HOW ABOUT A CORRECTION! THE CENSUS WILL BE
RELEASED ON April 1st, _2002_ (not 1902!).
--Jane
-----Original Message-----
From: Torres, Jane Ellen
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 8:15 AM
To: 'INRANDOL-L(a)rootsweb.com'
Subject: 1930 census soon to be available
Hello All,
For those of you who don't know or have forgotten,
the 1930 census is scheduled to become available at
the National Archives for purchase, rent, or inter-
library loan on April 1st, 1902.
Here is the information that the census will contain:
Questions Asked on the Census:
The 1930 census asked 32 questions about each person:
Place of Abode
1. Street, avenue, road, etc.
2. House number (in cities or towns)
3. Number of dwelling house in order of visitation
[this number supplied by census taker].
4. Number of family in order of visitation
[this number supplied by census taker].
Name
5. Name of each person whose place of abode
on April 1, 1930, was in this family.
Relation
6. Relationship of this person to the head of the family.
Home Data
7. Home owned or rented.
8. Value of home, if owned, or monthly rental, if rented.
9. Radio set.
10. Does this family live on a farm?
Personal Description
11. Sex.
12. Color or race
[White (W), Negro (Neg), Mexican (Mex),
Indian (In), Chinese (Ch), Japanese (Jp),
Filipino (Fil), Hindu (Hin), Korean (Kor),
other races spelled out in full.]
13. Age at last birthday.
14. Marital condition.
[Single (S), married (M), widowed (Wd), divorced (D).]
15. Age at first marriage.
Education
16. Attended school or college any time since Sept. 1, 1929.
17. Whether able to read and write.
Place of birth
18. Place of birth--PERSON.
19. Place of birth--FATHER.
20. Place of birth--MOTHER.
Mother Tongue (or Native Language) of Foreign Born
21. Language spoken in home before
coming to the United States.
Here follows 3 columns of "CODE (For office use only. Do not write
in these columns)" relating to "State or M.T. [mother tongue],"
"Country," and "Nativity." These codes were entered to assist in
statistical tabulation and do not provide any information beyond
that found in columns 18-21.
Citizenship, etc.
22. Year of immigration to the United States.
23. Naturalization.
24. Whether able to speak English.
Occupation & Industry
25. Trade, profession, or particular kind
of work done, as spinner, salesman,
riveter, teacher, etc.
26. Industry or business, as cotton mill,
dry-goods store, shipyard, public school, etc.
27. Class of worker.
Employment
28. Whether actually at work yesterday
(or the last regular working day)--Yes or No
29. If not, line number on Unemployment Schedule.
[Note: Unemployment schedules no longer exist.]
Veterans
30. Whether a veteran of U.S. military
or naval force--Yes or No.
31. What war or expedition?
[World War (WW), Spanish-American War (Sp),
Civil War (Civ), Philippine Insurrection (Phil),
Boxer Rebellion (Box), Mexican Expedition (Mex)].
Farm Schedule
32. Number of farm schedule.
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You can read more about it at
http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/1930cen.html
I haven't heard anything about the commercial release of CD versions
yet but I imagine that it won't take them too long to begin to offer
the census on CD. It may be a bit pricy for a while...
Take Care,
--Jane