Hi, Is there a special book which lists the streets and their ED's for each year of the census? How does a person find out which ED to search? I imagine the 1930 will be soundexed and you can research the soundex to find the correct family which will then give you the correct ED..but is there a book available which would do this for the city of Milwaukee?? Susan snokes@tscnet.com

I'm still figuring this all out, but as far as I can tell there's no special book which lists the streets and their ED's for each year of the census. How a person finds out which ED to search depends on what year you're dealing with. -------- 1900-prior -------- I have no clue. Ask again in a few years :) -------- 1910: -------- 1. You can view a Milwaukee Street map with the E.D.'s marked on it at your local Family History Center. Title Wright's map of Milwaukee Notes: Milwaukee : Wright Directory, c1922. Election districts for 1910 census have been marked on the map. FHL US/CAN Fiche 6049950 2. If you're near Milwaukee County, you can view a Milwaukee Street map with the E.D.'s marked on it at Central Library. Ask for it at the Humanities desk. 3. If you have a census subscription to Ancestry.com, they give a description of the E.D.'s for 1910.You can refer an old street map and determine what E.D. to search. Or, you can use this information to create your own E.D. map. (This is what I did- probably not as accurate as the FHL or Library map, but good enough and I can use it any time of the day or night. 4. Post your questions on the Milwaukee mailing list or on the rootsweb/ancestry Milwaukee bulletin board. -------- 1920: -------- For 1920, Wisconsin has a soundex index. Ask for the index from your local LDS FHC, use a Wisconsin ARC (Area Research Center), or request a lookup from a mailing list or bulletin board. To find in what E.D. an address was for the 1920 census, I've found two options: 1. You can view a Milwaukee Street map with the E.D.'s marked on it at your local Family History Center. Title Wright's map of Milwaukee Notes Photocopy of original published: Milwaukee : Wright Directory, c1922. Includes 1920 enumeration districts provide by the Reference Department of the Genealogical Society of Utah. FHL US/CAN Fiche 6117535 2. You can order a map from the U.S. government National Archives that has the E.D.'s marked on it. Last week I sent a letter off asking for information on how to order the map and how much it costs. Of course I have no response yet :) http://www.nara.gov/publications/microfilm/census/1920/1920pt1.txt 1920 Enumeration District Maps The Bureau of the Census produced enumeration district maps for many counties, cities, and towns. Those available for the 1920 census are listed below. To order copies of the maps, contact the Cartographic and Architectural Branch (NNSC), National Archives, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001. The prices vary with the size of the map. -------- 1930 -------- For 1930, I don't believe there is going to be a soundex available. If an index is going to be created, allow plenty of time for it to get done :). The easiest method I've heard is to find a street address, use Stephen Morse's site to determine the ED's to search, and then search those ED's. Hope this helps. If you get any other private responses, please ask the sender to post to the list because I'd love to learn more! Cheryl --- Susan Nokes <snokes@tscnet.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a special book which lists the streets and > their ED's for each year > of the census? How does a person find out which ED > to search? > > I imagine the 1930 will be soundexed and you can > research the soundex to > find the correct family which will then give you the > correct ED..but is > there a book available which would do this for the > city of Milwaukee?? > > Susan > snokes@tscnet.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.yahoo.com/