Check back with them on Monday and we'll see the exact date of the publication. They mentioned 1940 in the talk but I don't recall what the year was on the images that they showed. Regardless, considering the number of people living in NYC at that time, having a free, online version of a phone directory plus the linking to Steve Morse's web site to use the address to obtain the ED will be a great access after the 1940 census is released. ----- Original Message ----- From: "W David Samuelsen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 3:28 PM Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] New tool announced for NYC for 1940 Census > Correction: I meant 1941 city directory to get 1940 residency. > > oops! Guess they got wrong year. 1940 directory is based on 1939 > residency. Should be 1941 city directory to get 1940 residency. There > is a huge time delay in getting printed. > > This is a common mistake. You want 1939 city directory, not 1940. > > David Samuelsen > > On 3/27/2012 12:41 PM, Cathy-0 wrote: >> Last Saturday, March 24, a new tool was announced by the staff of the New >> York Public Library in preparation for the 1940 Federal Census which >> becomes available on Monday, April 2 at 9:00 EDT. >> >> This new tool is an online 1940 telephone directory for the five boroughs >> of New York City and will be free to use from their internet web pages. >> You can search the telephone phone directory for an address of your >> family in NYC and then click on the small window which allows you to type >> the address into a search box that then links to the web site of Steve >> Morse. In linking to Morse's web site, you will then be able to identify >> the enumeration district (ED) in which the street address is found. Once >> the 1940 Census becomes available online, the library staff also hopes to >> eventually link each ED to the first web page of the census showing the >> pages for that ED in New York City. If so, then this will be an >> outstanding tool for searching the 1940 census for NYC residents until >> such time as an index to the census becomes available. >> >> The NYPL staff stated that they expect to have new telephone directory >> tool available *** on Monday, April 2 *** on the Milstein page of the >> New York Public Library: http://www.nypl.org/milstein >> >> So, if you expect to search for family from NYC in the 1940 Federal >> census, give the NYPL web site a look on Monday. >> >> Happy Hunting! >> >> *************************************** >> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nywestch/ >> *************************************** >> Browse or Search the Mailing List Archives of postings sent to this list >> over the years. Visit >> http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/usa/NY/westchester.html#NYWESTCH >> *************************************** >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > Browse or Search the Mailing List Archives of postings sent to this list > over the years. Visit > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/usa/NY/westchester.html#NYWESTCH > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
April 1, 1940 is census day. I already sent the message to the Library there, pointing out the common mistake. David On 3/27/2012 1:37 PM, Cathy-0 wrote: > Check back with them on Monday and we'll see the exact date of the > publication. They mentioned 1940 in the talk but I don't recall what the > year was on the images that they showed. > > Regardless, considering the number of people living in NYC at that time, > having a free, online version of a phone directory plus the linking to Steve > Morse's web site to use the address to obtain the ED will be a great access > after the 1940 census is released. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "W David Samuelsen"<[email protected]> > To:<[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 3:28 PM > Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] New tool announced for NYC for 1940 Census > > >> Correction: I meant 1941 city directory to get 1940 residency. >> >> oops! Guess they got wrong year. 1940 directory is based on 1939 >> residency. Should be 1941 city directory to get 1940 residency. There >> is a huge time delay in getting printed. >> >> This is a common mistake. You want 1939 city directory, not 1940. >> >> David Samuelsen >> >> On 3/27/2012 12:41 PM, Cathy-0 wrote: >>> Last Saturday, March 24, a new tool was announced by the staff of the New >>> York Public Library in preparation for the 1940 Federal Census which >>> becomes available on Monday, April 2 at 9:00 EDT. >>> >>> This new tool is an online 1940 telephone directory for the five boroughs >>> of New York City and will be free to use from their internet web pages. >>> You can search the telephone phone directory for an address of your >>> family in NYC and then click on the small window which allows you to type >>> the address into a search box that then links to the web site of Steve >>> Morse. In linking to Morse's web site, you will then be able to identify >>> the enumeration district (ED) in which the street address is found. Once >>> the 1940 Census becomes available online, the library staff also hopes to >>> eventually link each ED to the first web page of the census showing the >>> pages for that ED in New York City. If so, then this will be an >>> outstanding tool for searching the 1940 census for NYC residents until >>> such time as an index to the census becomes available. >>> >>> The NYPL staff stated that they expect to have new telephone directory >>> tool available *** on Monday, April 2 *** on the Milstein page of the >>> New York Public Library: http://www.nypl.org/milstein >>> >>> So, if you expect to search for family from NYC in the 1940 Federal >>> census, give the NYPL web site a look on Monday. >>> >>> Happy Hunting! >>> >>> *************************************** >>> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >>> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nywestch/ >>> *************************************** >>> Browse or Search the Mailing List Archives of postings sent to this list >>> over the years. Visit >>> http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/usa/NY/westchester.html#NYWESTCH >>> *************************************** >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> *************************************** >> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nywestch/ >> *************************************** >> Browse or Search the Mailing List Archives of postings sent to this list >> over the years. Visit >> http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/usa/NY/westchester.html#NYWESTCH >> *************************************** >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > Browse or Search the Mailing List Archives of postings sent to this list over the years. Visit > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/usa/NY/westchester.html#NYWESTCH > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >