Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Indexing (what's in it for you?)

The National Archives releases a census to the public only 72 years after the day the census was taken. 

In 2012, FamilySearch began the project to index the 1940 United States census in hopes of indexing the entire census in 6 months. With over 163,000 volunteers and several genealogical organizations contributing their time and efforts, the census was indexed in just 4 months except for Puerto Rico!

The 1950 U.S. Federal Census will finally be available on April 1, 2022. On that day you can begin exploring the unique details captured in this mid-century modern record collection. Another reason to mark your calendar—on April 1st a massive volunteer project to make those images searchable for free on FamilySearch will begin. Plan now to join us!

What's new?

The release and publication of the 1950 United States census in April 2022 will be unlike any previous census publication. Thanks to powerful new processes and technical innovations, the searchable index to the 1950 census will be published sooner. This expedited schedule means you will be able to search for ancestors' names soon after the census records are released.

Ancestry's sophisticated artificial intelligence and handwriting recognition technology will save time by creating an initial index from digital census images. While this index won’t be perfect, it will expedite the review and publication process to let you search for your family’s names in the 1950 census sooner after its release.

Instead of creating an index from scratch, volunteers helping with the 1950 census indexing will be invited to review the automated index to ensure that every name is included and indexed correctly.

Searching the records and volunteering will also be more user-friendly than ever before.

Volunteers can work on census records closer to heart.

Based on feedback we’ve received through the years, FamilySearch is working to make your volunteer experience more personalized. Volunteers will be able to work on records related to their family and for locations in which they have an interest.

As we anticipate the release of the 1950 U. S. Census on 1 April 2022, one of the things you can do right now is find out which of your ancestors were alive in 1950 and might have been counted.

Remember that the census was taken on April 1, 1950. When you find ancestors who were born or died during the year of 1950 itself, you’ll need to get into the details of that person and see if he or she was alive on the date when the census was taken.

Once you have determined who was alive, you can go even further and determine where they might have been living or what their birth date is, so when you start searching the records, you can easily find your ancestor’s family in the census.

Aside from having a searchable index, the collection will be broken down by state, county, city, and enumeration district.

The 1950 census is an exciting look into the lives of your ancestors just a few years after the end of World War II. Prosperity and opportunity were in abundance in 1950, with families moving into newly created suburbs and having children at record levels. With 1950 census records, hopefully you’ll be able to find your family and get a glimpse into their life, who was living at home that day, what their occupations were, and where they were born.

https://www.familysearch.org/1950census/


Cost of Things

First-Class Stamp
$0.03
Movie Ticket
$0.55
1 Gallon of Gas
$0.27

Movies and Cinema

TOP GROSSING FILM

Cinderella

1950s known for the invention of the microwave...


School Records


School records, such as school registrations, grade books, and yearbooks, may provide you with lots of genealogical information.

In this school census from Clay County, Minnesota, for the years 1951–1954, you will see pupils listed with their names, birth dates, the names of parents or guardians, and local residence.

Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Making Memories (document artifacts, upload files, identify images)

Each ornament on a Christmas tree brings back memories. “It fills the house with family both far away and gone.”  (show some photo ornaments... date the back!)


Why are mom and dad keeping this? Who did it belong to? What is its significance?

take a photo - put what you know about it with the image on family tree.

(examples from recent Rexburg trip: 10 cent bill, Hummels)


Identify images: how to tag people (much better than writing on the back of photos or circling faces!)

example of how someone wrote the names on the back side of the Cardon family photo, but another person transcribing misinterpreted who was whom swapping left and right sides.


You know who your kids are ... but will someone else? (David has difficulties telling our babies apart!)

Examples of matching outfit photos. (AnnElyse thru Claire)


story: the unnamed photo and how it expanded the family tree by 16 names! (Edith and Ollie Anderson)


typing up Jackie's journals - uploaded to family search to share

photographing handwritten pages - transcribe for those who can't read cursive


equipment provided by familysearch for scanning documents as PDF (fast!)

journal entries (mission)