Preparing for April 2012

On 21 December 2010, a press release announced "U.S. Census Bureau Announces 2010 Census Population Countys -- Apportionment Counts Delivered to President." The story relayed that based on the 2010 census the U. S. had a resident population of 308,745,538. The state of Missouri had 6,011,478 residents while Illinois had 12,864,380.

Many Americans will never take note of these facts or figures. Many will rapidly forget about the census until the next one rolls around in ten years.

But for genealogists, their excitment is building! Not for the next census in 2020 but rather for the debut of the 1940 census in April 2012.

If you want to follow the amount of time before the scheduled release, check out the NARA web clock which is counting down the time in days, hours, and minutes. It is at http://www.archives.gov/research/census/1940/index.html

Watch for upcoming posts on preparing for the census release.

Hot, Hot and then Hot

St. Louis is hot! Another day of 100 degree temperatures. Today was the sixth day of over 95 degree days. But according to the weather men here, that only makes it the 20th on the record list.

Of course for genealogy it is great. I'm spending time at home. Today, I finished handouts for my upcoming talks at the Missouri State Genealogical Association in Columbia, Missouri. It is coming up on 5th and 6th of August.

Stay cool.