During the 1930s, the Census Bureau conducted special censuses of 15 U.S. towns at their request and expense. An official from the Census Bureau supervised the counts, but the enumerators were local residents. The census schedules list the name...
NARA released the 1950 population census schedules for researcher use on April 1, 2022, at https://1950census.archives.gov. This is the 68th in a series of blog posts on the 1950 census.
Up to 5.5 million people were missed by enumerato...
NARA expects to release the 1960 census on April 1, 2032. This is the second in a series of blog posts on the 1960 census.Researchers interested in learning more about the 1960 census can find numerous publications and other materials online. T...
NARA expects to release the 1960 census on April 1, 2032. This is the first in a series of blog posts on the 1960 census.Less than 10 years from now, on April 1, 2032, NARA expects to release the 1960 population census. Staff members are alread...
The 1950 census schedules represent a matchless resource for all who want to know more about their families, communities, and this country. Join a panel of experts from leading libraries across the United States as they show us how these new re...
NARA released the 1950 population census schedules for researcher use on April 1, 2022, at https://1950census.archives.gov. This is the 67th in a series of blog posts on the 1950 census.Was your ancestor a 1950 census enumerator? If so, you'll...
NARA released the 1950 population census schedules for researcher use on April 1, 2022, at https://1950census.archives.gov. This is the 67th in a series of blog posts on the 1950 census.During the decade after the 1940 census, the Census Bureau's Geo...
We are often asked where various kinds of census statistics can be found. This blog post will help you get started on your quest. This post was last updated Oct. 21, 2022. PUBLISHED VOLUMESPublished volumes of aggregated census stat...
NARA released the 1950 population census schedules for researcher use on April 1, 2022, at https://1950census.archives.gov. THANK YOU for transcribing the 1950 Census on NARA's Official 1950 Census website! Transcribing names makes search...
NARA released the 1950 population census schedules for researcher use on April 1, 2022, at https://1950census.archives.gov. This is the 66th in a series of blog posts on the 1950 census. This post was last updated January 9, 2023.Work by ...
NARA released the 1950 population census schedules for researcher use on April 1, 2022, at https://1950census.archives.gov. This is the 65th in a series of blog posts on the 1950 census.In September 1949 the Census Bureau's Field Division set f...
NARA's 1950 Census website development team has just made another wonderful improvement to the name search feature. It's now easy to go to the next page (or the previous page) after doing a name search. What does this mean? Let's lo...
NARA released the 1950 population census schedules for researcher use on April 1, 2022, at https://1950census.archives.gov. This is the 64th in a series of blog posts on the 1950 census. Revised April 16, 2024.
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NARA's 1950 Census website development team has just made a wonderful improvement to the name search feature. Names transcribed by humans are now shown in the search results above and below the census page image. What does this mean? ...
NARA released the 1950 population census schedules for researcher use on April 1, 2022, at https://1950census.archives.gov. This is the 63rd in a series of blog posts on the 1950 census.No One at Home - Differences Between 1940 and 1950 Census ...
NARA's 1950 census website development team has made an important improvement to the name search feature: Names transcribed by humans now clearly rank higher in search results than names transcribed by optical character recognition (OCR). ...
NARA released the 1950 population census schedules for researcher use on April 1, 2022, at https://1950census.archives.gov. This is the 62nd in a series of blog posts on the 1950 census. You may have noticed there are a lot of half-empty ...
NARA's 1950 census website development team has made an important improvement to the Enumeration District (ED) number search feature. Searches for an ED number will now return both standard ED numbers, such as 261-5, and ED numbers that also ha...
NARA's 2022 genealogy lecture series continues on April 27, 2022, at 1 p.m. EDT, with "The Story of the 1950 Census P8 Indian Reservation Schedule" by Cody White, NARA's designated Native American-Related Records Subject Matter Expert. As part ...
NARA released the 1950 population census schedules for researcher use on April 1, 2022, at https://1950census.archives.gov. This is the 61st in a series of blog posts on the 1950 census. Good mistakes sometimes happen.In 1952, the Census ...
NARA released the 1950 population census schedules for researcher use on April 1, 2022, at https://1950census.archives.gov. This is the 60th in a series of blog posts on the 1950 census. All 1950 census blog posts are subject to revision ...
NARA released the 1950 population census schedules for researcher use on April 1, 2022, at https://1950census.archives.gov. This is the 59th in a series of blog posts on the 1950 census. This post was last updated January 13, 2023.Image Q...
NARA released the 1950 population census schedules for researcher use on April 1, 2022, at https://1950census.archives.gov. This is the 57th in a series of blog posts on the 1950 census. Where are my transcriptions?Your transcriptions are gener...