Some of you may have heard they put the 1940 census online. I decided to see if I could find my parents and grandparents. Here’s the URL if you want to search it.
Here’s one page from Cuba, New York.
I couldn’t figure out which one would have Rawson on it. I downloaded the one for New Hudson and saw some familiar names like Luce and even a Lafferty (I think it was Jasper) and some Taylors and other names I’ve heard in the past but no Leo and Evelyn. Maybe someone else will be luckier than me.
Edit: I figured out it was in Lyndon and found it.
That’s me and mine. I found the previous page yesterday, but couldn’t find this. Thank you. They spelled FRAIR wrong; Mother had this problem all her life. In the German language, you pronounce the second vowel.
Comment by Mom — Wednesday April 4, 2012 @ 8:43 am
I am currently a volunteer working on indexing the 1940 census. I’ve done several sheets from Colorado but just found California on the list today so am doing that now. My first one in CA was of sailors on board a ship in Alameda.
Comment by Dianna Lafferty — Wednesday April 4, 2012 @ 2:13 pm
Very fun to peruse those old records and find familiar names. Kind of like studying google maps.
Comment by Donna — Wednesday April 4, 2012 @ 6:17 pm
That’s pretty neat. I wish every census was available
Comment by Daryl — Thursday April 5, 2012 @ 10:37 pm