Countdown to the release of the
1940 Census,
April 2, 2012!
WNBT, was the first regular operating television station, in New York with an estimated 10,000 viewers
February 25: The 1st ice hockey game is televised, from Madison Square Garden on W2XBS-TV, the New York Rangers vs. Montreal Canadians
February 28: The 1st basketball game is televised, from Madison Square Garden; the University of Pittsburgh beat Fordham
August 29: Peter Carl Goldmark of CBS announces his invention of a color television system
CBS demonstrates color television in New York on November 14th
Awards for best in films of 1940 were presented on Feb. 27, 1941 at the Biltmore Hotel, Los
Angeles
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Best Motion Picture:
"Rebecca "
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Best Director: John Ford for "The Grapes of
Wrath"
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Best Actor: James Stewart in "The Philadelphia
Story"
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Best Actress: Ginger
Rogers in "Kitty Foyle
July 20: Billboard magazine publishes its first "Music Popularity Chart"
Woody Guthrie's musical career begins
Gene Autry has the hit record "Blueberry Hill"
Glenn Miller has the hit
record "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"
Bing Crosby has the hit record "Only Forever"
CREDIT: Gottlieb, William P., photographer.
"Portrait of Frank Sinatra, 1947
The federal debt: 43 billion
United States Population:
132,122,446
Unemployment: 14.6% or 8,120,000
Churchill becomes Britain's prime minister
January 30: The first Social Security benefit checks are paid out
The first multilane U.S.
superhighway, the
Pennsylvania Turnpike, opens
The first McDonald's
hamburger stand opens in
Pasadena, California
Started collecting the information for the
16
thcensus of the United States.
72 years latter on April 2, 2012 the
results of this Census will be released.
You can be part of
indexing the census.
Part of the U.S.
Department of Commerce.
They were
responsible for
training the census takers.
Thanks to the
National Archives we
can view these films
today.
http://www.archives.gov/research/census/1940/videos.html#video1
A dramatized review of the major questions relating to general population on the census schedule, this film demonstrates to
enumerators how to accurately identify and enter the names of all
members of a household, determine employment status, and identify
categories of employment.
Col. 10 COLOR OR RACE:
• White W
• Negro Neg
• Indian In
• Chinese Chi
• Japanese Jp
• Filipino Fil
• Hindu Hin
• Korean Kor
• Other races, spell out in full.
Col. 24 DID THIS PERSON HAVE A JOB ?
Enter ―Yes‖ for a person (not seeking work) who had a job,
business, or professional enterprise, but did not work during week of March 24–30 for any of the following reasons: Vacation; temporary illness;
industrial dispute; layoff not
exceeding 4 weeks with instructions to return to work at a specific date;
layoff due to temporarily bad weather conditions.
Col. 11 AGE AT LAST BIRTHDAY:
Enter age of children born on or after April 1, 1939, as follows. Born in:
• April 1939 11/12
• May 1939 10/12
• June 1939 9/12
• July 1939 8/12
• August 1939 7/12
• September 1939 6/12
• October 1939 5/12
• November 1939 4/12
• December 1939 3/12
• January 1940 2/12
• February 1940 1/12
• March 1940 0/12
• (Do not include children born on or after April 1, 1940
Col. 14 HIGHEST GRADE OF SCHOOL COMPLETED:
• None 0
• Elementary school, 1st – 8th 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• High school, 1st – 4th year H-1, H-2, H- 3, H-4
• College, 1st – 4th year C-1, C-2, C-3, C- 4
• College, 5th or subsequent year C-5
Col. 16 CITIZENSHIP OF THE FOREIGN BORN:
• Naturalized Na
• Having first papers Pa
• Alien Al
• American citizen born abroad Am Cit
Cols. 30 and 47 CLASS OF WORKER:
• Wage or salary worker in private work PW
• Wage or salary worker in Gov’t work GW
• Employer E
• Working on own account OA
• Unpaid family worker NP
Col. 41 WAR OR MILITARY SERVICE:
• World War W
• Spanish -American War; Philippine Insurrection or Boxer Rebellion S
• Spanish-American War & World War SW
• Regular establishment (Army, Navy or Marine Corps) Peace-Time Service only R
• Other war or expedition Ot
Down load the
instruction booklet from the National Archives.
http://www.archives.
gov/research/census /1940/complete-
instructions.pdf
On April 2
ndthe
National Archives will release the census.
In order to search the census your will need to know the
Enumeration District
(ED) in which they
lived.
Knowing a person's address in 1940 is not sufficient for finding them in the census. You must know the Enumeration District (ED) in which they lived. So what is an Enumeration District?
The 1940 census is divided into EDs. The EDs are numbered. Within each state, each ED has a unique number. That number consists of two parts -- the first part is a region (typically a county) within the state and the second part specifying a district within that region.
Once you have the ED number, you will be able to access the census pages when they become public on April 2nd, 2012. The census pages will be released online by the National Archives.
Keep in mind that the ED number will get you to the image of the first census page for that ED. Once you are there, you will need to step through the other images for that ED looking for the family that you are interested in.
• Choose your State, County, and Town from the drop down menu.
• Enter house # if known and the Street, then click get ED #
• You may need to enter a cross street if you do not have the house #
• The ED # I want is 49-28
• http://stevemorse.org/census/unified.html
It is turning part of a hand written document into a typed format that is easily searchable.
The index is then Linked to the original record.
Simple.
No special skills or fixed time commitments are required.
Volunteer when you can.
Just register, sign in, and follow a simple process:
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Select a “batch” of records to download to your computer.
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Enter the requested information (names, dates, events, etc.) in the corresponding spaces.
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Submit your completed index to the
online system
Try the Test Drive found on the indexing page.
Area to be transcribed will be highlighted.
Clues are given on the right side of the screen.
It will tell you if your
answers are correct or
incorrect.
Words or names to be indexed will be
highlighted.
Type the information in the field value
column . You will be told if your answer is correct.
The transcribed information
@ https://www.familysearch.org/
To learn more about indexing.
Also what you need to
download to your computer to
participate.
Then practice on a
census before the big
day.
This little girl will be there.
She will be two years old.
She will be living with her
grandparents in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
Her name is Patricia Bergstrom.
Pictured with her are her sister
Beverly and her mother Ethel.
Facts from 1940 http://www.woodstockcandy.com/fun-facts- from-1940.html
National Archives http://www.archives.gov/
Videos
http://www.archives.gov/research/census/1940/videos.html
#video1 Manual
http://www.archives.gov/research/census/1940/complete- instructions.pdf
Census http://www.archives.com/1940census
Enumeration District
http://stevemorse.org/census/unified.html
FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org
Created by Patricia Skubis
January 2012