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From: Janet Evertsen <>
Subject: Re: [TGF] reading the 1940 census images
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2012 12:38:03 -0400
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Searchable is a mixed blessing. I can't describe the feeling I get browsing
this census--makes me want to cry. My parents were married 5 days after
census day (72 years ago today) and I didn't appear until 4 years later.
But this time I recognize people; it is like being back in 1940's and 50's
small town Illinois. This time it's not just names I've heard. This time
I'm not finding ancestors I knew nothing about. This time it is truly
"reach out and touch someone." Oh, my!
Janet

On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 5:47 PM, <> wrote:

>
>
> I have enjoyed reading line by line, page by page the 1940 census. I
> wasn't around then or in the 1950 census either. But I remember some of
> these people as neighbors when I was a child. And seeing my mother as a 17
> year old and she being the last one home with her parents is exciting to
> me. How I wish she were still here so I could tell her I found her.
>
> This census makes the memories even fonder. [sigh]
>
> Cheryl Proctor
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Suzanne Brayer" <>
> Cc: "Transitional Genealogists" <
> >, "APG Members Only List" <
> >
> Sent: Friday, April 6, 2012 5:26:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [TGF] reading the 1940 census images
>
> My mother doesn't get too involved in my genealogical pursuits and
> findings.
> I often get a "thats nice, dear" comment. But, when I asked her where she
> was living in 1940, then called back to report I'd found her, she got
> excited. She was in nursing school living in a dorm. As we read down the
> names she told stories on many of the girls. Fun.
>
> Suzanne
>
> Lisa said:
>
> > I plan to print out the pages my aunts and
> > grandmother are on and get them to tell stories of their lives and
> > neighbor's lives. I'm sure it will spark memories.
> >
>
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