Genealogy (Love of the Hunt)

Just some interesting facts about the 1940 census.  <a href=”http://www.archives.com/blog/us-census/1940-us-census-release.html” target=”_blank”><img src=”http://www.archives.com/blog/images/1940-Census-Launch-Infographic.jpg” title=”Archives.com – 1940 Census Launch” alt=”1940 census archives.com” style=”border:0; width: 605px;” /></a>

Genealogy (Love of the Hunt)

In reviewing my blogs, i noticed only a few of u taking advantage of my Free Genealogy Question Friday.   Folks, its free??  Genealogists charge over $65.00 a hour to trace ur ancestry.  On Fridays, I give you one free question.  Have you even started ur hunt?  Show me your support and make comments, questions.  cg

Genealogy (Love of the Hunt)

It's Friday! Free Genealogy question Friday! Any questions about the 1940 census? Where can I find it? Cg

Genealogy (Love of the Hunt)

We are still updating you on the 1940 Census release.   Ancestry.com is free till April 10.   They announced that all states will be available by the close of  Friday.   You can check to see if your state is complete by going into Ancestry.com/1940 census.  Just a reminder, the census is not indexed yet.   You will have to know the address that your ancestors lived at so that you can find their enumeration district.   You will then have to go line by line to find them.   Just a few tidbits:   the X by the name means that this is the person who gave the information to the enumerator.  If you do not find your ancestor at the address you expected them to be at, try looking at the end of the census pages.   If they were not home, the enumerator went back and recorded them at the end.  cg

Genealogy (Love of the Hunt)

1940 Census is free at Ancestry.com until April 10, 2012.   Take advantage of it now.   The following states are completed and you can go in and look for your ancestors by enumeration district.   Indexing will follow but may take a while.   There is still time to volunteer at Familysearch.org to help index the 1940 census.   The following states have been downloaded and ready:  American Samoa, CA, DE,District of Columbia, Guam, Indiana, Maine, Nevada, NY, NC, OH,Panama Canal Zone, PA, RI, TN,TX, Virgin Islands, VA, WA; AL,CO, GA, KY, OR,VT coming soon; KS, NE in process.   cg

Genealogy (Love of the Hunt)

Have u checked to see if your state has been completed for the 1940's census?  April 10th is the last day for free access to the 1940's census at Ancestry.com.  Any questions about the 1940's census, comment its free all week. cg

Genealogy (Love of the Hunt)

It's here, the 1940 Census.   Where will you look for it?   Ancestry.com has it free for 14 days or go to your local library.   Who will you find?  cg