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A few
weeks back, I found myself trying to locate SCHMIDT in the Town of
Hartland -- I looked from 1860 - 1930 and THOUGHT this would be an easy
one -- no misspellings on Schmidt, right? Wrong -- I looked for an entire
evening and finally tracked them through all the censuses - SCHMIDT, SCHMITH, SMITH, etc. I sure wish the census takers could see us now,
looking over every pen stroke to see if it was an "a" or a sloppy "o"...
some are very neat but sometimes I think this might have very well been their first grasp at
penmanship! Needless to say, these records are a great source of
information!
The
1930 Federal Census Index here is just that, an index. The actual
census has so much more information, but this should at least help you
locate your family in the census, whether you view it on microfilm or
online. (BTW, that's why Hartland Twp. is completed first --
the rest will eventually follow -- I promise!)
Enjoy!!
ATCz
HARTLAND TOWNSHIP
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Enumerated on April 2, 1930 by Louis R. Dahms, Enumerator
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