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If they were immigrants, what year did they arrive?
Could they read or write?
Where were they born?
Where were their parents born?
Were they citizens of the United States?
What did they do for a living?
Were they a veteran of any war? |
The
United States keeps census records private from the public for 72 years to
protect living persons. This means we must wait 72 years after a
census has been taken before it is made available for public viewing and
searching.
On April 1, 2002, the 1930 Federal
Census for the United States was made available. And you can obtain
a copy of the page that contains your family. There are many things
you can learn about your family from it - whether it is for your parents,
grandparents, or even great-grandparents! |
Did they own or rent the house they were living in?
Who was living with them?
Were they single, married, widowed or divorced?
Could they speak English?
Where were they living?
Were they employed at the time?
Who were their neighbors? |
Originally
enumerated by the United States
Bureau of the Census |
Elvis Presley's
grandfather, Jessie D. Presley and his father, Vernon E. Presley, in
the1930 Federal Census for Lee County, Mississippi. |
The United States
census has been taken every ten years beginning in 1790 |