The 1930 US Census is the largest census released to date and contains a wealth of information including the names of people in the house at the time, their descriptions, education, place of birth etc.
But one piece of information you may not find on other records is if there was a Radio Set in the house. This gives an insight into your ancestors’ adaption of technology and how they would have spent their free time.
Radio became common in the US in the 1920s so would have been growing in popularity in 1930. I wonder what the equivalent would be today? Perhaps a smart phone or tablet computer?
Remember, you can search all 123 million records in the 1930 US Census for free from Friday 17 February to Tuesday 21 February 2012. Click here to begin searching.
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