Stories Related to 1940 Census Records Include 21 Million Still Alive

By RANDY HERSCHAFT and CRISTIAN SALAZAR, Associated Press
Mon, 04/02/2012 - 4:20am

NEW YORK (AP) -- When the 1940 census records are released Monday, Verla Morris can consider herself a part of living history....

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