The 1950 Census for Genealogy
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💎Elevenses with Lisa Episode 51:
The census is the backbone of genealogical research. Here in the United States it gives us a cohesive look at our ancestors every 10 years between 1790 and 1940. And now there is a new census on the horizon!
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This week brings us to the one year mark before the release of the 1950 census in April 2022. Now is the perfect time to familiarize ourselves with it and start preparing. In this week's free webinar on the Genealogy Gems CZcams channel we’re going to do just that! In Elevenses with Lisa episode 50 you will learn:
- the interesting and little known stories behind the 1950 census,
- what it can reveal about your family, (and who you will NOT find!)
- the important documents associated with it that you can access right now!
⌚ Jump to Video Sections: Intro (00:00)
What can you learn from the 1950 census (1:53)
When will the 1950 census be released and made available? (04:18)
Census 72-year rule (06:23)
What you need to know about the 1950 census (9:04)
Who was counted in the 1950 census (9:17)
Questions are asked on the 1950 census form (11:04)
What areas are covered in the 1950 census - Was Alaska and Hawaii included? (12:28)
1950 Census Enumeration District Maps (13:18)
How to find the 1950 census enumeration districts and maps (17:58)
One-Step Census tool by Stephen Morse (22:16)
The history of the 1950 census (25:45)
Census Enumerators (27:44)
Census Enumerator Instructions Reference Manual (28:30)
Who is not counted in the 1950 census (33:20)
1950 census Infant Cards (35:32)
1950 census accuracy (36:50)
Counting Transients in 1950 census T-Nights Transient County (37:06)
What does REG mean in 1950 census (42:07)
1950 Census Residential Survey (42:42)
UNIVAC computer tabulation 1950 Census (43:13)
5 Things you can do before the 1950 census is released (43:56)
Where can you find ancestor addresses (44:48)
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I have been researching genealogy since the days when you had to go in person to the state libraries/national archives and ask for the census for the area and year you need. I would spend hours putting money in the photocopier to make copies of the correct pages.
I have watched this video multiple times. I can’t wait for the 1950 census.
Thanks! check out this follow up episode on the questions asked in the 1950 census: lisalouisecooke.com/2021/04/21/questions-asked-1950-us-census/
My mother was a census taker in 1980. I remember, at the age of 13, sitting in the car, as my mother would walk up to doors and ask questions. So for 1980, in my tree years ago, I made a note that this was her occupation in 1980!
How wonderful, thanks for sharing!
I have to point out that the 1940 census was indexed in record time. Something less than a month. How do I know? I was one of the indexers. And it was fun.
Yes, it was a heroic effort. I'm sure the genealogy community will rally once again. Thanks for watching!
I was an indexer for the 1940 census, too! It was an awesome experience all around. :)
Thank you Chris for indexing the 1940 census!
Me, too! I have volunteered to index and transcribe for many websites, groups and associations.
I know a lady who was so looking forward to seeing her name when the 1940 census was released. She was only a few years old and was not listed with her family. She has her hopes up for the 1950 census.
My mom will be on the 1950 Census! And I have other extended relatives who I need to confirm their children.
I was an enumerator in both the 1970 and 1980 census. Lots on people were overlooked during prior censuses and i work for several during each census. I am in the 1950 census.
I wish I had been in the 1950 census...trouble is I was born the next month,MAY 1950...pitiful...I'll be 72 in MAY...and not going to make it to 80 to SEE the next census with my freaking name
This is potentially good news. I was born in 1950 and adopted at birth by my adoptive family. BIG secret around this fact I didn't know until I was in my 40s. Years of genealogical research has revealed my birth parents. Will be good to see where every one of the players actually were in April of 1950.
Fingers crossed for you to get lots of answers in the 1950 census. Thanks for watching and commenting!
I found out by going on line and finding their property records. I also found my birth fathers business information that say the name of co-owner and lists his home address.
