Among the people living in my building in 1940: stenographers, investigators (one for "N.Y.C. Social"), lawyers, waitresses, a hatmaker and a dressmaker, a hospital dietitian, and a "photographers" salesman. Though they mostly hailed from New York, quite a few were born in Russia, Austria, Poland, Germany, and Denmark, as well as New Jersey and Maine. Just a snapshot of what you can find on the 1940 Census site, which has been bombarded with more than 37 million "hits"—so cute, the Archives!—since nine a.m. Monday.
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I went to my Grandma's 1940s home address it was great fun. And the 1930's too, actually a relative sent them to me.
Have you ever gone to the US ARMY draft records and seen your Uncles records in their own hand writing...they go back to 1917 or thereabouts if I remember rightly....waaay back, too faboo.
Posted by: Eileen | 04/12/2012 at 06:40 AM