A Bellport man wanted information about his biological mother. A Jericho woman found out how much her grandfather earned in 1950. And an Amityville woman added to her knowledge of the lives of people ...

The 1950 Census has been available for a few weeks and here are a few research tips I have learned. There are plenty of guides and tutorials on every genealogy site, all you need to do is just search ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dan Cherry is a Lenawee County historian. On Friday, April 1, my genealogy friends and I didn’t get much sleep. Like the rare ...

There is nothing more exciting to a genealogist than the release of information that can enrich a family tree! The 1950 Census release has created this excitement. Names, addresses, ages, birth places ...

PHOENIX — By law, US Census records are kept secret for 72 years. So professional and amateur genealogists alike rejoiced when this past Friday all the records from the 1950 decennial census were ...

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 ...

We have a shared curiosity about our past. Maybe not only ours, but that of others as well. We enjoy glimpsing back into history and having our questions answered. This was part of what was running ...

I was born on May 27, 1949. I was less than 1 year old, but I counted. “The 1950 Census is here!” I hollered. “The 1950 Census is here! There’s my name! I’m somebody!” The Washington Post tells me ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — More and more people are piecing together their family trees and are now getting some much-needed help. The 1950 census was released in April, and if you’ve been channeling your ...

Henry G. Cisneros served four terms as the mayor of San Antonio. Elected in 1981, the San Antonio native rose to national prominence as President Clinton’s Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

The National Archives released the details from the 1950 Census on April 1 and, being interested in history, it has fascinated me ever since. Seventy-two years is a long time ago but still recent ...

A 3-year-old boy named Japperson W. Blythe was living in Hope in 1950, according to newly released census records. He would grow up to be president of the United States. Don't remember a president ...