Ancestry Adds 1940 Indexes for 12 More States & is Now up to 37 States plus Washington D.C.!

Ancestry Adds 1940 Indexes for 12 More States & is Now up to 37 States plus Washington D.C.!

Filed in Alaska, Ancestry.com, Arkansas, Idaho, Internet Genealogical Research, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Online Databases, Online Searchable Indexes, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah on Jul.26, 2012

The following is from Matthew Deighton at Ancestry.com:

With today’s addition of 12 states (18 million records) to the 1940 US Federal Census, Ancestry.com now has 37 states and Washington DC fully indexed and searchable on the site. All of the 1940 US Census will be free through 2013.

Number of records per state:

Alaska: 72,665

Arkansas: 1,955,176

Idaho: 526,673

Massachusetts: 4,325,657

Minnesota: 2,797,461

Missouri: 3,790,868

New Mexico: 534,334

North Dakota: 644,245

Oklahoma: 2,341,108

Rhode Island: 714,519

South Dakota: 643,766

Utah: 551,609

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