Ancestry.com Begins Roll Out of a 1940 Census Database That’s Searchable by Name
A new blog post from Ancestry.com reports that the company has now made all scanned images (more than 3.8 million) of the 1940 U.S. Census available on their platform.
The company also points out that they’ve indexed all of the names found in the 1940 Census for two states, Nevada and Delaware, and made those names searchable. Look for searchable name indices for additional states to roll-out soon. Updates can be found on this page.
While most of Ancestry is a fee-based service, browsable/searchable access to the 1940 Census is free and will remain this way through 2013. Make sure not to confuse the 1940 Census with the fee-based databases that make up the 1940s-era collection.
Direct to 1940 Census Search on Ancestry.com.
See Also: 1940 U.S. Census Released, Now Live on the Web (April 2, 2012)
Post includes link to the Direct Me: NYC app from NYPL Labs.
See Also: 1940 U.S. Census to be Free on Ancestry.com (August 20, 2011)
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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