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What if you had a window into the history of your family? With historical records, you do. From home life to career, records help bring your relatives' experiences into focus. There were 560 people named Berenson in the 1930 U.S. Census. In 1940, there were 6% more people named Berenson in the United States. What was life like for them?

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In 1940, 592 people named Berenson were living in the United States. In a snapshot:

  • 74%, or 121 people, lived in homes they rented
  • 582 rented out rooms to boarders
  • 18 were disabled
  • 137 were children

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As Berenson families continued to grow, they left more tracks on the map:

  • 203 were born in foreign countries
  • 43 migrated within the United States from 1935 to 1940
  • The most common mother tongue was Yiddish
  • They most commonly lived in New York