![]() ![]() When the census was first released, “if you didn’t know exactly where someone lived in 1940, you couldn’t find them,” Braverman said. ![]() ![]() “That’s the exciting aspect about this - the ability to search the lifetime of our mothers and fathers,” said Debra Braverman, a New York-based independent forensic genealogist with clients seeking information for trust funds and estates. state and an immigrant hub from which people moved all over the country.Ĭensus experts say the New York data is of national interest because tens of millions of Americans have roots in this gateway to the United States through Ellis Island, and many can now dig for more personal information. census first made public in April will unlock personal information about residents of New York - then the largest U.S. With names, free searches of the 1940 U.S. Starting after midnight, it will no longer be essential to provide exact addresses from seven decades ago to look for a New York connection. census and come up with details about the lives of New Yorkers - from Joe DiMaggio and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy to their own relatives. Americans are in for a cyber-surprise on Wednesday: They’ll be able to plug family names into an online 1940 U.S. ![]()
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