1930 Babe Ruth

1930 finds baseball great Babe Ruth living with his wife and her parents in Manhattan. His mother-in-law Carrie Merritt is listed as the head of household. He is on sheet 47A of the enumeration district cited in the source image shown in this blog post.

Baseball is listed as his occupation.

Users who can view the complete entry for Babe Ruth at Footnote.com, by searching their 1930 census images.

1930 Walt Disney

1930 finds animator Walt Disney living with his wife Lillian in Los Angeles, California. His brother Roy is shown in the home next door.

Users who can view the complete entry for Walt Disney at Footnote.com, by searching their 1930 census images.

1930 Yogi Berra

1930 finds future baseball great Yogi Berra living with his parents Pete and Pauline Berra in St. Louis, Missouri's 24th Ward.

I have included the source as shown in the second image of this post. This also comes from Footnote.com. Footnote is adding the 1930 census images and searching to their site--completely searchable.

Users who can view the complete entry for Yogi Berra at Footnote.com, by searching their 1930 census images.

1930 Jimmy Hoffa

They may not know where his body is, but we've found Jimmy Hoffa in the 1930 census. This enumeration show the future union bigwhig living in Detroit with his mother and siblings.

Those interested in seeing the entire image can search for James Hoffa on Footnote.com. He was living in Detroit at the time of the 1930 census enumeration.

I have included the source as shown in the second image of this post. This also comes from Footnote.com.

Footnote is adding the 1930 census images and searching to their site--completely searchable.

1930 Herbert Hoover

This is the entry for President Hoover who was US President in 1930. This is part of the entry for him at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia.

Site users can search for him on Footnote.com to view the entire image.

I have included the source as shown in the second image of this post. This also comes from Footnote.com.

Footnote is adding the 1930 census images and searching to their site--completely searchable.

1930 Richard Nixon

I've finally located Richard Nixon in 1930 as shown on this image located on Footnote.com. The future president was a 17-year old living in Whittier, California with his parents, Francis and Hannah Nixon. The complete census page is available to subscribers on the website.

I have included the source as shown in the second image of this post. This also comes from Footnote.com.

Footnote is adding the 1930 census images and searching to their site--completely searchable.

Find Mary Shelley in the 1841 UK Census

Find Mary Shelley (author of Frankenstein) in the 1841 UK census and win a copy of Elizabeth Shown Mills' Quicksheet for Citing Online Historical Resources.

Please read this entire post before playing and especially before submitting an entry. Submissions that do not follow the rules will be ignored. Good genealogists read and follow directions when necessary (grin!).

References for Mary Shelley--born Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin on 30 August 1797 and died 1 February 1851)

• Wikipedia Biography
  

Date of Birth:
30 August 1797
London, England

Date of death:
1 February 1851

Rules

The determination of the winner is at the discretion of Michael Neill. This will be determined based upon how likely it appears the correct entry has been found given known biographical and historical information about the person who is the focus of the contest.

Winner will not be announced "immediately" upon submission, but as soon as the correctness of the submission can be determined.

First correct submission is the winner.

Winners can win once every sixty days.

Submission:
Send an email to entries@rootdig.com

The email must include:

• Your name (mailing address not necessary until it has been determined you are the winner).
• Your email address.
• The complete census citation, which must include at least: state, county, enumeration district, page number and line number. Subscribers to Ancestry.com can copy/paste the image URL into an email. Your submission MUST contain a specific citation that allows your submission to be easily checked.

Any submission which does not include the complete citation will be ignored. Even if the correct residence is in Sunflower County, Missisippi, a more specific citation than Sunflower County, Mississippi is necessary to win the contest.

We will be announcing more contests and will post the names of winners on our "Census Search Contest" Wall of Honor (unless they ask us not to!).
Good Luck!