While many streets in Philadelphia have remained the same over the years, a great many did change, which can cause major confusion for researchers. You can read about a handy publication for resolving this problem on the Bare Roots web site, under Publications. http://members.aol.com/bareroot/ Also, once you get an address (with cross streets), Steve Morse's websites, of which there are many, are wonderful aids to finding 1930 eds for many cities. He has so many useful tools that I'm listing his home page so you can select things that interest you. http://www.stevemorse.org/ jo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Ann Westfall" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 12:21 PM Subject: Tips for finding the right EDs in Census > Hello List, > If you have confidence your ancestors were in a specific location during > the time of a census but they do not show up in the online indexes, this > method may help you find them. I have used this to find individuals on > Ancestry.com. This works if you have an address from a Street Directory > or other records for the period. It worked well for me in searching > areas such as Philadelphia and New York where the street names have not > changed over the years. If the street you are looking for no longer > exists on today's maps, you will need to determine the location from old > maps or street directories. > > You will need good map software such as Microsoft Streets and Trips > which shows the names of all streets. > > Step 1 > Locate the address on your map software. Look at the surrounding > streets which may have been used as ED boundaries. Print a copy of the > map. > > Step 2 > Go to the online census or other source which shows the description of > the enumeration districts in the County, Township and/or City you are > searching. Copy and paste the descriptions in a word document. > > Use the FIND tool in your word program and enter the name of the street > your ancestors were living on and highlight it each time it appears in > the ED descriptions with a color. Enter the names of other surrounding > streets and use the FIND tool to locate the street each time it appears. > I find using a different color for each street makes it easier to > quickly scan the finished document in a large city or town. > > Step 3 > > Locate the EDs that have the most highlighted street names. These are > the EDs you can concentrate on for a page by page search of the census. > > > Outlining these EDs on your printed map may help you see the order in > which you want to search these targeted Enumeration Districts. > > Hope this helps someone. This is an accumulation of some tips I have > read in the past. > > Perhaps one of our readers can suggest a method for doing this on a MAC > computer. I am not familiar with the programs available for MAC users. > > Mary Ann Westfall, (DCGS) > > > >