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  • 06/06/2012
A trove of information is about to be made public for the first time in the US.

Details from a census taken in 1940 will soon be put on the internet - and they are being eagerly awaited by history buffs and people hoping to learn about their family's history.

Al Jazeera's Kristen Saloomey reports from New York.

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