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Find more Betke relatives and grow your tree by exploring billions of historical records. Taken every decade since 1790, the U.S. Federal Census can tell you a lot about your family. For example, from 1930 to 1940 there were 19 less people named Betke in the United States — and some of them are likely related to you.

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What if you had a window into the history of your family? With historical records, you do. From home life to career, records help bring your relatives' experiences into focus. There were 216 people named Betke in the 1930 U.S. Census. In 1940, there were 9% less people named Betke in the United States. What was life like for them?

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In 1940, 197 people named Betke were living in the United States. In a snapshot:

  • They typically took 7 weeks of vacation a year
  • 1% reported their race as other than white
  • 192 rented out rooms to boarders

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As Betke families continued to grow, they left more tracks on the map:

  • The most common mother tongue was Croatian
  • 98 were first-generation Americans
  • 45% were first-generation Americans
  • Most immigrants originated from Germany