The Federal Population Schedule of the 1940 census is available to the public online.  There is no name index yet, so you cannot search by name.  Instead, you will need to determine the enumeration district in which your family members lived and then browse the census pages in that district until you find them. For more information, see our 1940 Census Research research guide.

The library provides free access to Federal Population Schedules from 1790 to 1930 through two databases:  Ancestry Library Edition, which is available from within any Akron-Summit County Public Library, and Heritage Quest, which is available from any library as well as from any computer with internet access using an ASCPL card.  Instructions for accessing Heritage Quest remotely are available.  Some census records are also inlcuded in the Fold3 and World Vital Records databases.  All databases may be accessed using the links on our Research Databases page.

Special Collections also has several non population schedules for Summit County available on microfilm. Links to online indexes to these schedules are provided below. If you find a name in an index and would like to request copies of the pages pertaining to that person, you may contact us through our correspondence service.

• Index to the 1850 Agricultural Census for Summit County
• Index to the 1870 Agricultural Census for Summit County
• Index to the Summit County Industrial Census of 1850  
• Index to the Summit County Industrial Census of 1860