NEW YORKNEW YORK — It was on the streets of her Harlem neighborhood in the 1940s that teenager Althea Gibson began working on the tennis skills that would take her all the way to winning Wimbledon.

(CBS News) - When the National Archives and Records Administration released the 1940 Census records on Monday, they may not have expected just how many people would want to access the 72-year-old data ...

FILE - In this July 6, 1957 file photo, Althea Gibson, of New York City, holds the women's singles tennis trophy at Wimbledon, England, while being kissed by her finals opponent, Darlene Hard, of ...

Finding a long-lost uncle’s name on a census form or discovering that Grandpa identified himself as a mural painter: It’s the stuff genealogists and history hunters live for. It also creates the kind ...

NEW YORK (AP) — When the 1940 census records are released Monday, Verla Morris can consider herself a part of living history. Morris, who is in her 100th year, will get to experience the novelty of ...

NEW YORKNEW YORK — Americans are in for a cyber-surprise on Wednesday: They’ll be able to plug family names into an online 1940 U.S. census and come up with details about the lives of New Yorkers – ...

I got nervous when I first pulled up images from the 1940 census and saw the small, sometimes illegible and faded handwriting. Trolling through the 30 images for Gaylord, Minn., where my paternal ...

Seventy-two years ago, the federal government made a promise to the American public: “No one has access to your census record except you.” So said a radio ad intended to promote participation in the ...

Data from the 1940 U.S. census was released online Monday, and McKinleyville resident Karen Burgess said she’s already exploring the new information. ”I’m more than a little excited about it,” Burgess ...