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From: "Ellen Woods" <>
Subject: Re: [IRISH-IN-CHICAGO] 1940 Census and Education
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 21:01:44 -0500
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Cool! I can't wait until they get the name search in place in Ancestry.

Ellen


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Subject: [IRISH-IN-CHICAGO] 1940 Census and Education


> Have noticed a very nice feature of the 1940 census, in that it shows the
> number of years of education a person had. For those with immigrant
> ancestors, that gives some insight into life in the "old country." Two of
> my Irish grandparents said they had 8 years, the other two only 4 and 3.
> All were born in the 1870s, emigrated in the 1890s.
>
> Diane
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