Monica, When I typed in the address for ancestry the opening screen has the free 1930 census - you have the option of accessing that or going directly to ancestry.com www.ancestry.com Hope this helps, Cindy in WI ---- nichols monica <babyface557@yahoo.com> wrote: > This link does not work can someone post the link for > the free 1930 census trial w/ ancestry that was posted > earlier in the week? > Thank you > > From: Bill Wright <wmewrght@hal-pc.org> > > To: RIGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Free 1930 census on line > > > > A better link that takes you directly to the 1930 > > census site is: > > > > > <http://www.ancestry.com/rd/befree/affprodredirect.asp?key=Uhttp://census.ancestry.com/microsite/censuscomplete.aspx> > > > > heritagequestonline also has parts of the 1930 > > census on-line. Access to > > this site is avaiable to members of the NEHGS, and > > many libraries > > across the country, such as the Houston Public > > Library. > > > > The indexing on the two sites is different and each > > has their own > > advantages. I prefer the heritagequest census images > > to those on > > ancestry using macromedia flash. > > > > I like the fuzzy searches available through the > > ancestry index system. > > But it is more difficult to zero in on specific data > > that can be done on > > heritagequest. Ancestry will produce a list of up to > > 100 possible hits. > > Most will be far off the mark because of the fuzzy > > searching. > > heritagequest will show you all matching hits > > without the 100 > > limitation. But what you enter in your search > > request is what you get. > > If you ask for the name "Green," you get Green, not > > "Greene." > > > > Bill Wright > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== RIGENWEB Mailing List ==== > The RI Archives http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ri/rifiles.htm > RIGenWeb Archives Search http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/ri/risearch.html