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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 822 people named Dorney in the 1930 U.S. Census. In 1940, there were 4% less people named Dorney in the United States. What was life like for them?

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In 1940, 789 people named Dorney were living in the United States. In a snapshot:

  • 5% were disabled
  • 61%, or 127 people, lived in homes they rented
  • 29 were disabled
  • 40 reported their race as other than white

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

  • The most common mother tongue was Lithuanian
  • 101 were born in foreign countries
  • Most fathers originated from Eire
  • 243 were first-generation Americans