives has provided an online search help that > identifies the layout of enumeration districts within counties so when one > does begin a search, you'll know exactly where to go before going throught > the challenging task of finding the folks you are trying to locate. You may > wish to share this information with your browsers on your county sites. > > Go to: > http://1930census.archives.gov/beginSearch.asp > > Type in (or find) Pennsylvania, and then when a new screen comes up, find the > county you are looking for, and then go to page 1, and click enter, and it > will show you the arrangement order of townships & broughs (or more > specifically, the enumeration districts) within a roll of microfilm.