Transcript Previewing The 1940 Census

The
1940 Census
By Debbe Hagner, AG
[email protected]
It is available?
• April 2, 2012 at 9:01 am
• It is now INDEXED
– Completed two month early as predicted
• Free till end of 2013
Where is it available
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www.familysearch.org
www.archives.com
www.ancestry.com
www.the1940census.com
MyHeritage.com
Findmypast.com
Rootspoint.com
Not Found in the Index – now
what?
• Required to know the Enumeration District for
the city or town
• Need to use National Archive (NARA) or
– 1940 Enumeration District (ED) maps
– Arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/Basic
• Need to use Stephen Morse’s website
– www.stevemorse.org/census/quiz.php
– Can use 1930 ED and must convert to 1940 ED
• City Directory
Tips
• Born AFTER 1 April 1930 but before 1
April 1940
– Do those first
– Watch the video
• www.1940census.com
• Rootsmagic – has a special report that list
person who were born in any given census
year called “Who was there”
Symbols and explanatory
• Color or Race (Col. 10)
– White (w), Negro (Neg), Indian (In), Chinese
(Chi), Japanese (Jp), Filipino (Fil), Hindu (Hin)
and Korean (Kor)
• Citizenship of the foreign born (col. 16)
– Naturalized (NA), having first paper (PA),
alien (Al), and American citizen born abroad
(Am Cit)
What is unique?
• http://www.1940census.net/1940_census_
questions.php
• 40 lines of questions
– Reverse side has 41 to 80 for the supplement
questions
• Individual recorded usually on line 14 and
29 – will have to answer the supplement
questions.
– 5 % sample questions
Map
• View 1940 Map of United States at
– www.1930census.com/1940_us_map.php
History In the 1940’s
• http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade40.html
• http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/19
40timeline.htm
• http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1940.
html
• World history
– http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0005249.html
• Interesting Facts
– http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/f
acts_for_features_special_editions/cb12-ffse01.html
Learn and prepare for 1940 census
• Stevemorse.org/census/1940census.html
Might want to create a table
Name
Relationship
Location
Gustav
Hagner
GF
Amelia
Helbig
Mom
Dolores
Baum
Step-mom
Chicago,
Look at SM
Cook,
– get 1930
Illinois
ED
Merrilian,
Jackson,
Wisconsin
Franklin,
Milwaukee,
Wisconin
comment
Special Notation
The "X" In a Circle or In Parentheses:
The circled X or an X in parentheses shows who gave the enumerator the
information for the household. This can help you judge the accuracy of the
answers.
"Ab" After a Name:
"Ab" isn't an unusual middle name. It's an abbreviation for "absent." The
person normally lived there, but happened to be somewhere else temporarily.
They could have been on vacation or away at school.