Information contained on the pages of the 1930 Federal Census Images. Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930 - Population Schedule ========================================================================= Steele Co. Genealogy NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Made available to The Steele Co. genealogy pages by: John Haberman ========================================================================= The following information may be available from the header area of each page of the 1930 Federal Census images. Not every data field was used on every page. These first items contain information filled in by the census taker: State Incorporated place Enumeration District No. Sheet No. County Ward of City Block No. Supervisor's District No. Township or other division of county Unincorporated place Institution Enumerated by me on (Date), 1930 (Name of the), Enumerator The following also appears in the header area of each page: A page number was stamped on the front side of each page. The letter "A" appears on the front side of each page. The letter "B" appears on the back side of each page. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = The following listing is the information content of each data column. Each side of a page allowed the listing of 50 people. PLACE OF ABODE 1 Street, avenue, road, etc. 2 House number (in cities or towns) 3 Number of dwelling house in order of visitation 4 Number of family in order of visitation NAME of each person whose place of abode on April 1, 1930, was in this family 5 Surname, given name and middle initial 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 Did this family live on a farm? PERSONAL DESCRIPTION 11 Sex 12 Color or race 13 Age at last birthday 14 Marrital condition 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 Place of birth of each person and parents of each person enumerated. If born in the United States, give the State or Territory. If of foreign birth, give the country of birth.... 18 PERSON 19 FATHER 20 MOTHER MOTHER TONGUE (OR NATIVE LANGUAGE) OF FOREIGN BORN 21 Language spoken in home before coming to the United States (Codes - for office use only) CITIZENSHIP 22 Year of immigration to the United States 23 Naturalized or alien 24 Whether able to speak English OCCUPATION AND INDUSTRY 25 OCCUPATION Trade, profession or patricular kind of work, as spinner, salesman, riveter, etc. 26 INDUSTRY Industry or business, as cottonmill, dry goods store, shipyard, public school etc. (Code - for office use only) 27 Class of worker EMPLOYMENT Whether actually at work 28 Yes or No 29 Line number for unemployed VETERANS Whether a veteran of the U.S. military or naval forces mobilized for any war or expedition 30 Yes or No 31 What war or expedition 32 Number of farm schedule