1940 Census: Cram Course Step 1

DearREADERS,

The National Archives will release the 1940 Census on April 2, 2012. It will be available for online searching free of charge at http://1940census.archives.gov. 

The 1940 Census will not have a name index when it opens on April 2, 2012. In order to locate someone, you will need to know his address and the 1940 census enumeration district for that address. This is the first of three blog posts prompted by info provided by NARA. 

NARA RECOMMENDS
Make a list of all the people you want to look for in the 1940 census. Think broadly--ancestors, their siblings, cousins, etc.--anybody to whom you are related.  

Source: http://www.archives.gov/research/census/1940/start-research.html

Ol' MYRT SUGGESTS
Fortunately genealogy software makes it easy to create a list of those living in 1940. See recent free webinars and blog posts on this topic:

• Family Tree Maker 2012: My cousin Russ Worthington has several postings on the topic including Are you ready for the 1940 Census ? and Are you ready for the 1940 Census - Follow Up 
  
  Legacy: Navigating the New Census Tools in Legacy Family Tree
• RootsMagic: 29 March 2012 webinar not yet in the queue, but check here. Randy Seavers has written about The New "Who Was There" Report in RootsMagic 5 and has included enough screen shots for you to get the drift. 

Got any more ideas? 

SHARE what you find in the 1940 images by joining next week's webinar sessions.

Happy family tree climbing!

Myrt     :)

DearMYRTLE,

Your friend in genealogy.