Status of 1940 US Census Indexing

Ancestry Library Edition has completed and posted an index to 1940 Census taken in six more states.  You can now search for people by name in the following states: Colorado, Delaware, Washington, D.C., Maine, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, and Virginia.  Access to ALE is available through any public access computer at our branch libraries. 

Ancestry.com has promised to keep access to its indexed 1940 Census records free to the general public until 2013.    

Family Search has indexed a total of 32 states - including Alaska and Hawaii -- which became states in 19 years after the 1940 census. The orange colored states have online searchable indexes.   Other states, such as South Carolina, are still being indexed.   

If you'd like to know more about how to use the 1940 census, register for one of our BDC@ The Branches August classes at either St. Helena Branch Library (Aug. 15th) or Bluffton Branch Library (Aug. 29th). Only a few slots are available.  Sign up today.