PHOENIX — By law, US Census records are kept secret for 72 years. So professional and amateur genealogists alike rejoiced when this past Friday all the records from the 1950 decennial census were ...
It is now easy to access information on individuals from that census, but beware of misspelled names. By Michael Wines The National Archives and Records Administration posted millions of records from ...
Census reports offer a treasure trove of information if you know how to use them. That’s where data gurus like Paul Overberg enter the picture. As part of the Wall Street Journal’s (WSJ) data team, ...
Country music legend Kenny Rogers was 11 years old in 1950 when a census taker came to his family's home in Houston's Fourth Ward. Rogers lived at the San Felipe Court Apartments in unit 1037 with his ...
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (CBS 58) -- After 72 years, the US Census Bureau released records from the 1950 census online. All of the information is in a searchable website, 1950census.archives.gov. Users can ...
The National Archives released the details from the 1950 Census on April 1 and, being interested in history, it has fascinated me ever since. Seventy-two years is a long time ago but still recent ...
If you’re eager to dig through 1940 census records and don’t want to wait for a name index to be available in six months, here’s some advice we’ve gleaned from genealogists and other experts. The ...