1930 Census of Merchant Seamen
Name Index

(M1932, RG 029, 3 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.)

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This file was contributed for use in the Kansas AHGP Wabaunsee County by Chyrl Lawrence-Bulger
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This is an Index of Seamen who's birth place was listed as Kansas.  Information found at the top of each Merchant Seamen schedules:

Name and address of owner or operator of vessel
Name of vessel
Date of enumeration
Name of enumerator, usually his signature and/or typewritten name
The home port of the vessel (If the vessel did not have a regular home port then the name of the port in which the vessel was anchored on the census day or from which it sailed last prior to 1 April 1930 was to be listed)

The following questions were asked the men aboard the vessel:

Name of each person whose place of abode on 1 April 1930 was on board this ship
Sex
Color or race
Age at last birthday
Whether single, married, widowed, or divorced
Whether able to read or write
Place of birth (If born in the United States, give the state or territory. If of foreign birth, give the country of birth)
Whether naturalized or alien
Whether able to speak English
Occupation - trade, profession, or particular kind of work done
Whether a veteran of the U.S. military or naval forces mobilized for any war or expedition; if so, what war or expedition
Address of wife or next of kin