That was the 1940 census, when census-takers, or enumerators, still went door to door to count everyone.

With the help of online volunteers, the National Archives and Records Administration and leading genealogy groups are turning the 1940 US Census into an easy to search database.

By Emanuella Grinberg, CNN (CNN) — Personal, historic details of more than 132 million people were released online through the 1940 Census Monday, providing the public with free access to a ...

The 1940 U.S. Census Community Project announces the 1940 U.S. census is now available to the public for free online family history research, thanks t ...

Data from the 1940 U.S. census was released online Monday, and McKinleyville resident Karen Burgess said she’s already exploring the new information. ”I’m more than a little excit… ...

(CNN) — Personal, historic details of more than 132 million people were released online through the 1940 Census Monday, providing the public with free access to a slice of American history. The ...

If you're looking for details about your ancestors, the 1940 census contains a wealth of information you may find useful. The site is filled with high-resolution scans of the handwritten census ...

Americans responded in overwhelming numbers Monday to the online release of detailed information from the 1940 census — the first time such a trove of historic census records has been available ...

The internet age has made a wealth of information available to anyone with a working connection, and being able to move backward in time through detailed records offers the chance to see our ...

By Emanuella Grinberg, CNN (CNN) — Personal, historic details of more than 132 million people were released online through the 1940 Census Monday, providing the public with free access to a ...

22.5 million Americans went online to view the 1940 census website in the first three hours, crashing the server ...

In April 1940, 120,000 census takers spread out across America to take an inventory of its residents. Seventy-two years later, we're finally going to see the names, addresses and jobs of all the ...