Re: 1940 Census and my family - more missing people #general
Lisa Lepore <llepore@...>
Try the search tools at stevemorse.org and locate the the census
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enumeration district, then read through all the pages until you find their address. If you can't find the street, or their street number you will know they were skipped by the enumerator. If you haven't used this method before, start here http://stevemorse.org/census/quiz.php According to a message posted here several months ago, the 1940 census was undercounted by about 7.5 million people. It wouldn't surprise me that there are many transcription errors as well but using the method above, you will know for sure if their street was included and they were missed, or if there was a transcription error. Lisa Lepore llepore@... Mendon, MA
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