1940 census

• The release of the 1940 Census data is a treasure trove of information for historians and Americans who want to know more about their genealogy.
(The Christian Science Monitor)
• The National Archives released for the first time yesterday individual records from the 1940 Census – unleashing an online treasure trove of 3.8 million pages eagerly awaited by genealogists and researchers.
(Huffington Post)
• In 1939, a typewriter salesman living in southeast Portland made $2,400. A teacher in north Portland earned $1,250, and a 34-year-old man living in southwest Portland made $600 as a houseboy.
(Oregonian)
• By CRISTIAN SALAZAR and RANDY HERSCHAFT Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The newly released 1940 U.S. census is such a digital smash that it took a day for the website hosting it to get up to speed after tens of millions of hits almost paralyzed it.
(msnbc.com)
• MyHeritage, the most popular family network on the web, today announced the availability of the first indexed records from the 1940 US Census, searchable for free by names, facts and other criteria, on www.myheritage.com/1940census.
(TMCnet)
• Former Vancouver Mayor John P. Kiggins was nearly in the last year of his life on April 2, 1940, when census taker Myrtle E.
(Columbian)
• WHITELAND, Ind. — When records from the 1940 Census went public Monday, family historians throughout the country started poring over the data. Joan Woodhull logged on to her computer right away.
(Evansville Courier-Press)
• Its probably the most famous street in Springfield, and now you can see who lived there in 1940. The 1937 childrens book And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street by Dr.
(Union-News & Sunday Republican)
• When the 1940 census records are released Monday, Verla Morris can consider herself a part of living history.
(Rolla Daily News)