Did you know that women were employed through the WPA during the Depression just like men? The 1940 US Federal Census is one place where we can find out if our relatives were working for the WPA. Look under the employment section. If you see WPA in the Industry column, it means the person was…
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Finding Enumeration Districts in the 1940 Census
Some time back, I posted to Randy Seaver’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun about what I expected to find in the 1940 Census. Joel Weintraub from the website SteveMorse.org posted a comment about the different utilities they’ve created to assist people with searching the 1940 census. I decided to check it out to see if I…