genealogy sleuths, historians and the merely curious can dig through those 1950 census forms, the first to be unveiled in a searchable format. The records are released by the National Archives 72 ...

It was the first census after World War II. The baby boom had begun. The Great Migration of Black residents from the Jim Crow South to places like Detroit and Chicago was in full swing. And some ...

Former Census Bureau leaders, statisticians and voting-rights advocates are raising alarms about an unusual, unsigned new report posted on the agency’s website that claims tens of thousands of ...

Before the Trump administration issued its rule aiming to reshape the Census around accruing political power for the right, ...

It is now easy to access information on individuals from that census, but beware of misspelled names. By Michael Wines The National Archives and Records Administration posted millions of records from ...

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The department offers a "genealogy clinic" on the second Saturday of every month from 10:30 a.m. tol 2 p.m. for those wanting in-depth, one-on-one help with an expert. The sessions are free and open ...