It was the first census after World War II. The baby boom had begun. The Great Migration of Black residents from the Jim Crow South to places like Detroit and Chicago was in full swing. And some ...

genealogy sleuths, historians and the merely curious can dig through those 1950 census forms, the first to be unveiled in a searchable format. The records are released by the National Archives 72 ...

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 ...

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The Hayes Presidential Library & Museums is offering a genealogy class focused on using census records to trace family history. The class, "17 Decades of Information to Enhance Your Family Tree ...

On Friday, the U.S. National Archives will unlock the complete records of the 1950 Census. These files describe more than 150 million people, one by one. They bear the handwriting of a small army of ...

The department offers a "genealogy clinic" on the second Saturday of every month from 10:30 a.m. tol 2 p.m. for those wanting in-depth, one-on-one help with an expert. The sessions are free and open ...

It's a rule that many genealogists plan their lives around. Once a decade, the U.S. Census Bureau tries to gather the names, home addresses and other details of every person living in the country for ...