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.

Just 37 days left until the release of the 1940 Census! This census record is from 1830 and lists James Madison as living in Orange County, Virginia. This was as the first time the census was on a standard printed form, and it named only the head of the household. You can see President Madison in the 1820 census and the 1830 census, and read a transcript of the document on our web page.
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Just 37 days left until the release of the 1940 Census!

This census record is from 1830 and lists James Madison as living in Orange County, Virginia. This was as the first time the census was on a standard printed form, and it named only the head of the household.

You can see President Madison in the 1820 census and the 1830 census, and read a transcript of the document on our web page.

Source: archives.gov

Forty days to go until we release the 1940 Census! Watch this space for more images and information on the 1940 Census every day until April 2! We’re kicking off our “40 Days to the ‘40 Census” with this image of an enumerator taking information from a family living in a boxcar. The 1940 Census covers the decade of the 1930s, when the United States was in the grip of the Great Depression. The instructions on the form reflect the concerns of the time. The enumerator (census taker) recorded whether the person worked for the Federal work programs like the CCC, WPA, or NYA the week of March 24–30, 1940, as well as the income for the 12 months ending December 31, 1939. The original caption for this image reads: “Enumeration, No Kind of Habitation was Missed, Included among the Places are Railroad Section Hands, 1940 - 1941” (ARC 6200776. We are releasing the 1940 Census at 9 a.m. on April 2! You will be able to search it for free on our new website. Let the 40 day countdown begin!
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Forty days to go until we release the 1940 Census! Watch this space for more images and information on the 1940 Census every day until April 2!

We’re kicking off our “40 Days to the ‘40 Census” with this image of an enumerator taking information from a family living in a boxcar.

The 1940 Census covers the decade of the 1930s, when the United States was in the grip of the Great Depression. The instructions on the form reflect the concerns of the time.

The enumerator (census taker) recorded whether the person worked for the Federal work programs like the CCC, WPA, or NYA the week of March 24–30, 1940, as well as the income for the 12 months ending December 31, 1939.

The original caption for this image reads: “Enumeration, No Kind of Habitation was Missed, Included among the Places are Railroad Section Hands, 1940 - 1941” (ARC 6200776.

We are releasing the 1940 Census at 9 a.m. on April 2! You will be able to search it for free on our new website. Let the 40 day countdown begin!