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Published April 03, 2012, 12:00 AM

1940 census records


In this March 30, 2012, photo, Verla Morris, who will turn 100 later this year, poses for a photograph as she goes through some of her family census data from the 19th and 20th centuries at her local residential senior center in Chandler, Ariz. When the 1940 census records are released Monday, April 2, Morris will see her own name and details about her life in the records being released after 72 years of confidentiality expires, allowing her to find out more about her family tree. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

  • In this March 30, 2012, photo, Verla Morris, who will turn 100 later this year, poses for a photograph as she goes through some of her family census data from the 19th and 20th centuries at her local residential senior center in Chandler, Ariz. When the 1940 census records are released Monday, April 2, Morris will see her own name and details about her life in the records being released after 72 years of confidentiality expires, allowing her to find out more about her family tree. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
  • In this March 30, 2012, photo, Verla Morris, who will turn 100 later this year, goes through some of her family census data from the 19th and 20th centuries at her local residential senior center in Chandler, Ariz. When the 1940 census records are released Monday, April 2, Morris will see her own name and details about her life in the records being released after 72 years of confidentiality expires, allowing her to find out more about her family tree. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
  • ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 1 - This photo provided by the University of Texas at Arlington Library shows Ross Brothers Horse and Mule Company employees in Mule Alley in Fort Worth Stockyards with mules that will be shipped to Turkey for war effort on Aug. 18, 1939. Many questions of the 1940 census will be revealed April 2, when the National Archives and Records Administration makes records available from the 1940 Census. (AP Photo/UTA Library via The Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
  • ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 1 - This photo provided by the University of Texas at Arlington Library shows an image of a poster used for promotional efforts during the 1940 Census. Many questions of the 1940 census will be revealed April 2, when the National Archives and Records Administration makes records available from the 1940 Census. (AP Photo/UTA Library via The Fort Worth Star-Telegram)