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From: "CRAIG-MSN" <>
Subject: Re: [BEL-R] Free Access to the 1930 US Census (Regine Brindle)
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 20:27:12 -0600
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if there aren't a lot why don't you just list them in the group.

I'm doing the same for my area in Illinois and Iowa

Craig Smith-
family surname DeBates

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From: "D. LANGEDOCK" <>
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 6:27 PM
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Subject: Re: [BEL-R] Free Access to the 1930 US Census (Regine Brindle)

> I began looking at the 1930 census Michigan records (first 30 0f 1130
> pages) this evening and found some Belgium families. What information
> should I record and to whom should I send this information to?
> There is quite a bit of info on each line of the census, how much of it
> would be recorded or passed along.
> As well, what system is in place so people don't start working on records
> that have already been looked at by others?
> I also work on Family Search as an indexer and arbitrator, but for a break
> it's nice to change once in a while.
> Thanks
> Dave Langedock
>
>
> --- On Fri, 3/5/10,
> <> wrote:
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> From:
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> Subject: BELGIUM-ROOTS Digest, Vol 5, Issue 55
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> Date: Friday, March 5, 2010, 8:01 AM
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> Today's Topics:
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> 1. Re: Free Access to the 1930 US Census (Dirk De Wever)
> 2. Re: Free Access to the 1930 US Census (Regine Brindle)
> 3. Re: Family Research ()
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> Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 10:13:16 +0100
> From: "Dirk De Wever" <>
> Subject: Re: [BEL-R] Free Access to the 1930 US Census
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> Dear Regine,
>
> Went to http://www.archive.org/details/1930_census, and saw a lot of
> census
> data from Alleghene, a location in Pennsylvania.
> Am I right to believe that the whole work is stil 'under construction'? If
> not, what about OHIO?
>
> kind greetings Dirk
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Regine Brindle" <>
> To: "The Belgian Researchers" <>;
> "Family History Researchers" <>
> Cc: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 11:11 PM
> Subject: [BEL-R] Free Access to the 1930 US Census
>
>
>> AWESOME!
>> To find the 1930 U.S. Census records on the Internet Archive,
>> start at: http://www.archive.org/details/1930_census to conduct your
>> search.
>>
>> Anyone want to help pull the Belgians from these???
>> We would be happy for your help and add this on our webpage!
>> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inbr/index.html
>> in the "Records online" section.
>>
>> Regine
>>
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> Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 05:25:51 -0800 (PST)
> From: Regine Brindle <>
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> Dear Dirk,
>
> You are correct.
> Here is what Dick Eastman wrote on his blog on the subject.
>
> http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2010/03/1930-us-census-available-free-of-charge-on-the-internet-archive.html
> (I copied it below)
>
> I didn't check Ohio, so it may be one of those 'coming soon'.
> It's still a good place to look if you don't want to pay the extra fees.
> Dick Eastman's conclusions sound the same as those I drew about the
> Canadian census.? The index available for free is not as easy to work as
> the one on Ancestry, but the Canadian free images are better than those on
> Ancestry so, I use a combined technique of looking up in the index and
> closing in on the Belgians then I take the information and go to the
> images on the other site and do an extraction of my own.
>
> As you know we have been working on pulling out the Belgians from the US
> Census for some time.? Guy Gallez had done a tremendous job with the
> census prior to 1880 and Chcuk Van den Eeden along with a few others have
> helped with the later census but it is a HUGE undertaking.? I don't think
> we have begun touching at the 1930 census.
>
> Any help anyone is willing to provide is welcomed.? I would not want to
> take your efforts away from FamilySearch Indexing though, especially the
> Belgian project, but your contribution to this census project would be
> most welcomed.
>
> Take good care,
> Regine
>
> Here is Dick Eastman's article:
> March 02, 2010
>
>
>
> 1930 US Census Available Free of Charge on the Internet
> Archive
>
>
>
> Here
> is a pleasant surprise: the Internet Archive is placing the 1930 U.S.
> Census online and is making it available at no charge. This is a "work
> in progress;" but, the census records from many states are available
> now, and the remaining states will be added in the near future.The
> records are offered in exactly the same format as the microfilms
> created by the U.S. Government. In fact, the online images appear to be
> copies of the microfilms. The images are being offered "as is." That
> is, there is no index available, only the images. If you already know
> where your ancestor lived and (hopefully) the enumeration district, you
> can view the images one at a time until you find the information you
> seek.
>
>
>
>
>
> You can find enumeration districts on FamilySearch at
> http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=subjectdetails&subject=870702&subject_disp=Census+districts+-+United+States&columns=*,0,0.
> Once you know the enumeration district, return to the Internet Archive
> at http://www.archive.org/details/1930_census? to conduct your search.If
> your ancestors lived in a small town, you can probably find them
> without determining an enumeration district in advance. However, for
> those who resided in cities, the enumeration district is a valuable
> piece of information that allows you to zoom in on the correct
> neighborhood quickly although you will still need to look at a lot of
> images to find what you seek.While
> it is nice to see a free version of the census available, I doubt if
> this will have much impact on the commercial companies that also offer
> census images online for a fee. The commercial companies have indexed
> most of their records, and finding someone in an index first is much,
> much easier than manually looking at hundreds of images in search of
> the right family.While
> I appreciate the free, unindexed images, I'll still gladly pay a few
> dollars a month to have an index available. I suspect most others will
> do the same, especially after trying to find someone in the free
> records.Of
> course, now is an excellent time for your genealogy society or
> historical society to index the records for your area and place your
> own index online, with each entry pointing to an original record on the
> Internet Archive.To find the 1930 U.S. Census records on the Internet
> Archive, start at: http://www.archive.org/details/1930_census to conduct
> your search.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Posted by Dick Eastman on March 02, 2010
>
> --- On Thu, 3/4/10, Dirk De Wever <> wrote:
>
> From: Dirk De Wever <>
> Subject: Re: [BEL-R] Free Access to the 1930 US Census
> To:
> Date: Thursday, March 4, 2010, 3:13 AM
>
> Dear Regine,
>
> Went to http://www.archive.org/details/1930_census, and saw a lot of
> census
> data from Alleghene, a location in Pennsylvania.
> Am I right to believe that the whole work is stil 'under construction'? If
> not, what about OHIO?
>
> kind greetings Dirk
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Regine Brindle" <>
> To: "The Belgian Researchers" <>;
> "Family History Researchers" <>
> Cc: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 11:11 PM
> Subject: [BEL-R] Free Access to the 1930 US Census
>
>
>> AWESOME!
>> To find the 1930 U.S. Census records on the Internet Archive,
>> start at: http://www.archive.org/details/1930_census to conduct your
>> search.
>>
>> Anyone want to help pull the Belgians from these???
>> We would be happy for your help and add this on our webpage!
>> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inbr/index.html
>> in the "Records online" section.
>>
>> Regine
>>
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