The video and audio both played well for me. I had no idea there was so much to think about with the census. Thanks for doing the show each week, Lisa. It does give me something to look forward to.
In Norway when the 1920 census came out, they were uploaded online that day. And indexed later on. I hope they do something like that for the 1950 US Census.
Yes, they definitely will. Volunteers were used to index the 1940 census and it was thankfully done in record time.
Really enjoyed this video. I learned quite a bit and am looking forward to putting all this into practice! Thank you!
So excited. First time I will be enumerated. Tnx for the heads up info.
Thanks for being so thorough in providing information about the 1950 census. Looking forward to April 1, 2022.
It's my pleasure, thank you!
I’m so excited to have the 1950 census coming out. I’m praying it helps me with a grandfather. I know the beginning and the end but so want some in between!
I love the "in between" too! Thanks for watching and commenting.
I'm in your shoes, too, hoping to see where my grandfather went in 1950! 💞
I am finding this useful, I am watching this on my tv where I could not like and then I am watching this on the 4th of April 2022. So the Census is out, I am needing to find an ED so I am looking at this today.
I’d love to live long enough to see the 1990 Census.
Me too, I was a enumerator in the 1990 Census. I hope that the machine learning can decipher my handwriting by then! I will have been 104 by 2062, so I will likely be spared to see how bad it was!
so much info.. I have family in Stockton too! I'll be following your instruction.. TY
Thanks!
Cannot wait for 1950. Also looking forward to ‘60 and ‘70. Ahhh patience
Yeah,patience and trying to stay alive to see it...!!!
Enjoyed your 1950 Census program. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks!
Loved the video of your grandma. You look a lot like her. :)
So much fun to learn so much more!!
I'm planning a follow up episode :-)
I can't wait my grandfather family is finally going to be indexed from Canada!
This is awesome because I will be in it.
I hope the 1950 enumerators were instructed to print (like I was when I was one during the 2010 Census) - the cursive & sloppy writing of the previous years' enumerators is aggravating to decipher.
This. I have made numerous corrections on records that were on the same pages as my family members. I hope it helps someone find theirs. There were plenty of "lost in translation/transcription" moments for my family.
The Enumerator Manual was eye opening. Question I have is which census has the earliest available enumerator manual that we can read?
Great question! The good news is that most of the instructions are available at www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/census_instructions/ The earliest is 1790. (1800-1840 are missing apparently) Thanks for watching!
My father didn't have a birth certificate. The paper just wasn't filed. When he wanted a passport they told him to request the 1930 census when he would be under 10 years old. So, that's what he did to prove he was a US citizen.
great info. !!!
Thanks for watching!
There were quite a few "boarders" (wink, wink) in my tree way back when.
I was born in 1949. In the 1950 census under age, the month of my birth was listed as I was not a year old yet. This was transcribed online as 1920 so my Dad is 22, my Mom is 20 and I am 29. lol... How do I correct this?. If you actually look at the image of the page, it is clear that I am the daughter and although the month is not super clear, I can easily see that it is Aug. So the image is correct but the transcription into the online resource is incorrect. Help!!!!!
I tried to follow, but I did not get to the map I wanted.
Did some families not submit information to the census or generally speaking, are the majority of families listed?
We can expect the majority of families to be listed.
Is it possible to index the records before being released?
No, nobody gets access to index them until they are officially released.
I'm excited about this census. I wasn't listed in the 1940 census. The enumerator date on it was 18 April. My older brother is there, but I'm not listed. Why? My birthday is 7 April 1940. Did they not count babies under one month?
They did count babies but they missed many. That’s why in 1950 they instituted “Infant Cards” to make a more concerted effort to enumerate all babies.
Could it also be because I was only 11 days old? I've seen ages like 1/12, for I month old.
FYI, the video is not playing, even after refreshing, but I can make comments.
I have to wait until 2052 till I get to see myself on a Census. :-(
I’ll see myself and my husband in 2042.
