Questions tagged [1940s]
For questions about research in the decade from 1940 to 1949. If the question is not only specific to this decade, use the 20th-century tag.
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Explaining unknown person found in family listing in 1940 Federal Census of Iowa?
the 1940 federal census record for my dad's family is 100% accurate for the entire family - names spelled correctly, ages correctly listed - for 2 parents and their 4 children. But the census also ...
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Seeking list of former Bund Deutscher Mädel (BDM) members?
Does any German archive have a list of former Bund Deutscher Mädel (BDM) members?
The birth date I have for Trude Schneider (or Gertrude Gertrud Schneider) would have made her 18 in 1940.
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Committed for Postnatal Depression 1930-40?
Scenario: 1930-40's UK. A new mother "Mary" (fake name) was institutionalised in an "asylum" for what the records state to be "postnatal depression". The records frustratingly do not elaborate ...
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1935 residence code in the 1940 census
Baltimore City 1940 Census shows last residence in 1935 being rural in Baltimore County, with the residence code filled in later as "7251." Where can I find out what that code means?
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Why did my mother have two names when she married in Jaffa in 1946?
My father Alan Arthur Dear married my mother in Jaffa in 1946. Her name was Ruth Schonberg. I have however found 2 records of marriage for him in Jaffa in 1946. One to Ruth Schonberg and one to Ruth ...
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Searching 1940s census database without names?
I'm adopted. I have non-identifying information about my birth mother and birth father, which I was able to use to find my birth mother's family through the 1940s census data (I also had her last name,...
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How should I interpret this Buchenwald camp card?
On Fold3, I found an Inmate Card showing a late cousin who was imprisoned in Buchenwald. He returned safe after the war, and died in 1961, but the card raises a question here, because it has a stamped ...
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Marriage certificate of ancestor in Caracas
I am in Europe and have an ancestor who lived in Caracas and married around 1930 to 1940 in Venezuela, most likely in Caracas. He died in 1990.
Where can I find his marriage certificate? Can I ...
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Where is Hockaday School 1940 census page?
I'm looking for a student who I believe attended the Hockaday boarding school for girls during the 1940 census. I used http://stevemorse.org/census/unified.html to lookup the ED number of 255-181 for ...
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How to locate 1940 United States census pages by address?
I'm not able to locate a George Bismark Foster, married to Ola Kathleen Mundy in the 1940 census records by name search. I know they were still alive because I have found an April 27, 1942 WWII draft ...
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How to reach out to strangers that could be relatives from an illegitimate birth?
I am trying to determine the best approach to reach out to a group of people that may be related to my immediate family but these people could be surprised by the news.
After my grandparent's death, ...
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Requesting copies of WWII Draft Registration cards?
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An ancestor of mine from Iowa should have registered for the WWII draft in the Fourth Registration, which is also known as the Old Man’s Registration. FamilySearch has a collection for ...
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Finding non-resident schedules and absent household schedules for the US Federal Census?
On page 6 of the 1940 Census Enumerator's instructions (page 4 of the printed manual) paragraph 19 reads:
Nonresident schedule. -- Members of a household who object to being
included in the ...
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Dixie Kiefer died on a mountain. Should I include the mountain's name in the place of death?
I discovered this weekend that Dixie Kiefer is my first cousin three times removed. Dixie was a well known, respected, and battered Navy commander. After surviving the sinking of the Yorktown and at ...
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1935 residence in the 1940 census
The 1940 census includes fields for the person's residence in 1935. The fields are city, county, and state. When it says "same place" for the residence in 1935, does that refer to the town or to the ...
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Can anyone decipher the comment above Louis' name on this 1940 census record?
Finally posting my first question, after answering many ;-)
The following 1940 census record from Bronx, New York has a comment written above Louis' name. It seems to start with "Party has" or "...
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What is this individual's military service number?
Below is a clipping of a 1942 military document detailing promotions of personnel. The column listing "service numbers" seems to specify them in an abbreviated fashion. Given that assumption and ...
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Missing enumeration of Union St. in Flushing, Queens, NY in 1940 census?
I am looking for the resident of 42-42 Union St, Flushing, Queens, NY in 1940. I tried searching the 1940 census ancestry.com, restricting the search to Flushing with the street name as union (exact). ...
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Can I get an alternate (hopefully clearer) scan of a US Census page?
Related to my question: How can I find out the name of this street?
I have found a page in the 1940 US Census of which I would like a clearer image. Would it be easy or straightforward to obtain one ...
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How can I find out the name of this street?
The image below comes from a page from the 1940 US Census:
(Full size image here.)
The page header from the Census is a poor scan. While I can make out the location as Washington DC, I'm unsure as ...
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How can a name be corrected in the 1940 census?
A next door neighbor in the 1940 census is listed with a wrong surname. Is it possible to have that corrected?
