Thought everyone would be anxious to read this!! :) Barb -----Original Message----- From: Denise Maddox <Dmaddox@greyhound.com> To: bwhiz@prodigy.net <bwhiz@prodigy.net> Date: Friday, October 08, 1999 10:02 AM Subject: Re: 1930 census >Barbara: > >Would you be sure to post this to the Collin List... > >Thanks, >Denise > >>>> "Barbara Whisenant" <bwhiz@prodigy.net> 10/8/99 8:37:25 AM >>> >*****TIP***** >We have all been anxiously awaiting the 1930 census release. >Here is the latest news: >The 1930 census will be released in the year 2002. Only the Southern States >are indexed. The indexing was started in the >south but before it could be finished, W.W.II began and the labor force was >needed elsewhere. The states that are indexed >are: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, >South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. This is sad >news to researchers looking for ancestors in other states. What is worse is >the 1940 and 1950 censuses have not been >indexed at all! >This information came from Family Tree June-July 1999. >We are sure this is not what you wanted to hear but we are only the message >bearers and want to keep you up to date on >what's happening in the genealogy world. > >Don't forget about Gen Tip of the month - a collection of tips to help you >with your genealogy research. >URL is http://www.imagin.net/~tracers/gentips.htm > > > > ! >! >