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Aug 24, 2022 · The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has digitized and is providing free online access to the 1950 Census population schedules for U.S. states and …

The 1950 census records were released by the U.S. National Archives on April 1, 2022. This website provides full access to the 1950 census images, including population schedules, …

Jul 1, 2025 · The 1950 Census was released on April 1, 2022. The National Archives has the census schedules available from 1790 to 1950, and most have now been digitized by our …

Jan 5, 2024 · Federal Census records have been digitized by several of NARA's partners, and will eventually be available as well through the National Archives Catalog. Click on a Census year …

Yes, you can search the 1950 census by name. Please note that the name index is not 100% accurate because it is based on optical character recognition (OCR) and artificial …

Apr 10, 2025 · Help transcribe the 1950 Census Name Index! The National Archives launched the 1950 Census website on April 1, 2022. Now you can help us refine our name index. You can …

Jul 3, 2025 · Digital images of census schedules are available from 1790 to 1950. Online access is available through our digitization partners (free at any National Archives facility) as well in …

Aug 25, 2022 · In order to locate someone, it may be helpful to know his or her address and the Census enumeration district in which that address was located. First, collect names and …

Apr 1, 2022 · To explore the population schedules, search for names and Native American reservations, and sign up to contribute to the name index visit 1950census.archives.gov. …