Hello, Doreen. There are two COMPLETELY DIFFERENT 1940 indexes: FamilySearch.org (shared with several other websites) and Ancestry.com. FamilySearch.org, at noon on Aug. 5, has all the IMAGES for every state, D.C. and Virgin Islands. Thirty-one states are fully INDEXED; 19 states not yet searchable by name. All those 19 states are partially indexed but will not be released until they are completed. FamilySearch uses two separate indexers and a third person, an arbitrator, for every entry. All are volunteers. All indexes will be available, free, forever. Ancestry.com announced they have complete indexes for all states and several territories. Their indexing was done by English-speaking employees in China, Bangladesh and the Philippines. Their indexes will be available, free, for a specified time, but I can't find the expiration date on their website. Several researchers have posted comparisons of the two websites. They say both indexes have errors, with different error rates. Consensus seems to be, check BOTH indexes when they're available. Hope this is useful. Cheers, Dolly in Maryland ==== On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 1:40 AM, Doreen Jackson <dorich40@yahoo.com> wrote: > We are now told that the 1940 Census is now fully searchable by Name .... > Good News ..... I am not sure. > > I have not searched for a while having found most of mind by blanket > searching. However, one has eluded > me, yes, and still does in the fully indexed. I tested the fully indexed > !! by entering the names of those I had > found and only one came up. I know we have to allow for misinterpretation > by the Enumerators but I think > suficient information is given on the "Search" to bring up something. One > I already have - but found they > had enumerated his christian name as Bertrand instead of Bertram - > produced a "Zero" result on both > names. > > Difficult job transcribing these records and if, as we are told, they are > now fully indexed it is a remarkable feat in such > a short time ... perhaps that is the problem. > > Doreen > ===== > If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to > roots-admin@rootsweb.com and ask for the digest... > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >