Does anyone know how to search for streets listed on the 1930 census?
I have a name of a possible ancestor and the street he lived on in 1930. But my grandfather is not sure if the name he is giving me is exactly correct. I have done a basic search of the 1930 census using the name and ancestry.com, but no luck. So I would like to find the page(s) that include this street so I can look through the individuals and see if there is a name that is close.
Does anyone know of a way I can find out what enumeration district for the 1930 census a particular street in Atlanta would be in? I don't want to go through each district, because there are over 130 districts for Atlanta w/ 20+ pages of census data for each district.
Thanks!
DrJ2010-01-25T13:01:04Z
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Use the databases that I and my volunteers have put together (and Steve Morse has a search program for them) so you can search from an address for any town/city over 25,000 to an ED # for the 1930 census (and other years as well).
Go to stevemorse.org. Remember, it's not a *.com.
And look in the census folder. For the larger urban areas use the large city ED finder utility. Atlanta GA should be there.
If you have trouble with the utilities, read carefully the FAQ section on the website.
City directories have reverse listings - people listed in order of street and number, instead of by name.
The special collections rooms of most libraries have old city directories.
If you can either go to Atlanta or know someone who can, or are willing to send the library a SASE and a small donation, you might get a page. If your ancestors lived on, for instance, Elm Street, and it was just 4 blocks long, and "Ralph Rutabega" lived at 312 Elm in 1930, you could look up Ralph in the census, see what ED he and Mrs. Rutabega were in, then read forward and back.
Note you should get 5 - 6 names, the rarer the better. Note also that if it was "Peach Tree" Avenue, Blvd., Street, Alley, Circle, Court, Place or Walk, your cause is doomed; also if the street is 4 miles long.
I'd try the 1931 directory first, since it took about a year for the Collection & Publishing process; people in Elm Street answered the question in 1930 and saw their names in the book in 1931. =================== Added :
Dr J. answered you as I was typing. DANG! That is a wonderful find! Try his first, obviously.
Also, note that 20% - 30% of all census entries have some sort of spelling problem; I have found Pack ancestors as Back, Pack, Peck, Pick, Pock, Puck, Park, Pak and Pork.