The addition of the 1930 census to many libraries and genealogy societies has caused a great interest in finding people in that census year. Unfortunately when the census was taken the government was financially strapped and there was not enough money to create a soundex index for 1930 like there is for 1900, 1910 and 1920. This makes it very difficult to find someone without knowing their exact address and location. Some of the subscription genealogy services have added the 1930 images to their offerings and some like Ancestry.com have included their own transcribed index. The following is the link to Ancestry.Com's 1930 Census Index Search:
Ancestry.com 1930 U.S. Federal Census Index SearchAncestry.com has made their index available to all with the exception that the personal data and the images are not able to be viewed unless you subscribe to Ancestry.com. There is a way around this. Ancestry.com provides a link to the image of the individual search results and imedded in this link are the state, Series, roll number and image number. If you utilize the NARA 1930 Census Research page located at http://1930census.archives.gov/beginSearch.asp, you can determine the counties the reel covers and then by plugging in the county and the township and towns specified on the NARA page for that county, determine a location for the individual. It is then a process of using the images either from another non-indexed site like Heritage Quest, or the actual microfilm, you can then navigate to that locaility and go through the census page by page until you find the person you are looking for. You can further use information on the image to determine how far to jump to find the right page.
Sound complicated? It is but it can be done. Since the focus of this site is Muskingum, I have gone to the trouble of creating a conversion chart so you should be able to determine the exact page using the information provided by Ancestry.com's index. The table below lists the township, localities and city wards covered in the 1930 Federal Census for Muskingum county. The images provided by both Heritage Quest and Ancestry.com are sequential but are not numbered the same. Heritage quest does number their images starting with 1 in each enumeration group. You can find this image number under the heading of "HQ Image." It also provides a sequential numbering of each image in that group so by using the Ancestry.com image number, first find the group and enumeration district that number exists in. Subtract the Ancestry.com image number that corresponds with the first page of that enumeration district. Use the remainder to add to the HQ Image number and that should give you the number of images to jump from the first page of that enumeration group.
Here is an example using one of my relatives that I know lived in Muskingum County.
I am looking for "Clay Mock." I entered his name and entered Ohio and
Muskingum in the State and County fields. The results returned one person
that matched that criteria. The link to "View Image" is as follows:
http://content.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=OHT626_1859-0263
From this we determine the following:
Using the Ancestry.Com image number 0263 we see from the table that it is in Zanesville, Ward 4, Enumeration district 60-44.
We see from the table that the first Ancestry.com image number for enumeration district 60-44 is 225.
Subtracting 225 from 263 gives us 38. The person should be found 38 pages from the first page of that enumeration district.
If the first image in that enumeration district is 1 then just add 1 to the number found in the previous step to find the converted image number. In this case the first image in ED 60-44 is 47. Adding 38 to 47 we get 85. This is the image number in that group. Since Heritage Quest has a separate group for Zanesville Ward 4 and they supply a "Jump" field, entering 85 in that field and hitting enter will jump to the correct page.
If you have access to Heritage Quest or another non-indexed image site, then this step is moot as you will already know the Sheet Number and Page Number on the image you found. If you are using microfilm then knowing these numbers can be more convenient than counting pages.
Using the table we find the first page for ED 60-44 is 112A. The Sheet number always starts at 1A for each enumeration district. Each page and sheet are counted with an "A" and "B" page so every odd numbered page will be an "A" and Every even numbered page will be a "B".
If we use the number from Step 3, 38 and divide it by two, we get 19 with no remainder. Add 1 (each ED starts at 1) and this gives us 20. The first page is always "A". If dividing by two leaves a remainder then it would be the "B" page.
This gives us the Sheet number of 20A.
The first page number for the enumeration district 60-44 is 112A. Adding 19 to this number gives us 131A. This is the actual page number.
