Morris County, New Jersey

1930 Census Transcriptions

Some basic information about the 1930 Federal Census.

• The official census date was April 1, 1930
• The release date is April 1, 2002, based on the 72-year privacy restriction on census records
• Following questions 21 and 26, the Bureau listed codes. These codes provide no additional information. After the Bureau collected the census schedules, the staff, not the enumerator, coded the information on occupations and nativity using codes established for the 1930 census. The Bureau staff tabulated this data to create the statistical summaries for its reports to Congress
• There are Soundex indexes for the following states in their entirety:
  • Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.

  In addition, there are Soundex indexes for the selected counties in Kentucky and West Virginia.

  • Only the following Kentucky counties are indexed: Bell, Floyd, Harlan, Kenton, Muhlenberg, Perry, and Pike.
  • Only the following West Virginia counties are indexed: Fayette, Harrison, Kanawha, Logan, McDowell, Mercer, and Raleigh.
• Frequently Asked Questions answered by NARA (National Archives)
• To help locate the address in a city and the surrounding streets you can try the US Census Bureau's reference maps, or try MapPoint or MapQuest.

What questions were on the 1930 Census?

• Place of abode
  Street, avenue, road, etc.
  House number
  Number of dwelling house in order of visitation
  Number of family in order of visitation
• Name
  Name of each person whose place of abode on April 1, 1930, was in this family. Enter surname first, then the given name, and middle initial, if any. Include every person living on April 1, 1930. Omit children born since April 1, 1930.
• Relation
  Relationship of this person to the head of the family
• Home Data
  Home owned or rented
  Value of home, if owned, or monthly rental, if rented
  Radio set
  Does this family own a farm?
• Personal description
  Sex
  Color or race
  Age at last birthday
  Marital condition
  Age at first marriage
• Education
  Attended school or college any time since Sept. 1, 1929
  Whether able to read or write
• Place of birth.  Place of birth of each person enumerated and of his or her parents. If born in the United States, give State or Territory. If of foreign birth, give country in which birthplace is now situated. Distinguish Canada-French from Canada-English, and Irish Free State from Northern Ireland.
  Place of birth^__person
  Place of birth^__father
  Place of birth^__mother
• Mother tongue (or native language) of foreign born
  Language spoken in home before coming to the United States
• Citizenship, etc
  Year of immigration into the United States
  Naturalization
  Whether able to speak English
• Occupation & industry
  Trade, profession, or particular kind of work done
  Industry or business
  Class of worker
• Employment.  Whether actually at work yesterday (or the last regular working day)
  Yes or no
  If not, line number on Unemployment schedule [These schedules no longer exist]
• Veterans.  Whether a veteran of U.S. Military or naval forces
  Yes or no
  What war or expedition?
• Farm schedule
  Number of farm schedule [These schedules no longer exist]

Morris County Enumeration Districts

The Publication Number is T626

[In towns that are broken up into multiple ED's I have added the names of the streets that are found in that ED based on the actual census record. The street names may be duplicated as they are listed as they appeared in the census. This is currently a work in progress.]

Hospitals in Morris County

County Jail

Schools

Convents

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