Just received this Press Release from the National Archives: March 26, 2012 National Archives Launches 1940 Census April 2 Online at 1940census.archives.gov Live webcast of Opening Event, 8:30 A.M. EDT Follow the 1940 Census on Twitter (using hashtag #1940census), Facebook, Tumblr, Flickr, and YouTube, and subscribe to our blogs: NARAtions and Prologue: Pieces of History. The […]
I just checked the website to see which Minnesota based organizations are involved in the project to index the 1940 U.S. Census. I have signed up to index under the Minnesota Genealogical Society. I have been an MGS member since 1982 and continue to support their endeavors. I was pleased to see a number of […]
I won’t be on the 1940 U.S. census when it is released on April 2d but both my parents will be on there. My dad will be among the workforce in St. Paul and my mother will be in the 8th grade at St. James grade school in St. Paul. The picture above is her […]
I am looking forward to April. April 2 and April 9 to be exact. Two and three weeks from today. April 2dThis is the day the 1940 U.S. decennial census is open for research. Not only does it open on Monday, April 2d, but it will be online and free. I mentioned this earlier but […]
April 2, 2012 is the date the 1940 U.S. census images will be released online. The census forms are released 72 years after they were taken. I am looking forward to looking at the households of several relatives and am trying to be patient. Patience is not one of my good qualities! To see a […]
Right at your fingertips — more than 270,000 live and quick links to websites related to family history. How long would it take to you compile such a list? And sort each link into the proper category. And check the link to make sure it is what it should be. And update the link when […]
I received this press release from Footnote.com yesterday. Today on Facebook, Footnote.com is saying that they are receiving a lot of traffic and that the site is operating a bit slowly but they are working on improving it. Footnote is a great subscription site. Just browse their content list that is constantly expanding. 1930 Census […]
I would guess that is one of phrases used by most family historians over and over. I absolutely need it for my Dow family in Superior, Wisconsin. Were my Great Grandmother’s brothers still living? What would be the relationships given for people living in that household? Were any of the other relatives from Canada in […]
I happened to see the front page of the USA Today newspaper this morning and saw this story headline “Census considers rewards for data.” Of course I read the article which is also here. One of the persons commenting on the matter alluded to the problems of census cooperation that stems from the “fear and […]
Ancestry.com now has Missouri state censuses online. While not as numerous as some other state’s censuses, these are still helpful. Among the other state censuses on Ancestry are Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Kansas. For the story about Missouri check here.