The Phillips DNA Project News

On April 2nd, after a long wait of 72 years, the 1940 census was released, and in a historic first, the collection has emerged online in digitized form. Last year, the National Archives and Records Administration selected Archives.com to build and host a website for the 3.8 images containing details about 132 million Americans. Best of all, this remarkable snapshot of a nation still recovering from the Great Depression and not yet aware of its approaching entry into World War II will be free.  Click here to read more in Megan Smolenyak's blog in the HuffPost.