The National Archives and Records Administration opened the 1940 U.S. Federal Census on April 2, 2012 — collection now available to the public.
Ancestry received the census, and quickly began uploading census images to their site so the public can now browse them. All states should be viewable by this Friday afternoon. Initially, the collection will remain a browse-only collection. This means one can scroll through the pages of the census districts much like someone looks at a microfilm or a book. At the same time, Ancestry will be working behind the scenes to create an index of the census that will eventually allow persons to search for their family members by name as they currently can with all other censuses on Ancestry.com.
Note: the 1940 U.S. Federal Census will be accessible free of charge throughout 2012 on Ancestry.com.
Ancestry.com hosts the largest collection of family history records on the web. Learn details about your family's lives and build a family tree online. There are YouTube clips to guide individuals on how to navigate the 1940 records.
ONE week and Counting... to the release of the 1940 census images. Information that was collected 72 years ago will be made digitally accessible to the general public.
It will tell us about individuals who were part of what has been called the greatest generation. People who:
- Survived the Great Depression
- Fought in the Second World War
- Innovated technology (TV, Microwave)
- Sacrificed in the name of freedom
- Practiced thrift and compassion
- Understood hard work and industry
Disadvantages in being in the chilly corner of northern NJ:
With tonite's temps hovering around 33 with a rain/ snow/sleet mix threatened til 10pm, when it's supposed to warm up, the historical society meeting scheduled for Thurs. Jan. 26th has been cancelled.
M.A.R.C.H. hopes to be able to meet in Feb.
With tonite's temps hovering around 33 with a rain/ snow/sleet mix threatened til 10pm, when it's supposed to warm up, the historical society meeting scheduled for Thurs. Jan. 26th has been cancelled.
M.A.R.C.H. hopes to be able to meet in Feb.
Consider joining M.A.R.C.H. as a member as part of a New Year's resolution!
Help the township's historical society protect and preserve the last vestiges of this valley's rich history.
Two hundred thirty five years have passed since Gen. Horatio Gates arrived with four regiments from the Nothern Department into this corner of NJ. He led a column of six hundred men along Old Mine Road, who spent the night in the village of Montague on Dec. 11th, 1776. They were attempting to unite with Gen. Washington for his famed crossing of the Delaware River into Trenton, but were delayed by a winter storm which detained them in the hamlet of Walpack [as recorded in the diary of Gates' Chaplain, David Avery].
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