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So today is the day, after a 72 year wait the 1940 Census is here.  It’s a big day for a lot of genealogists around the country (and perhaps world) because today at 9:00 am the 1940 US Census is made public. It is my understanding that this is the first time that the census is being released on day 1 as digital images.  Previous releases were done using microfilm.   The National Archives (NARA) is providing access to the images free of charge.  NARA is working with Archives.com to host the images.  The scale of the project is huge, with the 1940 US census containing over 3.8 million pages.  You can start searching the 

collection here.