Geauga County Ohio - 1930 Census Index (INTRODUCTION)

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Geauga County Genealogical Society
Chardon Library
110 E. Park St., Chardon, Oh 44024
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Raccooan@Oplin.Lib.Oh.Us
August 2002
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INTRODUCTION

Indexing projects pertaining to the 1930 U. S. Federal Population 
Schedules are taking place around the country.  This is necessitated 
by the fact that only 12 states (part or whole) were indexed for the 1930 
census -- Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky (only counties of 
Bell, Floyd, Harlan, Kenton, Muhlenberg, Perry and Pike), Louisiana, 
Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and 
West Virginia (only counties of Fayette, Harrison, Kanawha, Logan, 
McDowell, Mercer, and Raleigh).

The project to index the 1930 census for Geauga Co., Ohio was undertaken 
by a group of volunteers from the Anderson Allyn Room For Genealogical 
Research at the Chardon Library, volunteers from around the country who 
saw a call for help on USGenWeb, and members of the Geauga Co. Chapter 
of the Ohio Genealogical Society.

This is an EVERYNAME index.  The information included --- given name, 
surname, residence (village or township), enumeration district, sheet, 
and page number --- is enough to help the researcher find his 
family in the population schedule.

The 1930, as well as all other censuses for Geauga Co,. is available 
at the Chardon Library.  Requests can be made for photocopies.

Project Procedure

First, basic information was photocopied from the National Archives microfilm. 
Next, this information was given to volunteers who entered it into Access.  
Finally, it was proofread.  Each enumeration district was proofread by two (2) 
different individuals.  County directories, birth, death, and marriage indexes, 
cemetery information, personal knowledge, and previous censuses were used to 
help decipher difficult names.  In the end, at least three individuals had read 
the names for each ED.  

Problems

1) poor handwriting, 2) creative spelling, especially given names, 3) light 
print, rare cases.

Double Entries

Double entries were made in cases where a consensus could not be reached 
regarding a name.   In some cases the actual name was so far removed from 
what was on the census, another entry was made for that 
person. 

Questions

Please direct all questions to the Genealogy Specialist at the Chardon Library - 
110 E. Park St., Chardon, Ohio 44024 - (440 285-7601 - raccooan@oplin.org