1940 Census Records to be release April 2, 2012

http://www.archives.gov/research/census/1940/ ^ | April 2, 2012 | National Archives

[SMGFan]

The 1940 census will be released online on April 2, 2012.

Please bookmark this page: 1940census.archives.gov. This is where you will be able to access the digitized census records starting on April 2. The digital images will be accessible free of charge at NARA facilities nationwide through our public access computers as well as on personal computers via the internet.

Part 1: General Information

FAQs about the 1940 Census

1940 Census Forms

Questions Asked on the 1940 Census

Selected List of Codes

1940 Census Lectures by NARA staff nationwide

Part 2: How to Start Your 1940 Census Research

[abishai]

It will be interesting to know where a lot of my extended family ended up after losing their farms during the depression.

[NH Red]

Thanks for posting.

[Savage Beast]

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[greylurker]

bump for later

[SunkenCiv]

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Thanks SMGFan. Just adding to the catalog, not sending a general distribution. To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.

[PghBaldy]

I signed up to help index it... I rec’d this email about the release. Not sure what it means about some of the states:

Dear (PghBaldy):

The release of the 1940 US Census is just days away! The excitement and enthusiasm for this project is far greater than anything we’ve seen in the six years that FamilySearch indexing has been available. We couldn’t be happier with the response, but we know this level of interest is going to challenge the capabilities of the indexing system.

There are some ways we can all help to reduce the system stress and keep everyone busily working to complete the census. Here are some ideas to consider:

Take your time getting started. We’re all anxious, but there will still be plenty of work to go around after a few days. The first five states that will be available by Monday evening are:
Delaware
Virginia
Kansas
Oregon
Colorado
....

It is from FamilySearch.org, a free LDS genealogical site.

[Windflier]

Thanks for posting this. I’m hoping that it’s helpful in my own family research.

[PghBaldy]

It will be free at Ancestry.com for a year. There is no index anywhere yet. To find people, one must know where they were living. As of now, Ancestry has some or all of DC & NV online. The National Archives will release it on their site at 9am ET. Nat Archives has maps of the Enumeration Districts (which are needed to find people) or one can use this handy calculator: http://stevemorse.org/census/unified.html

I consider this a very exciting day. It will be the 1st census with one of my parents in it - my deceased father...

[thecodont]

Thank you!

Ping for later.

[PghBaldy]

You are welcome. So far, DC, ME & NV are online at Ancestry.com. Not sure if they are complete. I found Harry Reid (line 25) http://interactive.ancestry.com/2442/m-t0627-02276-00259/?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d2442%26path%3d&ssrc=