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1950 Census Playlist (YouTube)

A series of videos to watch to prepare for using the 1950 census.

1950 US Census – Community Project (Facebook)

1950 US Census for Genealogists (Facebook)

A place to share resources (websites, blogs, speaking events, podcasts, videos, etc.) and ask questions about the 1950 US Census which will be released April 2022.

Ancestry.com - 1950 Census district finder

Get a head start on your 1950 census research by finding the enumeration district your relatives lived in. With that data, you'll be able to view the census images for that district even before the census becomes searchable.

Ancestry.com - Ancestry® to Apply Handwriting Recognition Artificial Intelligence to Create a Searchable Index of the 1950 U.S. Census

Ancestry.com Wiki - 1950 U.S. Census

This wiki is a free service of Ancestry.com.

Climbing My Family Tree: Ready for 1950 Census?

DearMYRTLE's CensusGenie Meetings

Helping to prepare US researchers for the upcoming release of the 1950 US federal census release 1 April 2022.

FamilySearch - 1950 U.S. Census—Project Update

FamilySearch Wiki - Federal Censuses after 1940

Findmypast - 1950 U.S. Federal Population Census $

Index to the Microfilm of the 1950 Decennial Census (NARA)

Joel Weintraub 1950 Census Talks on YouTube

MyHeritage - Census Helper ^FREE

The free Census Helper™ helps you focus your 1950 census research by scanning your family tree and automatically compiling a list of people who likely appear in the census.

NARA History Hub - 1950 Census: Please Help NARA Refine the Draft Name Index!

National Archives Genealogy Series: 1950 Census

March, April, and May 2022, free and no registration needed.

Preparing for the 1950 Census

From the AOTUS Blog at the National Archives.

Problems Using 1950 Enumeration District Maps

Questions Asked in the 1950 U.S. Census (YouTube)

The 1950 Census District Finder (Facebook Live)

By Crista Cowan