On 30/7/98 at 7:36 AM PDT, Colleen Nelson wrote: >I have recently begun research on my paternal grandfather and have very >little information. I have a trip planned to the NARA in Seattle next >week and have a question regarding Soundex for Federal Census. If my >grandfather was not a head of household at the time of the census and only >a member of the household, will I still be able to locate his surname (if >it is different from the rest) or are these lookups only for the HOH?? The 1920 is completely Soundexed. The 1910 is Soundexed for only some states, not including Washington. The 1900 is completely Soundexed. The 1880 is Soundexed only for households that included a child age 10 or younger. Joanna Ashmun jmashmun@halcyon.com