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Just 35 days until the release of the 1940 Census!
Enumerators went anywhere and everywhere to count United States citizens! The original caption to this photograph reads “Alaska Too Saw the Census Enumerator Arrive in His Dog Sled.”
Image is ARC 6200721  from Record Group 29: Records of the Bureau of the Census.
Did you know that the National Archives has a facility in Anchorage, AK, where you can do research or attend workshops? On  April 7, NARA at Anchorage will be hosting three  walk-in workshops in conjunction with the Anchorage Genealogical  Society. Please join them to see how the census can help you in your  research, learn how it works, and use their other resources.
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Just 35 days until the release of the 1940 Census!

Enumerators went anywhere and everywhere to count United States citizens! The original caption to this photograph reads “Alaska Too Saw the Census Enumerator Arrive in His Dog Sled.”

Image is ARC 6200721 from Record Group 29: Records of the Bureau of the Census.

Did you know that the National Archives has a facility in Anchorage, AK, where you can do research or attend workshops? On April 7, NARA at Anchorage will be hosting three walk-in workshops in conjunction with the Anchorage Genealogical Society. Please join them to see how the census can help you in your research, learn how it works, and use their other resources.

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    Do you think you would see any dog sleds if you went on a Alaska train tour?
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    Always exciting when you can find dogs in historical photographs!
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