1940 Census

Quite recently, the government released the 1940 census for public consumption.  The 72-year privacy restriction has passed, so now family historians have a new treasure trove of information to sift through.

I have done a preliminary scan for my parents and grandparents and found them right away.  However, since I don't have exact addresses of my great and great-great grandparents, and some of them lived in Minneapolis (a large city with lots of pages), I can see where some of my summer vacation is going to be spent.

In Sunday's NY Times magazine I read the entire article about how digital games can monopolize your life, but this genealogy thing can rival digital games for one's attention....