Category Archives: 1940 U.S. Census

Finding R.F.D.3 Box 64B Kent, Washington in the 1940 Census

Posted on April 4, 2012 by

When my mother was 3 years old, she was living at the above address.  When you lived in a rural area, you did not have street names and house numbers.  All I had was this address I pulled from her … Continue reading →

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Creating Custom Census Events in Legacy Family Tree – Video Demonstration

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

I thought I would create a quick video to demonstrate the methods I used to convert my generic “census” event in Legacy Family Tree to one that is based on the Year/Location of the census as I described in this post. … Continue reading →

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1940 U.S. Census Research Plan Part 1 – Census Events

Posted on March 4, 2012 by

I have been sitting with my Legacy Family Tree file figuring out the best plan of attack for researching the 1940 U.S. Census. At first I was just going to run a query of all people living during that time … Continue reading →

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FamilySearch Indexing – Getting Ready for the 1940 U.S. Census Project

Posted on February 26, 2012 by

I have been a FamilySearch Indexer for a few years, off andon.  I must admit I don’t consistently takeadvantage of the opportunity to index records. Yes, I see this as more of help to me and my record education than whatit … Continue reading →

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