Apr 6, 2022

News You Can Use and Share!

• The 1950 U.S. Federal Census has been released and The Guys discuss several aspects:
  • The images are available at: the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) at https://1950census.archives.gov/; MyHeritage.com at https://www.myheritage.com/; Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/.
  • There are a number of important census tools available to you at: NARA Census Resources at https://1950census.archives.gov/howto/; the MyHeritage Content Hub at https://myheritage.com/census/us/; the MyHeritage Census Helper at https://www.myheritage.com/census-helper-241251921; Ancestry.com 1950 Census District Finder at https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/district-map/62308; and One-Step Web Pages by Stephen P. Morse at https://stevemorse.org/.
  • The Guys discuss the 1950 enumeration process and extra pages used by enumerators.
• Drew shares some information from a recent Ancestry survey.
• George discusses MyHeritage’s news from RootsTech including:
  • LiveStory
  • Blast From My Past Podcast
  • Family Tree Timeline
  • Filae Family Tree Profiles
• Drew discusses the release of records online by the New York City Municipal Archives at https://a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc.gov/.
• The David Rumsey Map Collection has announced a partnership with Machines Reading Maps (MRM) to read and add searchable text to the map collection.
• The Society of Genealogists has announced the beginning of a digital project called TreeSearch which will digitize historical pedigree rolls in their collection.
• Findmypast has added 50K new Lincolnshire Burials, and the Quaker Women’s Petition of 1659.
• FamilySearch is seeking volunteers for its 1950 U.S. Census Community Project.
• The Genealogist at https://www.thegenealogist.com/ has updated their version of the 1939 Register with a new, detailed mapping feature and 258,000 newly unredacted persons.

Listener Email

• David writes concerning using placenames for events based on what governmental entity was in control at the time of the event.
• Marianna writes about GEDmatch and having received three suspicious email inquiries.
• Suzanne asks about obtaining court records for a murder trial in Perry County, Alabama, in which some family were involved.

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