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RootsPoint contains the US 1940 US Federal Census that contains more than 130 million names. It also has the UK census records from 1841-1901. These UK census records contain more than 169 million names. RootsPoint also has the UK births, Marriages and Deaths collection and the index to New York City marriage applications, affidavits and licenses from 1908-1929.
About The Data
Census records are the only records that describe the entire population of the United States on a particular day. The 1940 census is no different. The answers given to the census takers tell us, in detail, what the United States looked like on April 1, 1940, and what issues were most relevant to Americans after a decade of economic depression. The 1940 census reflects economic tumult of the Great Depression and President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal recovery program of the 1930s. Between 1930 and 1940, the population of the Continental United States increased 7.2% to 131,669,275. The territories of Alaska, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, the Panama Canal, and the American Virgin Islands comprised 2,477,023 people. Besides name, age, relationship, and occupation, the 1940 census included questions about internal migration; employment status; participation in the New Deal Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Works Progress Administration (WPA), and National Youth Administration (NYA) programs; and years of education.
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RootsPoint also has the UK census records from 1841-1901. These census records contain 169,124,238 names. RootsPoint also has the UK births, Marriages and Deaths collection and the index to New York City marriage applications, affidavits and licenses from 1908-1929.
