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Diane Hadad from the Genealogy Insider is in rare form today!

Monday, March 26, 2012

Eight Excuses to Tell Your Spouse, Kids, Coworkers and Friends

So You Can Search the 1940 Census in Peace   

Posted by Diane

Start memorizing these excuses now! You'll need them to roll right off your tongue next week when you're forgetting about dinner, ignoring the house and putting off work in order to search the 1940 census:

Your spouse:

"I'm just trying to deal with some schedule problems. Sorry it's taking so long."

“Can it wait? I’m busy doing taxes.”

Your kids:

“I was on the internet ordering you presents just for being so good. Now go do your homework before I change my mind.”

Your coworkers:

“___ , hold my calls. I’m going to be tied up with the Washington account all day.”

Your boss:

"I was just pulling together those names—er, I mean numbers—you requested." (Important: Have a spreadsheet open you can click to if your boss pops up over your shoulder.)

Your friends:

“Can’t make it to choir practice/book club/happy hour on Monday—I’ve got a nasty case of enumeritis.”

“I can’t talk right now. I'm spending time with relatives.”

“Tonight’s not good. I have a date with Steve Morse.”

From Rose

From Rose:

Plan to be a 1940 census indexer? 

 https://the1940census.com/society/

Register to participate with a local society like DuPage County Genealogical Society DCGS or the Computer-Assisted Genealogical Group of Northern Illinois CAGGni and index records from our state.

More on the 1940 Census!

From Vince:

On April 2, records from the 1940 Census will be made available to the public.

Strict laws ensure that records are only unsealed after 72 years, so many family genealogists, historians and researchers are eagerly awaiting the release.

In honor of the records release, the U.S. Census Bureau is holding a countdown to the April 2nd release where you can find an interactive overview of the 1940 Census, historical facts, videos and pictures. The census website will also directly link to the National Archives site where you will be able to find individual 1940 Census records.

Learn more about the 1940 Census records

It has a short informative video.

The 1940 Census

Leslie's lecture tonight on the 1940 census, available on April 2nd, was excellent, as usual, and full of important information for all of us. If you missed it, you may be out of luck.

Suffice it to say that Steve Morse's site has a tutorial and everything else you need to learn how to navigate the new information. Since it is not indexed, you will need it.

(Happy Birthday, Fred!  The fudge was fabulous, too.)

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 http://www.archives.gov/research/census/1940/

The 1940 census will be released online on April 2, 2012.  Please bookmark this page: 1940census.archives.gov.  This is where you will be able to access the digitized census records starting on April 2. The digital images will be accessible free of charge at NARA facilities nationwide through our public access computers as well as on personal computers via the internet.

Part 1: General Information

• FAQs about the 1940 Census
• 1940 Census Forms
• Questions Asked on the 1940 Census
• Selected List of Codes
• 1940 Census Lectures by NARA staff nationwide

Part 2: How to Start Your 1940 Census Research

Part 3: Finding Aids

• Geographic Descriptions of Census Enumeration Districts
• Enumeration District Maps
• Abridged Instructions to the Enumerator
• Complete Instructions to the Enumerator (7.87 MB)
• Occupation and Industry Classifications(12.1 MB)
• 1940 City Directories at NARA
• Find Census Enumeration District Numbers using Stephen P. Morse's Search Engines

Part 4: Videos

Part 5: Articles and Online Data

Part 6: Information for Libraries, Genealogical Organizations, and other Organizations

For more information, contact us at 1940Census@nara.gov

Census Resources

• Tips for Using Census Records, 1790-1840
• Tips for Using Census Records, 1850-1930

How to Order

Use Form Number NATF 82 to order individual pages of Federal population census schedules, 1790-1930, used for genealogical research or as evidence of age and place of birth for employment, social security benefits, insurance, passports and other reasons.

Reba McEntire

I finally was able to watch the last episode of WDYTYA and I keep liking them more and more. The format was a little differs this time, with Reba doing much of the narration, and some of the actual research, too.

I learned something new, too, when they described indentured servitude, it's origins and consequences. This is something that isn't taught in school - these servants working side by side with slaves.

I have actually found out a lot about my family in the Chicago Tribune, but I cannot find archives for th Sun-Times and I wonder where the archives for the previous Chicago newspapers would be. Are the Chicago libraries The places to look?

Did anyone else watch the episode? What did you think?

Message from Leslie

Copied from Leslie's email today

Just a reminder that WDYTYA is on tonight with REBA!  

If you missed this episode or others, you can catch them at:
http://tinyurl.com/6m8ddme (on the right under recent episodes - Martin
Sheen, Marisa Tomei and Blair Underwood - plus other selected episodes
from past seasons)

Les