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msnoose
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msnoose asked in Arts & HumanitiesGenealogy · 9 years ago

NEED HELP WITH 1940 Census results?

I know where my family lived ( street & address) in 1940 but when I searched, they were not listed. Any ideas why they were not listed?

Update:

I received an Email from "Kimberly Powell's Genealogy Newsletter" and on it was a link to the National Archives' 1940 Census. There's a form to fill out on the left side of the web site & it's called "One Step" by Stephen Morse & Joel Weintraub. You put in your state, county, city and go to streets & cross streets and all the streets in my town are listed by East Side Streets vs the West Side Streets which does make it easier than most towns. Plus my city is from the 1700s settled by the Dutch so it hasn't changed that much except for some new areas that had been industrial areas. Actually, the day before I went in to check, I passed the house & doubled checked the numbers. Also there were and still are only three homes until the street is cut in half by a "Court" which is a cut into the street so it makes the houses easier to identify. The Court is only on the side where our family's house was so I found it very easily.

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Update 2:

PS They were too poor in 1940 to go on vacation and I know where the house is because I went to school from there for a while; but I don't know 1940 facts about my family. I'm an only child and everyone else is dead except cousins & I'm the oldest of the cousins, so I had very, very high hopes and went to bed that night so disappointed. Hopefully, I will be able to find them later on. I'm mad at myself for not finding stuff out earlier in life but to be truthfully, I married young and had 3 kids & was very busy with my current life. I didn't worry or care about all of this stuff & now I'm actually desperate to find things out.

Update 3:

I didn't know about the "end of the ED for those who were not home" so that is a great idea for me to check & really don't know if they lived there in April of 1940 - just know they were there in September so maybe they were at another address. I hope so. Found All in 1930 but not in 1920 which is an unknown time period for my family that were born prior to or between 1920 & 1930. I know so little about them that I probably expected too much. Thanks again to all

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  • DrJ
    Lv 7
    9 years ago
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    "they were not listed"

    That's not clear. Did you find the address and house and another family was living there? Was the house missing from the census pages? Were other houses missing? Did you find both odd and even numbers for your block and range that the house was under?

    Was perhaps the address a two house situation, with the house in the back that the census taker didn't know about?

    Did you check the end of the ED you were searching, especially sheets starting with #61A, to see if they are there..... that's for people who were not at home when the census taker made their first sweep of the area....

    Did the area get a renumbering so you only think you are on the right block.....

    What resources do you have for the 1940 address?

    Joel Weintraub

    Dana Point, CA

    Source(s): 1940 Census Expert
  • Sunday Crone
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    Because the 1940 census has not been indexed, that have been numerous ways to determine the enumeration district, because that is the only way to locate the person your are interested in.

    Much was put out about the fact that use of the 1940 census would be difficult prior to the release and that it would be at least 6 months before the indexes would be available.

    You are luckier than most and know the address and can use the 1930 census as an assistance in locating the enumeration district. Then go to the 1940 Census and use the same district number. You should be able to locate the address and in doing so locate the information you want.

    Source(s): Genealogical researcher 40+ years, and will not actually appear on a census until the 1950 one is released.
  • marci knows best
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    There are several possibilities:

    They were on vacation and not available when the census taker came by

    They had briefly moved to another location, perhaps staying with a sick or elderly relative for a few months, and you'll find them when the index comes out.

    Some enumerators listed vacant properties at the end of the district report or out of order so you might look at the entire district and see if the address is mentioned

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