Robert Siegel talks with Susan Cooper, head of publicity for the National Archives, about Monday's system crash as the result of people trying to... Rush For 1940 Census Data Jams Archives' Website ...

Like many of those who inhabited Schenectady’s Goosehill neighborhood, Nancy Duci was struggling to make ends meet in April 1940. The 45-year-old homemaker was widowed and living on public assistance.

NEW YORK, May 22 (Reuters) - Actress Ginger Rogers won an Oscar, McDonald's opened its first restaurant, there were only 48 U.S. states, and the average annual salary was $1,299. The year was 1940.

NEW YORK, May 22 (Reuters) - Actress Ginger Rogers won an Oscar, McDonald's opened its first restaurant, there were only 48 U.S. states, and the average annual salary was $1,299. Sign up here. The ...

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 ...

The National Archives and Records Administration on Monday (April 2) will release the 1940 U.S. Census records in their entirety, offering a treasure trove of information to genealogists, researchers ...

The census is an ancient ritual. In Egypt, counting the population helped the pharaoh gauge how many workers he could use for pyramid-building. Bible readers learned that Jesus was born in Bethlehem ...