The above example can easily be seen by looking at a complete list of all pages for ED 60-44 from the following:
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(This is not the complete table, only a visual breakdown of ED 60-44 for use with the above example.) Sequence HQ Ancestry Number Image Image Page Sheet 1 47 225 112A 1A 2 48 226 112B 1B 3 49 227 113A 2A 4 50 228 113B 2B 5 51 229 114A 3A 6 52 230 114B 3B 7 53 231 115A 4A 8 54 232 115B 4B 9 55 233 116A 5A 10 56 234 116B 5B 11 57 235 117A 6A 12 58 236 117B 6B 13 69 237 118A 7A 14 60 238 118B 7B 15 61 239 119A 8A 16 62 240 119B 8B 17 63 241 120A 9A 18 64 242 120B 9B 19 65 243 121A 10A 20 66 244 121B 10B 21 67 245 122A 11A 22 68 246 122B 11B 23 79 247 123A 12A 24 70 248 123B 12B 25 71 249 124A 13A 26 72 250 124B 13B 27 73 251 125A 14A 28 74 252 125B 14B 29 75 253 126A 15A 30 76 254 126B 15B 31 77 255 127A 16A 32 78 256 127B 16B 33 89 257 128A 17A 34 80 258 128B 17B 35 81 259 129A 18A 36 82 260 129B 18B 37 83 261 130A 19A 38 84 262 130B 19B 39 85 263 131A 20A 40 86 264 131B 20B 41 87 265 132A 21A 42 88 266 132B 21B 43 89 267 133A 22A 44 90 268 133B 22B 45 91 269 134A 23A 46 92 270 134B 23B |
HQ Ancestry Enumeration
Locality Roll Page Sheet Image Image District
Adams Twp 1858 235A 1A 1 474 60-01
Adams Twp 1858 239B 5B 10 483 60-01
Blue Rock Twp 1858 240A 1A 1 484 60-02
Blue Rock Twp 1858 246B 7B 14 497 60-02
Brush Creek Twp 1858 247A 1A 1 498 60-03 Cannelville Village
Brush Creek Twp 1858 249B 3B 6 503 60-03 Cannelville Village
Brush Creek Twp 1858 250A 1A 1 504 60-04
Brush Creek Twp 1858 258B 9B 18 521 60-04
Cass Twp 1858 1A 1A 1 524 60-05
Cass Twp 1858 11B 11B 22 545 60-05
Clay Twp 1858 12A 1A 1 546 60-06 Roseville Village
Clay Twp 1858 23B 12B 24 569 60-06 Roseville Village
Clay Twp 1858 24A 1A 1 570 60-07
Clay Twp 1858 26B 3B 6 576 60-07
Clay Twp 1858 27A 1A 1 577 60-55 Roseville Brick Plant, Ohio Penetentiary
Clay Twp 1858 30B 4B 8 584 60-55 Roseville Brick Plant, Ohio Penetentiary
Falls Twp 1858 31A 1A 1 585 60-08
Falls Twp 1858 55B 25B 52 636 60-08
Harrison Twp 1858 56A 1A 1 637 60-09 Taylorsville Village (Philo)
Harrison Twp 1858 64B 9B 18 654 60-09 Taylorsville Village (Philo)
Harrison Twp 1858 65A 1A 1 655 60-10
Harrison Twp 1858 69B 5B 10 664 60-10
Highland Twp 1858 70A 1A 1 665 60-11
Highland Twp 1858 75B 6B 12 676 60-11
Hopewell Twp 1858 76A 1A 1 677 60-12
Hopewell Twp 1858 87B 12B 24 700 60-12
Jackson Twp 1858 88A 1A 1 701 60-13 Frazeysburg Village
Jackson Twp 1858 94B 7B 14 714 60-13 Frazeysburg Village
Jackson Twp 1858 95A 1A 1 715 60-14
Jackson Twp 1858 101B 7B 14 728 60-14
Jefferson Twp 1858 102A 1A 1 729 60-15 Dresden Village
Jefferson Twp 1858 115B 14B 28 756 60-15 Dresden Village
Jefferson Twp 1858 116A 1A 1 757 60-16
Jefferson Twp 1858 117B 2B 4 760 60-16
Licking Twp 1858 118A 1A 1 761 60-17
Licking Twp 1858 125B 8B 16 776 60-17
Madison Twp 1858 126A 1A 1 777 60-18
Madison Twp 1858 131B 6B 12 788 60-18
Meigs Twp 1858 132A 1A 1 789 60-19
Meigs Twp 1858 139B 8B 16 804 60-19
Monroe Twp 1858 140A 1A 1 805 60-20
Monroe Twp 1858 144B 5B 10 814 60-20
Muskingum Twp 1858 145A 1A 1 815 60-21
Muskingum Twp 1858 152B 1A 16 830 60-21
Newton Twp 1858 153A 1A 1 831 60-22 Uniontown Village
