Update on Ancestry's 1940 Indexing

Last night Ancestry added 12 more states to our 1940 U.S. Census index last night—Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota and Utah..

Now 70% of the 1940 U.S. Census is indexed and searchable on Ancestry.com—a full 37 states and the District of Columbia. 

It’s the home stretch for the 1940 index. Look for South Carolina, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, New Jersey, Connecticut, Texas, North Carolina, Illinois, West Virginia, Wyoming, Maryland, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Panama Canal Zone, American Samoa and Guam to be added in the next few weeks. 

Ancestry is also hosting family history how-to presentations. You can view upcoming events at  Ancestry Facebook Events.


Happy hunting!

Winner of the the bog contest is........

Tucsonjane!  Tucsonjane please email me at amyurman@gmail with your email/contact information.  You have 48 hours to contact me.  If I do not hear from you I will have random.org 

select another name.A big thank you to everyone that  entered and thank you for sharing 

your summer accomplishments.   

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Win a Free 6 Month US Deluxe Membership from Ancestry and a copy of Family Tree Maker 2012

Win a 6 month US Deluxe Membership from Ancestry.com as well as a copy of Family Tree Maker 2012.  Entries must be received by Friday, July 20th, 12 PM MST.  Visit http://thegenealogysearch.blogspot.com/2012/07/contest-for-free-6-month-ancestry-us.html to enter. 

Wordless Wednesday - Frank and Eva Urman's [Yurmanivich] Wedding Day

Frank and Eva [Ivana Drvaric] Yurmanovich - last name later changed to Urman,  9 Feb 1929, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Wordless Wednesday - Durbin's?

Here are two pictures I took at the family reunion of the family portraits in Richard  possession.  I remember that these were thought to be the Durbins, any of my cousins remember the names of the subjects?

Morris Durbin

Rachel Logue Durbin

Ancestry Update on 1940 U.S. Census Index

The latest from Ancestry:


This just in: we added 15 states to our 1940 U.S. Census index late last night. So dive in and search for family members by name in the 1940 census in California, Idaho, Georgia, Kentucky, Washington, Kansas, Nebraska, Oregon, Alabama, Arizona, New Hampshire, Michigan, Wisconsin, Montana and Hawaii. Start searching.

Our latest addition means we now have 25 states and the District of Columbia indexed and searchable on Ancestry.com—a total of 55 percent of the 1940 U.S. Census population. And more states are right around the corner. Look for Alaska, Arkansas, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Dakota and Utah all coming soon.

Wordless Wednesday - The Wedding of Stanley Mikolajczak and Agnes Kwiecienski

Stanley and Agnes Mikolajczak marriage date unknown, Milwaukee, Wisconsin