The 1940 USA Census

[Wire9Vintage]

That's wonderful! The real boy named Sue! Interestingly, my grandmother, on the 1910 census (age 3) was listed as a son. An uncle on the other side of the family, whose name was Emory, got listed as a daughter, Emily.

So you do have to be careful and check census records against each other. Never just take one as gospel!

 

[Bluebird Marsha]

I'm just wondering what will happen as the records are indexed. Will some well-meaning historian/genealogist think it's a mistake, and change it? At least in this case, I'm certain about the census records. Big-Granny died in 1982, while I was in college; and my great-uncles and grandmother lived into the early 2000's. I knew them all quite well, and mom can fill in the blank spots.

Now I want to have a daughter and name her William!

 

[RBH]

My grandmother was born in 1914.
Her first name was Marion. She told me the doctor named her and it was going to be Marion ...boy or girl.
She always went by her middle name, Lorene.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

As a side note, some of the local Japanese here found out that the Census records were not all that inacessible as they were used to round them up and put them in concentration camps during the war.
I never put any nationality information on my census forms for that reason.

Has anybody ever received the census long form? I think one out every fifteen or twenty people receive it. It has more detailed questions than the standard form and it includes questions about your income, value and size of your house etc.

 

[sheeplady]

Has anybody ever received the census long form? I think one out every fifteen or twenty people receive it. It has more detailed questions than the standard form and it includes questions about your income, value and size of your house etc.

Yes, I believe we did last time in 2010. It included a long list of questions per individual. Occupation, home ownership, schooling, etc. I don't even remember all it asked: how long we lived there, if we owned our home, martial status, children, etc. I filled out the short form in 2000. It didn't take that much longer. The questions are designed so that if you don't meet the criteria (say, having children) you skip the next 5 questions. We didn't meet the criteria on a lot of things, so ours went in pretty blank.

I work with the compiled census data on a regular basis. It is a wonderful resource for knowing the demographics in the US.

 

[jamespowers]

Has anybody ever received the census long form? I think one out every fifteen or twenty people receive it. It has more detailed questions than the standard form and it includes questions about your income, value and size of your house etc.

I give very little information every year---even if they send the long form. They pestered me for weeks on end and then sent me a confirmation letter that had the missing information filled in---even nationality. Great. They have the ability to come up with information that I don't want to give. What the heck do I need to fill out anything for?:eusa_doh: