The Weekly Genealogist Survey, December 15, 2021

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* 1. Did any of your ancestors or relatives live in a tenement before 1940? (We’re defining tenement as a large, frequently crowded urban multi-unit building, usually inhabited by immigrants and people of limited economic means. Encyclopedia.com notes, “A typical tenement building was from five to six stories high, with four apartments on each floor.”) Choose all that apply.

At least one of my ancestors or relatives lived in a tenement.

I don’t think any of my ancestors or relatives lived in a tenement.

I lived in a tenement.

I have visited the Tenement Museum in New York’s Lower East Side or another museum or historic site that highlights the tenement experience.