Lots of people (around my age) are having a good time (I was going to say fun, but it's more the emotion of satisfaction) finding themselves in the 1950 Census, which has recently been published.
I thank Amy Johnson Crow for publishing some YouTube videos giving great short cuts to finding one's ancestry in the 1950 Census. I would never have known to use Stevemorse.org to find information about it. I just made notes from the video, and followed them step by step.
This is because Ancestry doesn't have the 1950 Census linked to our various relations yet.
So I started out assuming I'd be in St. Louis, because that's the year we moved there. I even remembered our address, so that helped. And lots of people were not at home on that street. As well as our house number which I remembered wasn't listed. Drat.
Then I thought of my grandparents in Houston TX, who lived most of their lives on Brockton...and I didn't remember the number. After finding that street on the enumerator district (ED) I searched and searched for them, to no avail.
Another day, I finally thought of my friend down the street who I used to roller skate with, Katherine Hodnutt. Don't ask me why I knew her name, but I also remembered living on Cumberland in Houston before moving. Then I put two and twelve together and realized we moved after school was out, and the census was taken everywhere in April.
And so I found Cumberland, looked on Google Maps to see cross streets, and then found the ED for where we lived. Fortunately it was a pretty short street. And as I looked through the many pages for that ED, I was grateful that the census taker had listed the street names in tiny letters on each page.
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I first found the Hodnutts, and there was Katherine, age 10! Wow, I didn't remember she was older than me.
And two houses down were the Rogers. It was a simple entry for the four person household. Dad worked and mom was at home with two kids.
There may be special questions that were asked of Mom, who I assume was giving info for the family. I don't know for sure which answers below referred to our family, because the numbering system is vague.
Sorry the saved page ended up blurred. I can try a screen save the next time I chase it down again!
The number on the little stick out tabs will match one of the numbers below. LIke 9 and 9. Good luck and congrats!
ReplyDeleteVery cool, Barb! And yes, I would use the word "fun" because it sure is :-) Having found myself, my parents and grandparents (both sets) I am now off to look for collateral relatives and childhood friends and classmates. I've already surprised one friend with her family's listing. Hope to surprise a few more :-)
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