Showing posts with label 1940 census. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1940 census. Show all posts

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Archives.com announces the 1940 is completely indexed on their site!

The 1940 Census is now fully indexed just in time for October's Family History Month! To commemorate these two great occasions, Archives.com created a fun and informative interactive graphic showcasing all 23 Censuses! The interactive graphic can be found at the following URL:

http://www.archives.com/1940-census-facts.html

Complete with images of each decade’s questionnaire as well as statistics and valuable data, we hope you enjoy it! You can share it on your Facebook page, Like it, Tweet it, etc. Thank you!

Friday, August 3, 2012

Life after the 1940 census

It's over! As of 2:00 p.m. MDT, the final batch of the 1940 U.S. census was arbitrated and submitted for publication. We finished the indexing portion of the census a full two months early. And we helped -- members of the Pima County Genealogy Society indexed 93,474 records and arbitrated 4,321 records. What a great achievement! Read the FamilySearch blog post Nearing the End of the Marathon for the full story. And while you're there, don't forget to pick up your victor's laurel by folowing the link provided in the post.

FamilySearch Indexing Indexer Badge FamilySearch Indexing Indexer Badge

There are many steps that must be taken to process the indexes, and more were added to increase the quality of this particular index. For those reasons, it will be a few more weeks before the census is fully searchable online at FamilySearch and their partner sites: findmypast.com, and Archives.com. Check out the FamilySearch blog post Paying the Price for more information about the processing. However, if you don't want to wait. Ancestry.com announced today that the 1940 census index is complete on their website and free to search until December 2013. This index was done independantly from the US Census Community Project and may be different. If you don't find the household for which you are seeking on one site, always check the other.

But what if you want to keep helping making records available online to genealogists everywhere? Don't despair. The next community indexing project From Sea to Shining Sea has already begun! This is an exciting new project of Immigration and Naturalization records. These projects are available in the download batch list now with the project name beginning with "US (Community Project)" (you can sort the list by Project Name by clicking on the column header.) Visit the FamilySearch blog post From Sea to Shining Sea for a list of projects under this category, some interesting immigration historical facts, links to FamilySearch wiki articles on Immigration and Naturalization, and links to free research courses on using immigration and naturalization records.

If you haven't participated in the indexing program and have been curious about how it works, visit the same blog post to download and install the program, register for a familysearch account, and start indexing. You can always email our society indexing administrator at sherri85748@gmail.com if you have any questions or need some one-on-one indexing training.

Keep on Indexing!

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Way to go, y'all!

The Pima County Genealogy Society members have indexed and arbitrated a total of 54,519 records since the release of the 1940 census on April 2nd. With 22 members participating in the project, that makes an average of nearly 2,500 records each. Way to go, y'all!

Three of our members are the biggest contributors to the effort with completion of a little over 21,000 of the records. Those are Candice King, Margaret Ward, and Charlotte Venekamp. Congratulations and a big Thank You for the time you put into this. We will all benefit from the product of this indexing project.

The 1940 Census project reports that it is 40% complete as of early this morning with 1.5 million of the 3.7 million records indexed and arbitrated. Six states are searchable online: Colorado, Delaware, Kansas, New Hampshire, Oregon, and Virginia. Another eleven states are 100% complete and will be searchable online very soon: Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Vermont, and Wyoming. The latest estimate is that the entire census will be indexed in July! It will probably take another month after that for all 50 states to be searchable online. Way to go, y'all!

If you've been thinking about joining the project but have been delaying, now is the time to do it. If you wait much longer, there won't be any 1940 census images left! Go to https://the1940census.com/getting-started/, download and install the program, register for an account, and start indexing. It's fun and easy and you can do it on your own time. You get to choose which state to index (but not the county) and you get a week to finish the batch. Each batch is one census page with no more than 40 names. Once you get the hang of it you can index a full page in 15 minutes or less.

Keep on Indexing!

Sunday, May 6, 2012

FamilySearch: Indiana is not complete!

