Monthly Archives: April 2012

DGS Members are helping to index the 1940 US Census

Posted on 10 April 2012 by Tony Hanson

As genealogists, we have all spent countless hours searching through census records looking for our own relatives. Most of us just take the existence of a fully indexed census for granted, blissfully unaware of the herculean effort that went into its creation. … Continue reading →

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1940 Census

Posted on 9 April 2012 by DGS IT Manager

Let’s talk about the 1940 census.  The talk might follow two threads: (1) indexing the census and (2) finding individuals in the 1940 census.

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