Historians and genealogists rejoice. On Friday, the 1950 U.S. Census individual-level data will be released to the public. Sequestered by law for 72 years, the personally identifiable and detailed ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – In April 1950, the United States was booming. The television was becoming affordable for most, Elvis Presley was on the radio, and the census bureau took a snapshot of what ...

Close to 7 million records from the 1950 US census have been made public. The digital records were released on Friday and are available to the public free of charge at a dedicated website, allowing ...

On Friday, April 1, my genealogy friends and I didn’t get much sleep. Like the rare appearance of a celestial object or the reemergence of an old friend, the U.S. census records from 1950 were made ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Have you ever wondered what your ancestors were doing in the 1940s? Starting Friday, you can find out a little more by delving into a slice of U.S. history and learning more about ...

Are you ready? It’s just around the corner. One of the red-letter dates that genealogists look forward to is the release of a “new” U.S. Census. And by “new,” I mean 72 years old. Sometime in April, ...