Ken Macomber wants to learn more about what life was like for his father at the dawn of the Great Depression. Curt Witcher is looking for clues about his grandfather's younger days in Indiana. They ...
WASHINGTON — June Hall moved her finger down the page, found her grandmother’s name and smiled. After half an hour of scrolling through microfilm of personal records from the 1930 census, Hall had hit ...
Most days, amateur researchers camped out in the National Archives reference room in Laguna Niguel, Calif., chat about the past as they untangle the threads of family history. In recent weeks, though, ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- You might think the 1930 census was a new "Star Wars" movie, judging by the lines, and hoopla, surrounding its release today. The Kansas City office of the National Archives ...
More than 122 million original records from the 1930 census will be released April 1, providing a unique snapshot of the nation at the close of the Roaring ‘20s. The handwritten forms include 30 ...
An April 2 Metro article about the 1930 Census included an incorrect age for Edith B. Wilson, widow of President Woodrow Wilson, on April 1 of that year. She was 57. (Published 4/4/02) The snipping of ...
HistoryForge (historyforge.net) is a powerful tool for exploring Ithaca’s history — focusing on individuals, families and neighborhoods. The project features complete coverage of the 1900, 1910, 1920 ...
Actor Edward James Olmos wishes he could trace his family’s Mexican history back 100,000 years, but he’ll have to settle for 1930 for now. In what one online genealogy firm say is an extraordinary ...
The National Archives is lifting a 72-year-old veil of confidentiality on personal records from the 1930 census in what historians say is the largest release of genealogical data by the federal ...
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