See the CNN story “After 72-year wait, 1940 U.S. Census records released online.”
“By Emanuella Grinberg, CNN
(CNN) - Personal, historic details of more than 132 million people were released online through the 1940 Census Monday, providing the public with free access to a slice of American history.
The National Archives and Records Administration unlocked the records after a mandatory 72-year waiting period and released more than 3.8 million digital images in collaboration with Archives.com.
Earlier Census records were made available to the public, but not all of them are searchable online free of charge, said Megan Smolenyak, family history advisor at Archives.com. Monday's release marks the first time researchers, genealogists and history hunters can find detailed records online in one place for free.
The 1940 Census was conducted as the Great Depression was winding down and before the country’s entry into World War II, reflecting the economic tumult of the era and the New Deal recovery program of the 1930s…”
I agree 1940 a key year. I was born in 1941. So 1940 my father was living with his mother and father in Kansas City. I am not sure how many of his 7 brothers and 3 sisters were also living with their mother and father. I will have the ability to look it up I guess.
The 1940 census will be an interesting census.
I worked for the 2010 census and loved it. I wish I could have done the 2010 census but I did not have a car.
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