FamilySearch update from their Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/familysearchindexing):

Indiana not complete for 1940 Census:

"When we started the Indiana—1940 US Census indexing project, not all of the images and batches were included. We’ve now made all of them available, so Indiana appears on the Download Batch list again in the indexing program. The percentage complete has changed to 18%, instead of 100%. We’re very sorry for the confusion, but we hope all those indexers and arbitrators interested in Indiana will band together to increase that percentage again."






Saturday, April 28, 2012

Society Indexing Contest.............

Let's get those fingers moving and help our society compete in the indexing contest!  We are slightly behind in the indexing per capita average.  If you are registered please consider adding a page or two to what you have been indexing.  If you are not yet a registered indexer go to the 1940 Census Community Project Getting Started page to register as an indexer, download the indexing software, and begin indexing. When creating your FamilySearch account, please select Pima County Genealogy Society as your group (note that Minnesota also has a group by the same name, but they have "-MN" appended to the name. Please be sure not to select that group). Registering with our society automatically qualifies you to be entered into weekly drawings.  As little as fifteen minutes a day indexing  would be a great help.


The 1940 U.S. Census Community ProjectDear Society Administrators,We've had a lot of questions asking about the society indexing contest that was mentioned earlier. Well, our society indexing group contests are finally here! We have some great prizes for those who want to take part in this competition. There will be a couple categories, depending on the size and activity of your society's group. Requirements and prizes will vary for each category.
Grand Prize for Per Capita Production on the 1940 Index
The grand prize will be awarded to the society with the highest average number of records indexed and arbitrated per person by a society with 2 or more people in their indexing group. They must have a 95% or higher indexing accuracy average.
Prize: A mini-conference presented at your society location. The total value of this package is $6,000! This prize includes:
  • 4 genealogists, each teaching three sessions (Speaker fees, travel, and accommodations are included).
  • A syllabus of the conference presentations on a USB drive, CD, or print format (depending on the actual number of attendees).
  • Your society provides the site for the conference or we can provide a local FamilySearch family history center where the conference can be held.
Competition will go from April 2nd and continue until the 1940 US Census project is completely arbitrated; after which the winner will be announced.
Runner up Prize for Per Capita Production on the 1940 Index
A second place prize will be awarded to the society with the second highest average number of records indexed and arbitrated per person by a society with 2 or more people in their indexing group. They must have a 95% or higher indexing accuracy average.
Prize: The prize will be a 1/2 day webinar mini-conference, for a value of total value of $1,700. This prize includes:
  • 4 one-hour Family History Library sessions of your choice
  • A projector
  • An HD webcam
  • An annual subscription to GoToWebinar (a webinar provider service)
  • A laptop computer
Competition will go from April 2nd and continue until the 1940 US Census project is completed. The winner will be announced one week after the last state is arbitrated.
Small and Large Society Contest (April 26-May 2)
We will have another contest from April 26th through May 2nd for the highest percentage of member growth in a society indexing group, based on the size of your society when the contest begins. For example, a small society can grow above 16 members and still compete in the small category for this contest. (Note: A small society indexing group has 15 or less people, while a large society indexing group has 16 or more people.) In the case of a tie, a random drawing will be done to select the winner.
Prize: A brand new printer valued at $300
We will track the growth of your society membership from April 26th through May 2nd. Winners will be announced on May 4, 2012.
You can see how many members your group currently has and monitor your growth by doing the following:
1. Go to indexing.familysearch.org.
2. Sign in with your FamilySearch Indexing user name and password.
3. Look at the number following open group has
Members
If your administration tab does not automatically open, you have not yet been made the administrator for your group. You can receive administration rights by creating your FamilySearch account and contacting the 1940 U.S. Census Project team by phone or e-mail at:
Phone: 1-855-439-1940
Email: support@the1940census.com
See Who is Leading
A leader board will be posted soon at https://the1940census.com/society/societies-games-prizes/.
You can see who is in the lead for the grand prize and upcoming contests. You will also see the winners of the society contests.

