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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Ancestry.com is adding historic U.S. Census records to boost its archive of searchable names to 5 billion, making it what the company calls the most comprehensive genealogical database ever compiled.

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 ...

As part of my series of critical years in the history of St. Louis, I thought I would next focus on the year 1930. The federal census in this year revealed a new development between the city and the ...

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 ...