Steve & Cynthia Busch wrote: > I am reserching DECKER in Elizabeth. > > I tryed to find this family in the 1920 Soundex but they did not seem > to > be listed even though I am positive they were living in Elizabeth at > this time. > > I went to the 1910 census to look because I was pretty sure I knew > where > the were living at that time. I went to the enumeration district for > their address and found that there address was not counted. I found > this > amazing since they were living in the port area and there had to have > been many families living at the same house number. I looked through > most of the other enumeration districts for that area and never found > the street address. I know it exists because I checked the city > directories for 1909, 1911 and 1913. > > Has anyone else had this problem while researching in Elizabeth. Is it > > possible the pages are out of order. > > HELLPP!! This family emigrated around 1905 so I can't look at the 1900 > > census. > > Cynthia Busch > Plantation, FL Hi Cynthia, I am far from an expert in this area and I am sure other listers will be more helpful with this but here goes. If there is a Family History Center near you, you can order films from the 1905 and 1915 NJ state census. You seem to have good information about where to look so it should be easy to pinpoint which films you need. There is also a website for Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness which lists volunteers that do look-ups for specific counties all across the country. (I volunteer for the county I live in even though I have no relatives in this area.) If there is a volunteer for Union County, they might be able to access the state census at their county library and could look up the information for you as some county libraries have the state census on microfilm. The address is http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnraogk/index.htm. I just checked and unfortunately, Union County does not have a volunteer yet. Anyone on the list interested? You only commit to doing one look-up a month and I have found that it really can be a lot of fun. I hope this helps. Alice