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Get Ready for The 1940 Census!. Beth Bensman National Archives at Philadelphia. 1940 CENSUS Opening April 2, 2012 9:00 AM EDT. http://www.archives.gov/research/census/1940/ Bookmark these sites! http://1940census.archives.gov/. Then and Now. What is on the 1940 Census?.
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Get Ready for The 1940 Census! Beth Bensman National Archives at Philadelphia
1940 CENSUSOpening April 2, 20129:00 AM EDT http://www.archives.gov/research/census/1940/ Bookmark these sites! http://1940census.archives.gov/
Sex: M – Male; F – Female Marital Status: Single (S), Married (M), Widowed (Wd), Divorced (D)
Column 10: Color or Race: White (W), Negro/ Black (Neg), Indian (In), Chinese (Chi), Japanese (Jp), Filipino (Fil), Hindu (Hin), Korean (Kor) Other Races – spell out in full Mexicans not counted separately as they were in 1930 Native Americans—no percentage of blood as they were in 1930 Column 11: Age: 11/12 April 1939 10/12 May 1939 9/12 June 1939 8/12 July 1939 7/12 August 1939 6/12 September 1939 5/12 October 1939 4/12 November 1939 3/12 December 1939 2/12 January 1940 1/12 February 1940 0/12 March 1940 (Do not include children born on or after April 1, 1940.)
“For a person born in' any of those central European areas where there have been recent changes in boundaries…”
Column 14: Highest Grade of School Completed: 0 None 1 – 8 Elementary School, 1st – 8th H-1 to H-4 High School, 1st to 4th Year C-1 to C-4 College, 1st to 4th Year C-5 College, 5th year or more Column 16: Citizenship of Foreign Born Na Naturalized Pa Having First Papers (Papers Applied For) [Declaration of Intention] Al Alien Am Cit American Citizen Born Abroad or at sea
Internal Migration – Due to: Stock Market Crash Dust Storms
Column 21: Enter “Yes” for persons at work for pay or profit in private or nonemergency Government work. Include unpaid family workers – that is, related members of the family working without money wages or salary on work (other then housework or incidental chores) which contributed to the family income. • Column 22: • During the week of March 24-30, 1940, was the person at work on, or assigned to, a public work project conducted by the WPA, CCC, or NYA [National Youth Administration]?
Those not working, not assigned to public emergency work, not seeking work, and without a job, business, or professional enterprise. This group will be subdivided into (a) persons who devote most of their time to the care of the home and doing housework for their families ("H"); (b) persons in school (“S”); (c) persons physically unable to work because of permanent disability, old age, or chronic illness (" U”); (d) other persons, including retired persons, persons who choose not to work, etc. ("OT”).
Column 30 (and 47) Class of Worker PW Wage/Salary Worker in Private Work GW Wage/Salary Worker in Government Work E Employer OA Working on Own Account (Self-Employed) NP Unpaid Family Worker
Column 41: War or Military Service W World War (I) S Spanish-American, Philippine Insurrection or Boxer Rebellion SW Spanish-American & World War R Regular Establishment: Peace-Time Service only (Army, Navy or Marine Corps) Ot Other War or Expedition
Tidbits from 1940 • The Census Bureau received 6,000 suggested questions, for example: • Cosmetics makers wanted to know the number of blondes, brunettes, and redheads • Cemetery operators wanted to know how many families owned burial plots • Uncommon occupations included “ham sniffer” and “whistle tester”
Preparing to Access the 1940 Census • Released only in digital format, not on microfilm • Initially, no alphabetical or Soundex Index • Need to know the street address and/or the enumeration district (ED)
What is an ED? (Hint: It’s Not Mr. Ed) ED stands for Enumeration District. An enumeration district is a "basic geographic area of a size that could be covered by a single census taker (enumerator) within one census period." The ED consists of a two-part number separated by a hyphen where the first number represents the county number and the second number the number of the enumeration district within that county.
Locating On-Line City Directories • United States Online Historical Directories • http://sites.google.com/site/onlinedirectorysite/Home/usa • Distant Cousin • http://distantcousin.com/directories/ • Google specific states to locate directories
Locating Street Addresses WWII Draft Card • To locate a street address try: • WWII Draft cards • 1930 Census • Your Own Records
Determining EDs or Why we Like Steve Morse • http://www.stevemorse.org
1930 ED to 1940 ED If you have the ED from the 1930Census • Use Steve Morse’s Tool “Converting Between the 1930 and 1940 Census in One Step” • http://stevemorse.org/census/ed2040.php?year=1940
Large Cities • Use Steve Morse’s Tool “Obtaining EDs for the Census in One Step (Large Cities)” • http://stevemorse.org/census/index.html?year=1940 • Good for cities having a population of at least 50,000 or more in 1940 • May also include some smaller cites • Need to know the street address and cross streets
Address and Cross Streets • Do you know the cross streets (those that border your address)? • To find cross streets, go to http://maps.google.com • Type in the address including city and state. • You’ll see the address marked on the map with a balloon. • Note the streets that surround your address. These are the cross streets.
Rural Areas • Do you know the county where the town was/is located? • If you do not know the county, go to http://stevemorse.org/census/counties.html • When you know the town and county go to: Finding ED Definitions for the 1940 Census for “Small Communities And Rural Areas” • http://stevemorse.org/ed/ed.php?year=1940
Census Maps • Use the 1940 Census Maps to Narrow EDs • Go to NARA’s On-line Public Access • http://www.archives.gov/research/search/ • Type in: 1940 Census maps + the county + the state • i.e.: 1940 Census maps + Hancock + Indiana
Helpful Links Blank PDF of the 1940 Census Form http://www.archives.gov/research/census/1940/1940.pdf Instructions to Enumerators http://www.archives.gov/research/census/1940/instructions-to-enumerators.pdf 1940 Publicity and Training Films http://www.archives.gov/research/census/1940/videos.html#video1 Census Resources and Links http://www.archives.gov/research/census/resources.html