The release of the 1950 US Census is only 151 days away!
On April 1, 2022, we will be able to browse the population schedule of the US Census that was taken on April 1, 1950. No indexing will be available on day 1, but we can click our way through 7.8 million pages of handwritten Census data about U.S. households, arranged by Enumeration District.
Preparing for the Census release means (1) listing ancestors we want to find, (2) locating a residential address for each ancestor, and (3) turning the address into an Enumeration District using the powerful Unified Census ED Finder tool from Steve Morse and Joel Weintraub. I describe the three-step process here.
In addition, so we can put our ancestors into context, it's a good idea to read some of the publications summarizing the background and results of the 1950 Census.
HathiTrust has carefully curated a collection of nearly 200 documents related to the 1950 US Census. Take a look!
Great resources, Marian. Now that I'm working on Donald's family, I am much more interested in this census, and I will definitely be using that ED finder.
ReplyDeleteThanks for these wonderful resources!
ReplyDeleteGreat resources. My parents were married in September, 1950 so it will be interesting to learn where they spent the last months of their single lives.
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