Ancestry.com IS in the process of indexing the 1940 Census Records by surname. Hope they get the job done soon. Sarge At 6/11/2012 11:40 AM Monday, Frty9rgal@aol.com wrote: *********START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********* >Does anyone know if Family Search is going to index by surnames for the >1940 census? Right now it's just ED's, on the states they've done so far. >What about Ancestry? Will they be doing a name search index? Thanks, Judy **********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT*********** Germanna Database at Ancestry: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/28427876/family My Germanna Database at Rootsweb: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=germanna My Germanna Website at Rootsweb: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~george/index.html

NEW YORK RESEACHERS: One thing Ancestry.com did was arrange for the NY census surnames to be done as priority figuring that so many genners have families arriving/living in NY. and it's free, none of this two-week trial. Not only that but you can access an 1892 census which is a great fill-in for the 1890 census lost in a fire. http://www.ancestry.com/cs/us/newyork?o_iid=40092&o_lid=40092&o_sch=Web+Property On the right-hand side of the screen is a FREE offer to access other NY goodies. Using the 1892 census I delightedly found what I believe is my mgf David Goldberg along with a bunch of siblings whose names I never knew let alone their existence. Enough data matches that will prompt me to delve further. Joanie Joan Parker, Immediate Past President JGS of Greater Miami, Inc. Miami, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: George W. Durman To: roots@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 9:30 PM Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] 1940 census on Family Search Ancestry.com IS in the process of indexing the 1940 Census Records by surname. Hope they get the job done soon. Sarge