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Monday, April 23, 2012

1940 Census Indexing Contest (April 23-29)

The 1940 Census contest for April 23-29 has been announced:
This week, to qualify for a membership card to Archives.com, indexers must index 1940 Census records in at least two states.  Three winners will be chosen at random from those indexers that complete at least one 1940 Census batch in two different states with at least 90% accuracy by Sunday, April 29.  These winners will all receive a membership card to Archives.com!
Check out the 1940 Census Blog Weekly Contest page for details. The contest ends at 10:59 p.m. (Arizona time) on Sunday, April 29.


Keep on Indexing! 

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

This week's indexing contest

This week's contest has been posted on the 1940 Census Blog Weekly Contest page. 

This week only those indexers in the top ten percent of volume indexed and who have 90% accuracy will qualify for the contest.  Three winners will be chosen at random from the top ten percent of indexers as of Sunday, April 22.  One lucky winner will receive a $100 Amazon gift card and two lucky winners will receive a $50.00 Amazon gift card!
What is the bar you have to reach to make the top 10%? Today's 1940 Census Blog post "Are You in the Top 10%?" says that as of today:
The number of records indexed to be in the top 10% of volume ranges from 440 records (or lines of data on the census) to 4,760 records. So, as of today, if you have indexed over 440 records with 90% or more accuracy, you are qualified for the contest!
But be aware that those numbers are likely to change. You have until Sunday, April 22 to reach that top 10%.

How do you know how many records you have indexed and what your accuracy is? The easiest way to check is from your "My Work" screen in the indexing program.
  1. Launch the Indexing program and log in. 
  2. To find out how many records you have indexed, click on the “My History” tab from the "My Work" screen. Click on the “Names Submitted” button in that tab. This will list all projects you have indexed and give you the number of names in that project that you have indexed for the month and a total since you have started indexing.
  3. To find out how accurate you are, click on the "Arbitration Results" tab. The average percentage agreement for projects you have completed within the last 90 days will be displayed. As an added bonus, you can click on the "Review Batches" button to see what the arbitrator disagreed with. This is a tool to help you learn from mistakes and increase your future accuracy.

 Keep on Indexing!

Monday, April 16, 2012

1940 US Census Project Updates and Training

We as a community are making a lot of progress on the 1940 US census -- over 17 million names have been indexed and the Pima County Genealogy Society has indexed nearly 16,000 names since it launched on April 2nd !   Well Done!

The instructions for indexing the 1940 census are changing rapidly. As FamilySearch Support discovers common errors or encounters frequent questions, the project instructions are updated to provide clarification and more details. Please check the project updates at least weekly, if not each day as you begin to index. The updates are located at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/FamilySearch_Indexing:_US%E2%80%941940_Federal_Census,_Project_Updates. There is also link to a presentation on how to index the 1940 census on this page. That presentation gives a lot of screen shots and good information that will help your indexing efforts. Also, the Additional Helps tab has a link to a List of US Counties and Cities which is very helpful for the 1935 Residence fields.

FamilySearch is airing some training webinars Wednesday nights this month on “Tips & Tricks for Indexing the 1940 Census.” The webinars begin at 5:00 p.m. Arizona time. The schedule and links to attend the webinar is located at https://the1940census.com/training-webinars/. No pre-registration is required, but it is recommended that first time users run the Browser Test on the bottom of the webpage.

If you haven't started indexing yet, you can begin by going to https://the1940census.com/getting-started/, download the Indexing Software, and register for a FamilySearch account. If you enter "Pima County Genealogy Society" in your Group (you must first select "Group or Society" in the Local Support Level field), you will be automatically opted-in for the weekly contests and be eligible to be entered in the drawings for prizes. Last week's prize was an iPad! You can get more details on the weekly contests from the 1940 Census Blog Games and Prizes page. The weekly contest is posted each Monday or Tuesday in the Contest/Games category of the blog.

Keep on Indexing!
Photo courtesy of U.S. Census Bureau:
http://www.census.gov/history/www/sights_sounds/photos/1940_photos.php#

Saturday, April 7, 2012

Time is Running Out...Start Indexing!