My mother was a census enumerator
Just joining this site. When will the 1950 Census be released?
Welcome! Thanks for subscribing. The 1950 census will be released April 2022.
If your ancestor was a census taker and related to the person you are looking for would this still be primary because the census taker had personal knowledge of the family?
If the census taker spoke to the person and received their answers directly then it is primary. If they did not speak to them (perhaps they spoke to another family member) but they knew them personally, it gets into a little more of a grey area. For example, for something like the year of naturalization, they may not have first-hand knowledge of that event even though they know the person well. So for each answer primary vs. secondary can change. It's always best to seek out other records to back up each piece of information.
My problem with the census is that some of the census takers didn't write plainly...plus penmanship rules were not quite the same a century or so ago. In some cases, I cannot read the census at all.
It can help to have someone else take a look. And comparing letters for known words throughout the document can help shed light on difficult to read words. Thanks for watching!
I compare writing to other words on the page. Plus, most US Census reports are transcribed and online.
@@GenealogyGems I thought that is why we volunteer to index and transcribe records. At the bottom of a census image on ancestry, you can pull up and get a transcribed version of the image. Also, when you search, all the info for "View Record" is the transcription of the image. Maybe I'm not understanding.
So.....it will be 72yrs before 1960 census is released?
What can be done to change this 72yr rule?
I would like to be alive!
The 1960 census will be released in 2032.
The 72-year wait is designed to protect the privacy of the living who may appear in any one census. For me, I will be 77 when my 1970 Census comes out. With humans living longer, they may extend the wait time in the future.
Amen,me too...
One thing I don't understand. The census is a Public Document. So why aren't they released sooner?
I feel sorry for future genealogists. The latest census will tell them nothing.
I mentioned the reasons in the video and you can read more about it on the show notes page: lisalouisecooke.com/2021/04/06/1950-census/
I was disappointed with the lack of questions on the 2020 Census.
Audio and video arent together on this one.
Hi Joyce, yes we just discovered this problem occurred in CZcams over night. We are working with YT to fix it. Please check back as we hope to have it resolved later today. And we will post a note on the show notes page with the update: lisalouisecooke.com/2021/04/06/1950-census/ Thanks for your patience!
Missed people on those early censuses could have to do with lack of training, but it could also have to do with certain people wishing not to be found by a U S Marshall!
Yes, that's certainly true too. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Exactly!
Guess I'll find out if my great grandfather had more kids after remarrying.
Will the 1950 census also have the children born to mother/children still living question?
A 5 percent sample of the population were asked "If female and ever married, how many children has she ever borne, not counting stillbirths?" as a supplemental question.
Thank you, Lisa.
I think it should be a standard question on all of the census, not just a special question. I also think that stillborn children should not be excluded from the count. It is heartbreaking that they are not included.
I can't find my grandfather in any census, although I've identified his parents. He was born about 1889/1890, but isn't with his siblings in 1900 (his parents died shortly before 1900), and I've not found him in 1910 or 1920. He died shortly before the 1930 census.
My great grandfather was born in 1888. The 1890 census would have been the first census he was included in. We all know the story of the 1890 census but then I couldn't find him in the 1900 or the 1910 census either. I came across his original marriage certificate that's when I realized he had Americanized his name at some point. When I ran the name on his marriage certificate I found him and his brother in a Catholic Protectory in New York. His parents were immigrants and when his father died unexpectedly, his mother could no longer support him and his brother. The Catholic Church after the Civil War, set up a homes for children orphaned by the war and eventually started taking in children whose parents could no longer afford to care for them. When my great grandfather aged out of the protectory, he returned home to his mother and was now expected to contribute to her support. His mother had since remarried and my grandfather was mistakenly given the surname of his step father. So I suggest searching for both americanized names and the ethnic birth name. Search for the step parents surname as was the case for my ancestor and finally search in orphanages, protectories, and poor houses in the case of a parent death as in my case. Good luck.
So difficult when the person was born around late 1880s or 1890s.