Newton Twp 1858 154B 2B 4 834 60-22 Uniontown Village
Newton Twp 1858 155A 1A 1 835 60-24 West Part
Newton Twp 1858 171B 17B 34 868 60-24 West Part
Newton Twp 1858 172A 1A 1 869 60-23 East Fultonham Village
Newton Twp 1858 177B 6B 12 880 60-23 East Fultonham Village
Newton Twp 1858 178A 24A 1 881 60-23 Muskingum County Childrens Home
Newton Twp 1858 178B 24B 2 882 60-23 Muskingum County Childrens Home
Newton Twp 1858 179A 1A 1 883 60-24 East Part
Newton Twp 1858 188B 1A 20 902 60-24 East Part
Perry Twp 1858 189A 1A 1 903 60-25
Perry Twp 1858 198B 10B 20 922 60-25
Rich Hill Twp 1858 199A 1A 1 923 60-26
Rich Hill Twp 1858 206B 8B 16 938 60-26
Salem Twp 1858 207A 1A 1 939 60-27 Adamsville Village
Salem Twp 1858 208B 2B 4 942 60-27 Adamsville Village
Salem Twp 1858 209A 1A 1 943 60-28
Salem Twp 1858 214B 6B 12 954 60-28
Salt Creek Twp 1858 215A 1A 1 955 60-29
Salt Creek Twp 1858 222B 8B 16 970 60-29
Springfield Twp 1858 223A 1A 1 971 60-30 S Zanesville Village
Springfield Twp 1858 235B 13B 26 996 60-30 S Zanesville Village
Springfield Twp 1858 236A 1A 1 997 60-31
Springfield Twp 1858 250B 15B 30 1026 60-31
Union Twp 1858 251A 1A 1 1027 60-32 New Concord Village
Union Twp 1858 262B 12B 24 1050 60-32 New Concord Village
Union Twp 1858 263A 1A 1 1051 60-33 Norwich Village
Union Twp 1858 264B 2B 4 1054 60-33 Norwich Village
Union Twp 1858 265A 1A 1 1055 60-34
Union Twp 1858 271B 7B 14 1068 60-34
Washington Twp 1859 1A 1A 1 3 60-35
Washington Twp 1859 16B 16B 32 34 60-35
Wayne Twp 1859 17A 1A 1 35 60-36
Wayne Twp 1859 31B 15B 30 64 60-36
Wayne Twp 1859 32A 16A 1 65 60-36 Duncan Falls
Wayne Twp 1859 38B 22B 1 78 60-36 Duncan Falls
Zanesville Ward 1 1859 1A 1A 1 567 60-37
Zanesville Ward 1 1859 13B 13B 26 592 60-37
Zanesville Ward 1 1859 14B 1A 27 593 60-38
Zanesville Ward 1 1859 32B 19B 64 630 60-38
Zanesville Ward 2 1859 33A 1A 1 631 60-39
Zanesville Ward 2 1859 52B 20B 40 670 60-39
Zanesville Ward 2 1859 53A 1A 41 671 60-40
Zanesville Ward 2 1859 74B 22B 84 714 60-40
Zanesville Ward 3 1859 39A 1A 1 79 60-41
Zanesville Ward 3 1859 60B 22B 40 122 60-41
Zanesville Ward 3 1859 61A 1A 41 123 60-42
Zanesville Ward 3 1859 88B 28B 88 178 60-42
Zanesville Ward 4 1859 89A 1A 1 179 60-43
Zanesville Ward 4 1859 111B 23B 46 224 60-43
Zanesville Ward 4 1859 112A 1A 47 225 60-44
Zanesville Ward 4 1859 134B 23B 92 270 60-44
Zanesville Ward 4 1859 135A 1A 93 271 60-45
Zanesville Ward 4 1859 158B 24B 140 318 60-45
Zanesville Ward 4 1859 159A 1A 141 348 60-46
Zanesville Ward 4 1859 173B 15B 170 348 60-46
Zanesville Ward 4 1859 174A 1A 171 349 60-53
Zanesville Ward 4 1859 194B 21B 212 391 60-53
Zanesville Ward 5 1859 195A 1A 1 392 60-47
Zanesville Ward 5 1859 212B 18B 36 427 60-47
Zanesville Ward 5 1859 213A 1A 37 428 60-48
Zanesville Ward 5 1859 234B 27B 80 471 60-48
Zanesville Ward 5 1859 235A 1A 81 472 60-49
Zanesville Ward 5 1859 261B 27B 135 526 60-49
Zanesville Ward 5 1859 262A 1A 136 527 60-54
Zanesville Ward 5 1859 280B 19B 173 564 60-54
Zanesville Ward 5 1859 75A 1A 174 715 60-50
Zanesville Ward 5 1859 96B 22B 217 758 60-50
Zanesville Ward 6 1859 97A 1A 1 759 60-51
Zanesville Ward 6 1859 116B 20B 40 798 60-51
Zanesville Ward 6 1859 117A 1A 41 799 60-52
Zanesville Ward 6 1859 135B 19B 79 836 60-52