View source for Finding a Person in the 1930 Census (Even Without An Index)

==== Urban ED Finder  ====

*A. Open [http://stevemorse.org/census/index.html ''Obtaining EDs for the 1930 Census in One Step (Large Cities)''] on the Internet. 
*B. Select the state where the ancestor lived. 
*C. Select a city. (If the city you need is not listed, try the Rural ED Finder above.) 
*D. Select a street—where the ancestor lived about 1930. 
*E. At the bottom of the screen enter the ''house number'' and click the '''''MapQuest''''' button. 
*F. Open the ''MapQuest'' map (click ''Get a map'') and make a note of the two nearest cross-streets to the red star. 
*G. Close the ''MapQuest'' map (X-out). 
*H. Back at the Urban ED Finder select a street (the closest cross-street) '''''in the same field''''' you selected the first street. 
*I. Then select a street (second closest cross-street) in the same field. 
*J. Make a note of the '''Enumeration Districts common to all Selected Streets'''. 
*K. Click on the ED '''''[number]''''' button. 
*L. Click on each '''''Roll''''' number, and print the next page with its ''Contents of the Roll''.

'''''As you finish Step 2''''' be sure you have in hand the printout information about: 

*The most likely enumeration district numbers for your ancestor's residence 
*The National Archives and Family History Library census microfilm roll numbers for those EDs 
*Where those ED numbers are located on each microfilm (''Contents of Roll'').

''Figure 3. Example "Contents of Roll" from the ED Finder showing the order of ED numbers on the microfilm.'' [[Image:OneStepContentsofRoll.png]]