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Surnames: CARNAHAN
Classification: Query
Message Board URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WeH.2ACEB/613
Message Board Post:
If you are contemplating renting or purchasing any of the nine microfilm rolls that cover
the CARNAHAN surname in the 1930 census, DON'T BOTHER. It appears that only certain
counties in each of the nine states were Soundexed.
These are the states and roll numbers that cover the CARNAHAN surname in the Soundex:
Alabama M2049-26
Arkansas M2050-20
Florida M2051-20
Georgia M2052-54
Louisiana M2054-34
Mississippi M2055-31
North Carolina M2056-36-37
Kentucky M2053-5
I looked at the Kentucky tape which should have had many CARNAHAN families and only found
listings for the following counties:
Bell
Floyd
Harlan
Kenton
Muhlenberg
Perry
Pike
I also looked at Florida and Manasota county, where my grandfather was living, was NOT
among those soundexed.
I have sent a message to the Nation Archives asking for a list of the counties listed in
each of the nine states. If I receive an answer, I will post it here.