So -- where is the 1940 census?

[Kickin' Ass and Takin' Names]

My inbox this morning had three -- count 'em -- 1, 2, 3 --
notifications from Ancestry.com that "1940 IS HERE."

Where is it?

I searched Ancestry individuall for 10 people -- entered various
combinations of names and initials; entered birth dates + or -;
entered their residence in 1940 and all I'm getting is wierd hits from
California and the UK --I'm searching for people in Mississippi and
Louisiana!!

[Dennis]

On Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:39:46 -0400, Kickin' Ass and Takin' Names
<PopUl...@hotmail.com> opined:

>Where is it?

It's there. It just came out today I believe and now the folks at
Ancestry.com will begin the indexing process. Nobody said it would be
indexed on day 0. If it's anything like the 1930 census, it could take
up to a year to index.

--

Dennis

[Gerry]

In article <mg3kn79dqblbrhjf5...@6ax.com>,

If you go to: <http://www.ancestry.com/1940-census> you will see on the
left America 1940 - Make your connection. The information there is
records other than census records which will aid you in locating your
ancestors in the 1940 census.

To the right of this area there is information on how to Explore the
1940 U.S.Census with a link Browse images from the 1940 census. Clicking
this link will take you to a page where you can browse the census images
that have been uploaded at Ancestry.com as well as a list of those
states that have been completed or are in the process of being
completed.

Neither Mississippi or Louisiana have been uploaded yet.

[Keith Nuttle]

From the states and territories where the images are available, they
tend to be the smaller states like Indiana Delaware, New Jersey, etc.
While Ancestry blasted the media with the fact that the 1940 census was
coming out, I believe I read in the fine print it would be released on
Ancestry as it was received and indexed.

The biggest problems with the 1940 census is that as I was looking for
my grandparents I recognized many people that I have known. They must
have been very old when they died for me to have known them. ;-)

[Jim]

See
http://1940census.archives.gov/

Jim

[Pat...@aol.com]

They only have a a very few states entered. It says that on the site.
Your two states aren't included.


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[Brian]

On Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:09:35 -0400, Dennis <nob...@nowhere.invalid>
wrote:

I've now begun to realize that. Ancestry did seem to be saying that
everything would be available from Day 1. I was thinking that they had
confidential access to the records and were indexing everything in
advance.

[singhals]

As Jim said -- www.1940census.archives.gov and use the
first line of the how-to-search offerings. All the states
are there and downloadable.

Unindexed, but there.

Cheryl

[Lesley Robertson]

"singhals" wrote in message
news:mailman.2.133371...@rootsweb.com...

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I've just had an email from Ancestry.com saying that they have the
1940 US census available free on their site for a few more days. Don't
know how well it's indexed since I have no family it would cover.
Lesley Robertson

[Lesley Robertson]

"Lesley Robertson" wrote in message
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Followup:
Who can ignore the chance to poke around in a database, when it's
free? I decided to try out the Ancestry uS database and found
something curious. As usual, I searched on

Birthplace=Whitsome, Berwickshire, Scotland, no personal names or
other information, and set it to this county only.

The hits I got back were obviously based on matching to a list of
parish names in Berwickshire, and completely ignored the country.
Especially, there were hundreds of hits for Fogo in Portugal and Fogo
in Spain, and a few for places in Canada. It mainly seemed to be the
enlistment cards that were causing the problem.
Searching on Berwickshire, Scotland (without the parish name, still
set to the county only) got me hundred of entries only listing
Scotland, no county.

Odd, eh?

Lesley Robertson

[Loudon Briggs]

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I poke around here once in a great while but, I can't recall the last
time I saw your name, Lesley. You helped me with some info regarding
my Scottish ancestors years ago. Thanks again.

My older son downloaded a sheet from the census for a small town in
Central Florida... it was near 72 years ago and I was 20, and already
working away from home. However, I was still registered in that little
town of about 350 people. Looking at all those names of people I knew,
but hadn't even thought of in decades, gave me a charge I can't
describe. Beside myself, there were about 6 other relatives registered
in that one house... whatta kick!

Loudon Briggs
--
Loudon Briggs lar...@bbz.net Phoenix, Arizona, USA)

[Dennis]

>As Jim said -- www.1940census.archives.gov and use the
>first line of the how-to-search offerings. All the states
>are there and downloadable.
>
>Unindexed, but there.

I see ancestry.com now has a very small portion of the index available
(only Nevada and Delaware). So it has started...

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Dennis