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• This Monday at 9 a.m. ET, the 1940 census will be released to the public at 1940census.archives.gov.
  Archives.com, which designed 1940.census.gov, has put together a cute infographic
  with information on the census and tips for finding your family. Check
  it out on the Archives.com blog.

• The founders of Footnote—the site Ancestry.com acquired
  in 2010 and renamed Fold3—are now working for MyHeritage.
  Footnote founders Russ Wilding and Roger Bell are serving as chief content officer
  and VP of product, respectively, at MyHeritage.
  They’ll be instrumental in the Israel-based company’s recently
  announced initiative to develop its US historical records content. Read
  more about the hire here.

• More than a million Westminster Parish baptism, marriage and burial records dating
  back to 1538 now available on subscription and pay-as-you-go site findmypast.co.uk.
  The records come from 50-plus Westminster churches. More Westminster records will
  go live over the coming months, along with cemetery registers, wills, rate books,
  settlement examinations, workhouse admission and discharge books, bastardy, orphan
  and apprentice records, charity documents, and militia and watch records.

• The 2012 Houston, Texas, Family History Expo takes place Friday and Saturday,
  April 6 and 7. The keynote speaker is Family Tree Magazine‘s own podcast host Lisa
  Louise Cooke, and instructors include frequent contributor Lisa
  A. Alzo. You can register online or at the door, for the whole conference or just
  one day, or even a single class. Learn
  more on the Family History Expos website.