I also heard talk of making it a longer wait they say because people are living longer so they said they need to start thinking about making longer than 72 years before they release census records H Williams <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, Peggy. Unfortunately, we have a while yet to wait for the 1940 U.S. population schedule information. At present, all information about individuals and families collected under United States Code Title 13, Section 9 (the one that governs census taking), remains confidential for 72 years. That means we won't see the 1940 data until 2012 at the earliest. --Hughes Williams http://www.relatedlines.com/ ----Original Message Follows---- From: [email protected] Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [WILLIAMS] Census Due out next? Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 12:38:29 EST Can anyone tell me how often the census are released? I am eagerly awaiting the 1940 and wondered when it is expected out, I have heard they have to wait something like 70 years before releasing one, is this correct? ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx --------------------------------- Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less