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gENEALOgY NOTES

1940 CENSUSB y C O N S T A N C e P O T T e r

New QuestioNs iN the

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t 1940 cn ll b rladdgallyn Aprl 2, 2012.Th digital imags will b accssibl via th Intnt, ith at hom o at a National Achivs acilit. It

will not b lasd on micoflm. Fo mo inomation, s th 1940 wb sit at www.archives.gov.

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evy 10 ya h Naial Ahiv ad Rd Admiiai(NARA) la a w dal pplai . O Apil 2,2012, NARA will p h 1940 i ada wih h 72-

ya ii a hdl. A wih vy ,

h 1940 hw h ial, pliial, ad mi i h pvi dad. T 1940 f h Ga Dpi

h 1930. Ti akd m qi akd i ali

.1 T ma idiad h p i ah hm wh

awd h qi, ah p id i 1935, ad whh

a p wa wkig i h pbli wk pgam h

Nw Dal, h a h Wk Pg Admiiai (WPA),2

h Civilia Cvai Cp (CCC), h Naial Yh

Admiiai (NYA). Oh w qi vd mplym

ad dai.

A h bm ah hdl, a pplmay akd

addiial qi w ppl mad pld li

h m. T pplmal qi lad h bihpla

h pd pa, va vi, ad Sial Siy ad

Railad Rim, w w aial ia pla. O bh h

mpl m ad h pplmal m, ppl gav h idy

hy wk i ad hi pi pai.

National youth Administation (NyA) Instumnt rpai Shop, Mach 4, 1941. Th 1940 cnsus

askd about paticipation in public mgnc pojcts including th NyA, WPA, and CCC.

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Cznp Frgn Brn (Clmn 6)

Bgiig wih h 1900 , ppl w akd i hy

w aalizd, had ld hi pap, w ali. I

1940, h C Ba addd h agy Amia

Ciiz B Abad (Am. Ci.), whih vd ppl

b abad a a. A p b abad wa a Amia

iiz i (a) hi hfatherwa a Amia iiz wh

had idd i h Uid Sa b h im h hild

bih, (b) h p wa b afterMay 24, 1934, i

ih pa wa a Amia iiz wh had idd i h

Uid Sa b h im h hild bih.3

idnfcan Prn Frnng

inrman (Clmn 7)

Kwig wh awd h qi may xplai why

ai qi w awd h way hy w, b

b h 1940 , h hdl did hw wh

gav h imai h ak. I 1940 h

ma w id :

Wi a X wih a il ad i x i l. 7 a

h am h p wh ih y wih

h imai ig h mmb h

hhld. I y d i ay bai h

imai m a p wh i a mmb

h hhld wi h am hi p i h l-

had magi, ppi h i h hhld,

h: Imai m Jh Bw, ighb.4

edcanhg Grad

scl Cmpld (Clmn 14)

Alhgh qi ab dai w akd i

ali , hi i h im h akd

h high gad hl mpld.

in wa Plac Dd t Prn Lv

n Aprl 1, 1935? (Clmn 1716)

T C Ba, id i ial migai, akd

vy wh h h livd Apil 1, 1935. T ba

dd migrants a h p wh livd i 1935 i a

y, qai y, di m h i whih

hy w livig i 1940. A qai y wa a iy ha had

100,000 ihabia m i 1930. T ba dd

nonmigrantsa ppl livig i h am y, qai

y, i 1935 a i 1940.5

Immigrants w dd a ppl livig i h

Th WPA

wokd at

building

th nations

inastuctu,

which includdpublic buildings

such as this

bus tminal

in Hacknsack,

Nw Js.

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ial Uid Sa i 1940 wh pd ha hi

pla id i 1935 wa i a lyig iy,

pi h Uid Sa, i a ig y.6

emplymn sa (Clmn 2133)

T hdl akd 13 qi ab h mplym

a ppl 14 ya ld ad ld. Ildd i h w

qi w Am my, wag, alay ivd

(ildig mmii) (lm 32) ad Did hi p

iv im $50 m m h ha

my wag alay (Y N) (lm 33).

Pblc emrgncy wrk (Clmn 22)

T akd i ay i h hhld dig h

Migration status Number: Number: Number: % Distribution: % Distribution % Distributionand type of migration Total Male Female Total Male Female

al Lab F 52,789,499 39,944,240 12,845,259 100.0 100.0 100.0

N-miga 44,929,168 34,011,522 10,917,646 85.1 85.1 85.0

Miga 7,261,507 5,483,314 1,778,193 13.8 13.7 13.8

Miga wihi 4,079,456 3,070,940 1,008,516 7.7 7.7 7.9a a

Miga bw 1,500,793 1,133,826 366,967 2.8 2.8 2.9ig a

Miga bw - 1,681,258 1,278,548 402,710 3.2 3.2 3.1ig a

Immiga 188,346 136,230 52,116 0.4 0.3 0.4

Migai a 410,478 313,174 97,304 0.8 0.8 0.8 pd

Table I. Pplai 14 ya ld ad v i h lab , by migai a, yp migai, ad x, h Uid Sa, 1940. 7

WPA woks

build a oad

btwn Clafldand Shawsvill,

Pnnslvania, to

cut o svn mils

btwn ams

and makts.