Does this mean my parents will actually be shown? Going through other people's family trees has been interesting in seeing who knew the family and who merely went through the public information.
If they were born before 1950 then yes they would be shown in the 1950 census.
I thought the emergency Cencus was in 1939..It was in Britain...
I would love to see myself and my family in the census, but that won't appear until 1960 census, and I will probably be dead by then.
Me too...sad for us...
I can't seem to find my great-great-grandfather in Coles County, Illinois in the 1860's - 1870. I know he was there. I cannot find a death certificate for him. I would imagine he died after 1900. My other great-great-grandfather died in 1909 and they were about the same age, I think.
Thanks for watching, and best wishes in your search!
What happens if you don't have an address in 1950 for a relative? I guess we are screwed?
You can wait until the 1950 census is fully indexed and access it like the 1940 census and all others previous to that
The census is only useful in doing genealogy in the US. Mostly useless for me since most of my research is of my great grandparents and earlier in Europe.
The census could actually come in very handy though for those hoping to research outside of the U.S. who are trying to figure out where their more recent immigrant ancestors came from so that they could continue their research in that country. Example: My Irish great grandmother will be listed in 1950. Thanks for watching!
@@GenealogyGems true. But i already knew where my parents were born in Slovakia, as well as their parents. The most important census record in my pedigree is for 1910, where it lists my great grandmother, her adult son (my great uncle) and brother. The three of them arrived in the US in 1906 and my ggm died soon after. It gives her new surname from her second marriage in 1907. My grandpa wouldn’t arrive in the US until 1920. Ten years after the death of his mom.
There is great data in the Danish census going back to the 1700s.
A lot of the writing is illegible. My grandmother and aunt were both named Susan but show in 1940 census as Leeson and Lerson. This makes it more difficult to find accurate information.
Their names were transcribed incorrectly? On all the sites I use, I can make corrections to mistranscribed names. There are places to click to send corrections.
My paternal grandfather was listed as a female in the 1910 census. My theory is the census worker heard the name "Cruz" and thought the child living there was not a male.
I always make corrections when I see errors. I hope it helps someone find the people they are looking for. My great-grandparents had maiden name as first name and last name was g-g-grandmother's first name. It took me months of scrolling to find them in the 1910 census.
Yes, and many misspellings, especially with Scandinavian names in rural areas. First generation Americans were generally not fluent in English, so it led to many mistakes too. Thankfully for future genealogists, and historians, it will all be digital.
A lot of their names are illegible...
My dad and grandparents
Wishing you luck in finding them when the census is released. Thanks for watching and commenting!
You’re saying that wives weren’t able to furnish the info on the family? It was that man? Well no wonder alot of birthdates were wrong! 😑😂
Nope, didn't say wives weren't able to furnish info. 😊 Just that the info depends on who gave it.
the only way to access the census is the 1940 census, and some of them are totally inaccessible. It would be nice to see the 1930 one but it's almost unreadable. One of them burned. Even the 1940 census is inaccessible at the moment. I do wish she'd do her homework. It's also flawed, as many people refused to participate, or lied about their status. And often the names are illegible or misspelled. sigh.
The U.S. Federal Census for 1930 and 1940 are fully accessible on several genealogy websites. Every genealogy record has the potential for flaws as they are created by humans. 🌷
I was very interested until I heard the statement that Alaska and Hawaii, as territories, were not included in the census. This just isn’t true. I have family from Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, and I’ve used the U.S. census in Puerto Rico spanning many decades.
How can I take this video as being credible with such a blatant error?
Washington DC is not a state either but is included in the census.
The census included territories and the federal District of Columbia. It was not just the actual states.
I did NOT say that Alaska & Hawaii would not be included. Go back and listen again around 12:48 mark. I said they are included. And I did not say only states. I wonder what you were listening to🤔
Everyone get your income taxes done early so you can get that off your mind, and then you can help to transcribe the census. 🙂
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