The Vital Part You're Missing in the 1950 Census
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- čas přidán 24. 07. 2024
- There's a section of the 1950 census that most genealogists miss! See what info in contains and where to find it. Awesome resource for your family history!
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Chapters:
0:00 - 1950 Census Enumerator Notes
2:05 - Where to find the 1950 census notes
2:38 - How to match the notes to the people they refer to
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Amy You are the greatness. I had looked at 1950 census but I did not understand the footnotes. Now I do. Congratulations Amy. You made my day. You are my number one person for researching. Thanks
Very little about the 1950 Census was correct about my parents and my mom says she didn't talk to anybody. Just looked at the footnotes and "People away, inf given by neighbors". That explains it!
I was about to leave a comment saying that I wished I had found notes on any of my ancestors' censuses, but then I re-checked a couple of them, and discovered that my great-great-grandfather George C. Moore "Keeps Bees." I would have never thought to check if it weren't for your video. Now I'm going to check the notes from now on! Thanks!
That is so cool! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks..I never would have gone and looked at the notes.. I need to spend time with each page ☺️
Great video Amy… really!
Thank you so much 😀
Fascinating. Thank you!! I can’t get enough of your videos ❤️❤️❤️
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Good info, thanks for sharing.
Glad it was helpful!
Great tips and examples! Thanks
Thanks! I hope it helps!
I'm going to go back over my family members now. I know one county that was rural that the particular ED I was looking used the notes to indicate if a road changed direction. As in say it was a mostly N/S oriented road but had a few 90⁰ turns, they noted it. But other types of notes I hadn't checked for yet.
Love your videos :-)
Thank you!
Thank you for the notes tip. Do you know how to find the 'over seas' 1950 census? My dad was in the Navy so I would like to see what and if he fill it out. Thank you for making all these informative videos. Carolyn
If he was stationed in the US, he should be enumerated where he was stationed. If he was stationed overseas, he won't have a separate form. The US military compiled statistics for overseas bases, but the servicemen and servicewomen there did not have individual forms.
Great Info! I have a question on the supplemental question 25 and the column to the right, Leave Blank - Column E. My ancestor has column 25 entered with France. This is great confirmation of what was passed down with stories only. Column E has 521. Do you know how I can find out what that number means? Thanks
The columns that were marked “leave blank” was to allow space for the Census Bureau to add statistical notations. The numbers you see there were added by the Census Bureau as they were tabulating the statistics; those are just their code for what the enumerators wrote down. They don’t have any additional meaning for us.
I came across a note for one of my people that said “Dwelling Unit 3_line 8_Special Agricultural Questionnaire “. How do I access that questionnaire?
Unfortunately, the agricultural questionnaires were destroyed after they compiled the statistics from them. :-(
@@AmyJohnsonCrow so sad
Does anyone know how I can find info on Dust Bowl refugees?
My GG Grandpa & his family traveled to Bakersfield in the 30s from Oklahoma. Ben Beard, Nannie (Nancy) Wallace-Beard, Opal, Willis, Lois. I spoke with a child of Opal's before he passed. He said they lived in Weed Patch for awhile. I'm trying to research my family from the 30s-50s in Kern, CA from Bakersfield to Weed Patch to ... (brain flat lined)
And Shafter Camp. Weed Patch is Arvin Camp but back in their stay it was just known as Weed Patch as a migrant camp. This is before it got fancy with buildings & whatnot.
Just FYI: I am not a paid member on any site so I am research roughing it still.
I would look for them in the 1920, 1930 and 1940 US census. All of those are available for free on FamilySearch. One cool thing about the 1940 census is that it asked where they were living in 1935. These censuses should help you track where they were living.
Did you check John Lutz to see what his age really was? Not totally related but we had 2 female ancestors who lied about their age when they were married and also lied on the census afterward. They were 13 and 14 and both said they were 19.
I haven’t had a chance to look that up yet, but it’s definitely on my to-do list 😊
@@AmyJohnsonCrow Thank you. He may have really been 43. Lol
Something is definitely "off" with this couple -- between the 1940 census and 1950 census, he only aged 1 year. 😂
@@AmyJohnsonCrow Lol
I was going to ask the same question 😂
Can you find a young pregnant woman and her firstborn son in an unwed mother's home?
If they were living at the home at the time of the census, yes, they should be listed there.
@@AmyJohnsonCrow Thankyou. I will look up the names of unwed mother's homes and see if I can find them in the census. I know the basic area she must have been living in.
If you're looking for her in the 1950 census, you can try looking her up by name on the National Archives website and on Ancestry (with a free account). Note that the Ancestry index right now is just "preliminary." Its accuracy will improve later this summer when they get all of the corrections from FamilySearch.