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ld hav b milaid.9 T pd

2,529,606 ppl w mplyd pbli mgy

wk. Ab h im h , hwv, 2,908,196

w dd h payll h dal mgy

wk agi, xldig h NYA Sd Wk

Pgam.

T dg milaiai vaid galy m

a a. Amg h a pibl w

i ab h laiai ai yp

pbli mgy wk h pa h ma

ad pd, h laiai ai yp

pbli mgy wk, ad h la m

ppl p ha hy w mgy wk.T

m mm yp milaiai wa h pig

mgy wk a a wk ah ha a

pbli mgy wk. P h NYA Sd

Wk Pgam w vy qly pd a i

hl ad i h lab . T i al vid

wk Mah 2430, 1940, wa a wk , aigd

, pbli mgy wk pj dd by h

WPA, h NYA, h CCC, a lal wk li

agi. T WPA, ablihd May 6, 1935, dvlpd

pgam mv mplyd wk m li

jb. T WPA wk, amg h hig, bil

h aial ia, w gid h 48

a, wkd i h a ad ha, ad aid wih

dia li. T NYA, ablihd d h WPA,

gav pa-im jb high hl ad llg d

a my i hi dai. T CCC,

ad Mah 31, 1933, mplyd m agd 1825 i

vai wk i h aial pak ad .8

Mclafcan Prn

n Pblc emrgncy wrk

A h mpli h , h C Ba

d ha may ppl pbli mgy wk

M. Whithal l and

th NyA Quatt

paticipat in a

adio wokshop.

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ha a idabl mb mgy wk w

laid a kig wk.

Qn n spplmnal scdl

Saig wih h 1880 , ppl w akd

ly wh hy w b b al h bihpla hi

ah ad mh. I h 1940 , hi qi wa

mvd h pplmal hdl. I lm 3637,

h p wa giv h pla bih h ah ad

h mh.

F h im, h did ak i a p

vd i h Civil Wa. Va (lm 3941)

w akd i hy vd i h Wld Wa, Spaih-

Amia Wa, Philippi Ii, Bx

Rblli ad i i a Rgla Eablihm (Amy,

Navy, Mai Cp), paim vi ly,

ah wa xpdii. T wi, widw, d

18-ya-ld hild a va wa al qid

aw h qi.

T pplmal hdl al akd ab

paiipai i w aial ia plaSia

Siy ad Railad Rim (lm 4244).

Alhgh Civil Wa pi may b idd h

lag-al pi pgam i h Uid Sa, h

pi did v all agd ppl. I 1906, ld ag

qalid a ldi a pi. By 1910, m ha 90

p h maiig Civil Wa va w gig

a pi; hwv, hi mpid ly ab 6 p

h pplai.10 Vai a ad piva ia

pla w id b h 1930, b h adv h

Ga Dpi mad a aial pgam aia

ia a iy. T Railad Rim Bad

vd ailway mply.

T Sial Siy A, igd i law by Pid

Fakli Rvl Ag 14, 1935, ildd

mplym ia, ld ag aia, aid

dpd hild, ad ga a pvid

vai m mdial a.11

A WPA wok

hlps build a

public comot

station at

Powlls Fot

Oganization

Camp in Viginia.

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T ah wld lik hak Jam Clli, Jh P. Db,

Kahi Vll, h galgy aid a h Naial Ahiv ad

Rd Admiiai, ad Tma E. Wi, J., wh g m

id i d.1 F m imai h qi, 1940 Census

Formsad Questions Asked on the 1940 Censusa www.archives.gov(lik 1940 ).

2 T Ii h Ema h Wk Pg Ad-miiai; hGuide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United

States h Wk Pj Admiiai (Rd Gp 69).3Instructions to the Enumerator, 1940 Census at www.archives.

gov(lik 1940 ).4 Ibid.5 Ba h C, U.S. Dpam Cmm,

16h C h Uid Sa, 1940, Population: Internal

Migration 1935 to 1940: Economic Characteristics of Migrants(U.S.

Gvm Piig O: Wahig, DC, 1946), p. 1.6 Ibid., p. 1.7 Ibid., p. 2.8 F a mphiv hiy h WPA, Nik ayl,

American-Made: Te Enduring Legacy of the WPA: When FDR Put

the Nation to Work(Baam Bk: Nw Yk, 2008).9 Ba h C, Population: Internal Migration 1935

to 1940, p. 4.10 Sial Siy Admiiai, Historical Background and

Development of Social Security (www.ssa.gov/history/briefhistory/3.

html), pag 4, ad Spmb 17, 2010.11 Ibid., p. 21.

Note on Sources

Autho

Constance Potter i a ahivi pializig i dal

d galgial i hld a h Naial Ahiv ad

Rd Admiiai.

Below: Th supplmntal schdul askd slctd popl i th

had applid o Social Scuit, which includd old ag bnfts and

oth assistanc to thos in nd.

* * * *

C d a h ly d ha hially

dib h i pplai h Uid Sa

a paila day.T 1940 i di. T

aw h w qiad h ldwill ll

, i dail, wha h Uid Sa lkd lik

Apil 1, 1940, ad wha i w m lva Amia a a dad mi dpi. A

wih all , h aw h qi may

lad di av ah.

Wint 2010

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get started doing genealogy research at the

National Archives, go to www.archives.gov/

genealogy/.

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Past U.S. censuses in general, go to www.archives.gov/

publications/prologue/, click on Genealogy Notes.

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