FamilySearch Posts Last 5 States for 1940 Census Index

August 21, 2012 By Steve 18 Comments

We did it! The final five states of the 1940 US Census Project have been posted on the FamilySearch.org website! These states include Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, South Carolina and Tennessee. We have posted the indexes for Guam, Panama Canal and Virgin Islands, as well. American Samoa is nearly complete and Puerto Rico is 25% complete. These last two territories will be posted as soon as they are ready to post.

The 1940 US Census Project started on the April 4^th of this year. With the posting of the last states today, we have published the census 73 days earlier than expected! What a great thing to brag about. And it was all due to a great group of dedicated volunteer indexers like you.

Once again we want to thank every one of you who have worked so hard to help create this valuable census index. Your efforts have been remarkable. Many will benefit from your hard work for many years to come.

I’ve said this before and would like to repeat it again. We hope you will continue to visit the FamilySearch Indexing site and index some of the many other collections we currently have available. Your indexing and arbitration skills are seriously needed. We invite you to continue using your skills to make more records freely available to all who want to discover who they are and where they came from.

Thank you for being a part of this great project.