Personal foray back to 1940

The release of the 1940 census records on April 2nd prompted me to dig into my family history a bit. After all, my parents were both born in 1940 -- just a couple months after the census takers would've knocked on my grandparents' doors. I wondered what life was like for my two, very pregnant, grandmothers. I knew one family was poor, the other quite well off, but the census records showed me just how different their lives were.

I published a story in today's paper about my little adventure back in time.

Here's the Census form where I found part of the Sylwester family (see the first line). My grandfather and great-grandfather were on the page before:

From 1940 Census

And some pics...

My grandfather, Erv Wolff holding my mother in summer 1940:

From 1940 Census

My father in the middle, with his older sister (left) and an unidentified cousin, probably in about 1942 or 1943, I'm guessing:

From 1940 Census