1940 Census

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Free access to the digital images of the 1940 Unites States Federal Census. Additionally, the entire 1940 census will be indexed by a community of volunteers and made available for free.

Access Locations: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL), All Branch Libraries, Outside the Library

Subjects: Genealogy

Dates of Coverage: 1940

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