Complete at least one 1940 U.S. Census batch by Sunday, April 8 at 11:59 p.m. MST (10:59 p.m. Arizona time) and be entered to win an Amazon Kindle Fire. Go to the 1940 Census Community Project weekly contest blog for game rules and details. Don't Delay, Index Today!

Thursday, April 5, 2012

1940 Census - Ancestry Updates..........

Ancestry is predicting that they will have every page - approximately 3.8 million of them - posted not later than 2 p.m. EST this Friday.  What exciting news!


Ancestry has also been posting videos on YouTube to help you navigate through the census images.  Visit their videos at Ancestry YouTube videos.  Give the videos a try they are quite informative.


Ancestry is also making a presence on Facebook.  The release of the 1940 census has triggered a plethora new genealogy enthusiasts. Check the Events Tabs on Facebook for Livestream broadcasts and Tweet chat opportunities.  You can check it out at Ancestry Events Facebook.


The Ancestry Sticky Notes blog page is posting tips and tricks for the census.  They are also looking for stories and pictures.  You can  email them to1940stories@ancestry.com and they will be posted to Ancestry's 1940 Stories section and possibly to their interactive map. To view the interactive map visit  it at http://map.ancestry.com.


Ancestry has been indexing since the images have been available.  I'll let you know when the first state is indexed and available.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

When will your state be ready for indexing?

The 1940 Census Project has released the status of the states available for indexing as well as the prioritized list of the states waiting to be released for indexing:

Currently, we have 13 states AVAILABLE FOR INDEXING:
Delaware – 95% complete (should be done today)
Virginia
Kansas
Oregon
Colorado
Florida
Mississippi
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Alabama
Minnesota
New Hampshire
California
Pennsylvania

The following list represents the order of the states as they will be released for indexing in the coming weeks:
Texas
New York
Illinois
Indiana
Utah
Missouri
North Carolina
Ohio
Washington
Georgia
Idaho
Maryland
Nebraska
Tennessee
Kentucky
Arkansas
Massachusetts
Michigan
Nevada
South Carolina
Wisconsin
Arizona
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Iowa
Maine
Montana
New Jersey
New Mexico
North Dakota
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Vermont
West Virginia
Wyoming
Alaska Territory
Hawaii Territory
Guam
Panama Canal Zone
American Samoa
US Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
*Please note that the order of release is subject to change, but that this is the plan as of now. 

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Have You Answered the Call?

Yesterday was the big day...the 1940 census was released to the general public for the first time as free digital images.

Although NARA's website (1940census.archives.com) couldn't handle the load yesterday, they have corrected the problem and are happily up and running today.

The 1940 One-Step tool was and is running smoothly and has links to the images at the NARA site. This tool is an aide to finding your ancestor's ED to help narrow the search.

Ancestry.com started uploading the images soon after their release. You can monitor their Progress of the 1940 Census by scrolling down below the map.

The best thing that happened yesterday is that the images were available to download for indexing. The 1940 Census Project is working diligently to process the images and get them out to the community for indexing so that they will be made searchable by name. Pima County Genealogy Society is proud to be a part of this national project. And I am happy to say that we have indexed over 1300 names in the first 30 hours after release. Well Done!

But we need you to make this successful. For just 15-30 minutes a day, or an hour a week, you can make a big difference. Go to the 1940 Census Community Project Getting Started page to register as an indexer, download the indexing software, and begin indexing. When creating your FamilySearch account, please select Pima County Genealogy Society as your group (note that Minnesota also has a group by the same name, but they have "-MN" appended to the name. Please be sure not to select that group). Registering with our society automatically qualifies you to be entered into weekly drawings. Check the 1940 blog Contest page each week to find out what that week's challenge is and the prize.

 Watch the video below to see how easy it is to index. It is a tutorial on How To Index the 1940 Census.




Don't wait for your state to be available. Start indexing today. Let's Index!!

Friday, March 30, 2012

Who's On First


There are less than 4 days until the release of the 1940 census!!! There is substantial work to be accomplished by FamilySearch to prepare the images for indexing. This first batches will be available sometime in the afternoon on April 2. But which states will be the first to beavailable for indexing? A little birdie told me that there will be five states available to download for indexing by 7 p.m. (Arizona time) on Monday, April 2: Colorado, Delaware, Kansas, Oregon, and Virginia. If one of those states is the one you are most interested in, you are in luck.

But if you want a different state, don’t despair. All 50 states will be available within 10 days of the initial launch.

If you haven’t registered as an indexer yet, go to https://the1940census.com/ and click on the red “Download the Indexing Software” button at the bottom. Install the software, create a FamilySearch account with “Pima County Genealogy Society” as your Group, take the tutorial, and start indexing! If you already have a FamilySearch account, you can align yourself with us by following these steps:
1.      Go to https://indexing.familysearch.org
2.      Sign In with your FamilySearch account (top right of your browser window)
3.      Click on “My Info” (top right of your browser window)
4.      Click on the Edit button
5.      Under the Additional Indexing Information section, select “Group or Society” in the Local Support Level field
6.      Select “Pima County Genealogy Society” in the Group field
7.      Click the Save button

Or you can email our group administrator at sherri85748@gmail.com with your FamilySearch User Name (NOT password) and she can move you into the group.

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Celebrate the Launch of the 1940 Census!


The Tucson Arizona Family History Center (500 S. Langley) will open its doors from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, April 2 to help the community register and start indexing. There will be big band music and refreshments. Bring your friends, neighbors, and family in for a few minutes to be a part of this historic event. You may wish to bring a laptop in case all the computers get busy.

Photo: Census Bureau employees review punch cards containing data from the 1940 census. Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Where Do I Find Grandpa G. I. Joe in the 1940 Census?


The enumerator was instructed to enumerate every living person whose usual place of residence was in their district, including persons temporarily absent. These persons were to be marked with “Ab” after their names. There were a few exceptions to that rule, however.
·        Military personnel were enumerated as residents of the place where they were stationed whereas members of their families were enumerated at the place in which they resided.
·        Officers of merchant vessels under the American flag were enumerated at their homes on land.
·        The crews of American merchant marine vessels were enumerated as part of the population of the port from which the vessel operated.
·        Members of the household attending the Military Academy at West Point, the Naval Academy at Annapolis, or any other training school operated by either the War Department, the Navy Department, or the United States Coast Guard were enumerated as residents of those institutions.
·        Student nurses away from home were enumerated as residents of the hospital, nurses’ home, or other place in which they lived while receiving their training.
·        Inmates of a mental institution, nursing home, home for the blind and deaf, soldiers’ home, reformatory, prison, home for orphans, or any other institution in which the inmates may remain for long periods of time were enumerated as residents of the institution.
·        Prisoners of jails were enumerated at the jail no matter the length of the sentence.
·        Hotels, tourist or trailer camps, missions, and cheap one-night lodging houses (flophouses) were enumerated as of the night of April 8. All residents of those places on that night were enumerated on separate sheets numbered serially beginning with 81 so that the numbers would not overlap the numbers assigned to schedules used for persons enumerated in regular order.


Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Training Classes for Indexing the 1940 Census


The Tucson Arizona Family History Center (500 S. Langley) is offering a training class for indexing the 1940 census at noon on April 11. Please call 298-0905 to sign up.

Online training webinars will be broadcast in March, April, and May at 5:00 p.m. Fifteen minutes prior to the webinar start time, go to http://the1940census.com/society/start/, click the date, login as a guest user, and follow the prompts to enter the Meeting ID.


It will be necessary to either call in or to request that the organizers call you to listen to the presentations.
•        Intro to Indexing (Meeting ID: 6310)
–       Tuesday:  March 20 and March 27
•        Tips & Tricks for Indexing the 1940 Census (Meeting ID: 8496)
–       Wednesday:  April 18, April 25 and May 2

Monday, March 12, 2012

March 17th monthly meeting - 1940's Census and Finding the Living


1:15 to 2:00 p.m.The 1940 Census Is Coming In 13 Days - Sherri Hessick and Pam Ingermanson
2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Hunting The Living-Finding Your Relatives, Classmates, Old Flames - Amy Urman



University Of Arizona Medical Center 1501 North Campbell Avenue, Room 2117




The March meeting is going to be really fun, especially if we all dress up a little like the 1940s. I promised I would send some examples. Here are some links of websites with pictures of clothing, hairstyles, hats, etc. for both men and women in the 1940s. I didn’t bother with shoes since that would be a little more difficult to come up with without spending a bunch of money.

