tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3761714970048172162.post4391018744734554572..comments2024-02-17T03:31:13.308-05:00Comments on Mountain Genealogists: Saturday Night Genealogy Fun.. The 1940 CensusCyndi Beane Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15470984285863722669noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3761714970048172162.post-58617493511859694142011-04-03T14:40:50.329-04:002011-04-03T14:40:50.329-04:00Thanks Joel! Yes, I do have the ED from the 1930 C...Thanks Joel! Yes, I do have the ED from the 1930 Census. However, in the Census years preceding the 1930, the ED name was changed frequently. So I will definitely begin with the 1930 ED name, and trust it didn't change yet again.This is an isolated mountain community for my Dad's family, and the Magisterial District is often what was used, as I explained, it often alternated between two different MD's for the ED of the time.<br />There were no road names. No street addresses [still aren't] for this community. Once I can locate the community, it will simply be a matter of locating someone in the community that I can place close to my direct ancestor, and work from there. [My first Census work had to be done this way, as there wasn't an index in the county courthouse where I was searching.... back in the days before we had online access!]<br />Mother's family will be a bit easier, as the ED never changed. However... Mother was only 3 at the time of the 1940 Census, and didn't know her address or town at the time. It will be a matter of looking through the known towns of where the family lived from the time of her birth until the time she was 5, to find the correct one!<br />Again, many thanks for the clues on finding this info!Cyndi Beane Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15470984285863722669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3761714970048172162.post-400668216507473572011-04-02T23:38:41.093-04:002011-04-02T23:38:41.093-04:00I read your blog.... don't you even have the n...I read your blog.... don't you even have the name of their community in 1940? You don't need an address. Did they move since 1930? What is the community name on the 1930 census sheet and the ED number?<br /><br />If you have the community name or even the 1930 ED #, then you can find the 1940 ED # now at stevemorse.org. I transcribed the ED definitions for 1940 that include the names of small communities, and also a conversion table of 1930 to 1940 ED #s, and you can search both databases on the Morse site and get your ED # today for the 1940 opening on April 2nd, 2012 <br /><br />In addition, the National Archives has indicated it will release scans of the ED films, and also ED maps of cities and counties, probably this summer, so you should be able to find the correct ED not only from stevemorse.org, but also probably from the ED maps.<br /><br />Joel Weintraub<br />http://members.cox.net/census1940/Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03427311250015261520noreply@blogger.com