FAMILY SEARCH 1940 INDEXING PROJECT SO CLOSE TO DONE YOU CAN TRY THE SEARCH FOR ALL 50 STATES AND THEN SOME

Checking the familysearch.org site today for 1940 census indexing project updates, I see that the word CONGRATULATIONS! appears instead of the US Map that kind of looked like a big puzzle, with state by state progress reports.

This project is the result of hundreds of volunteers giving of their time - and I believe their love - to help others access important family information. WE MUST SAY THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! to all those volunteers.

FAMILY SEARCH 1940 PROGRESS IS AMAZING : MOST OF THE UNITED STATES IS NOW SEARCHABLE INDEXED

The original goal was October first and I can tell you right now that they're going to beat that!

WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE TO THANK!

(South and North Carolina and New Jersey still need help!)

I check every other day, awaiting not only New Jersey, but Pennsylvania, Michigan, New York and Texas... and have already found people in Florida.

1940 CENSUS : FAMILYSEARCH : UPDATE ON STATES READY TO BE SEARCHED BY NAME!

The following states are now activated for searching by name! There are still a number of states that desperately need volunteers. Do one page!

VERMONT ALASKA IDAHO NEVADA WYOMING ARIZONA UTAH COLORADO KANSAS DELAWARE VIRGINIA FLORIDA MAINE NEW HAMPSHIRE
WOW!

1940 U.S. CENSUS SURPRISES : ED DISTRICTS THAT ARE COUNTS OF INSTITUTIONS AND NOTHING ELSE

While the various indexing projects go on, I'm reading a select number of cities page by page.  The subsription database ANCESTRY has Nevada and Delaware (two states with small populations in 1940 indexed if you want to try them out.)   

 I've now found, in New Jersey and in Pennsylvania, two extremely populated states circa 1940, that institutions are getting their own ED district.  I've now read entire lists of prisoners, orphans, and tuberculosis hospitals on single EDs.  Some of these are just a few pages.   ARE YOU NOTICING THIS IN ANY OTHER STATES?  LET ME KNOW!