I sorted the links by the type of item (i.e. clothing, hair, etc.) with a little explanation of what it holds. At the bottom, I provided the links again, but just the links, and sorted by gender, mostly so the men won’t have to weed through the verbiage about the women’s styles and vice-versa.

There are also tons of Youtube videos on how to fix the hair (both men and women) and more of the clothing, etc. You can always Google it and see what you come up with in addition to all the below.

CLOTHING
Women wore below the knee, flared skirts and shoulder pads. Leg makeup and line drawn down the back of the leg to simulate the seam. See Patterns and Images from 1940-1949 http://sensibility.com/vintageimages/1940s/.

Men wore suits or military uniforms. Seems they still wore the zoot suit in early 1940s, carried over from 1930s, but also pin-stripe suits. Here are some examples: http://www.vintagecostumers.com/1930m.htm. There’s an article about mens fashion in the 1940s here http://mens-fashion.lovetoknow.com/Mens_Fashion_in_the_1940%27s.

Here is another website that has mostly women, but also some men, fashions from the 1940s. It also has examples of women’s trousers…high waisted and very full legs with cuffs.  http://www.angelfire.com/retro2/lisanostalgia1/40sfashion.html.


HAIR
Women’s hair is parted on the side and curly. Seems to be pulled back and bobby-pinned on one side. See 1940s hairstyles http://hairstyletwist.com/blog/category/1940s-hairstyles/.

Men’s hair is slicked back and parted on the side. Or they had crew cuts or flat tops since the war began. See  http://www.stylisheve.com/1940s-hairstyles-for-men/
Men also had pompadours with their slicked back hair. Here is a website with instructions on how to do it. http://www.rockabillyhairstyle.com/men.html.

HEAD ACCESSORIES
Women wore hats, lots of hats! This website has some examples of hats and hairstyles in the 40s:  http://fashion-era.com/hats-hair/hats_hair_9_hairstyles_history_1940_1945.htm. They also wore crocheted snoods. See  https://www.google.com/search?q=1940+snood&hl=en&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=Z-c3T_2sCYXe2AXp2oTyAQ&ved=0CD4QsAQ&biw=1084&bih=653. And for a really casual look, they wore bandanas like Rosie Riveter. Instructions for how to tie a bandana 1940s style is here http://swingshiftontap.com/scrapbook84/index.html.

Men also wore hats, mostly wide-brimmed fedoras. And, of course, they also had a pipe.

MAKEUP
Red lipstick and nail polish that matched your clothes. They put a little “bow” at the tips of the mouth with the lipstick. Good examples are at http://glamourdaze.blogspot.com/2009_11_01_archive.html  and the Vintage Make-up Guidehttp://vintagemakeupguide.com/1940s-look/?nggpage=2.

SUMMARY LINKS FOR MEN




SUMMARY LINKS FOR WOMEN



Saturday, January 28, 2012

1940 Census - FamilySearch


FamilySearch has a fun article on the 1940 census titled: 

1940 U.S. Census Is Coming! Don't Flip Your Wig. FamilySearch Is Cooking with Gas. You can access the Wiki article here https://familysearch.org/node/1520

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Free Webinar -


The Friends of the National Archives-Southeast Region, Inc., are pleased to announce that they now have the capability to offer Webinars thanks to the support of TechSoup and Citrix, Inc.



    Sign up for the free next Webinar scheduled for Monday,     January 9th, 2012, with Constance Potter, staff archivist and genealogy specialist, who will present "An Introduction to the 1940 Federal Census. 

Please visit http://friendsnas.org/webinarSch.htm for more information.