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Direct Me NYC 1940
An experimental NYPL website features digitized 1940 telephone directories for New York City, which, combined with powerful search tools enable patrons to convert residential street addresses into census enumeration districts (ED), which leads to the 1940 Census records via the National Archives.
Access Locations: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Outside the Library
Subjects: Census Data; Genealogy
(Bolded items are subjects for which this is a recommended resource)
Dates of Coverage: 1940
