1940 census

• (CBS News) - When the National Archives and Records Administration released the 1940 Census records on Monday, they may not have expected just how many people would want to access the 72-year-old data.
(CBS News)
• In 1940, Ronald Reagan and his wife paid $135 in rent, he worked 30 hours the last week in March, and the couple lived next door to two men on one side and a champion bridge player lived two doors away.
(ABC News)
• The 1940 census records were released this morning, and the National Archives website buckled under the load. About 1.
(Chicago Sun-Times)
• When the 1940 census records are released Monday, Verla Morris can consider herself a part of living history.
(AP - msnbc.com)
• LOS ANGELES - The federal government unlocked a treasure trove of U.S. history Monday, allowing researchers, genealogists and the public free online access to detailed information from the 1940 census.
(Bellingham Herald)
• Its like history has come to life for genealogists, researchers and others who have eagerly awaited Mondays release of individuals responses on the 1940 census, being made public for the first time.
(Newsday)
• (CBS News) Its Christmas for genealogists - the 1940 U.S. Census was released today, 72 years after Americans were enumerated on the heels of the Great Depression and the eve of World War II.
(CBS News)
• NEW YORK (AP) — Interest in the newly released 1940 U.S. census is so great that the government website with the information was nearly paralyzed shortly after the records became available to the public for the first time.
(The Business Insider)
• The National Archives opened a treasure trove to genealogists and historians on Monday, releasing the 1940 national census in its entirety -- and doing so for the first time online. By going onto 1940census.archives.
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