1950 CENSUS : SECOND TRY : ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INDEX : THE GREATEST GENERATION LEAVING URBAN AREAS FOR THE SUBURBS

I've just gone into my previous posts about the SPECIAL BABY CENSUS and the SPECIAL NATIVE AMERICAN CENSUS and added some updates... You can easily find those in the posts below.

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Between the 1940 and the 1950 great numbers of people left urban environments and ghettoized ethnic living and so it is more likely that on this 1950 you will have to look for changes in address and possibly a different Enumeration District than on the 1940. So, though you may find the ED district for the 1950 is simply numbered differently from the 1940, and that ancestors are living in the same house or neighborhood, you may not, and be dependent on finding them via indexing.

To sample, I looked into the census for MICHIGAN, Wayne County, in the Detroit and Dearborn eras.  I didn't like it when I found so very many of hits were first names. This was frustrating because I was searching for a surname which is sometimes a given name. Dozens of pages came up. I was not able to find the people I was seeking. The question is, will I wait until INDEXING PROJECTS do a better job of  indexing than the artificial intelligence? What if this family were not counted? I suppose it is a matter of having time.

The Motor City, as Detroit was called, had been the scene of industrial age employment for recent immigrants in earlier years, many of whom were able to purchase houses. This was considered good employment and did not require academic education.; for many workers the goal was to send their children to college. (Employment in the auto manufacturing industry was viable for decades, until Americans started buying Japanese.) It was also a place where with this type of employment, one could buy a home. There was a vast expansion of housing - single family homes - after World War II  also because veterans could acquire low interest home loans on the GI bill. 

The eye is drawn to the BOLDED HITS.  If you look a little closer you will see that there ARE surnames listed, and what follows are the first/given names of the people living in the house who are under that surname.  So SMITH, John is the head of household, and Catherine, Marie, and John Jr. are the wife and children.  If you happen to be looking for someone with the surname John or the like, you may have quite a bit to look through. Still, taking this into consideration, I was not able to find the people I was looking for.

I want to find these people, although they are not my direct genetic bloodline, because they are still related to me. They are relations because they are descended from my parent's siblings. Though I would not include them on charts of direct descent to me, the are directly descended from the same immigrants and properly belong on charts from that point.

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1950 CENSUS ENUMERATION DISTRICTS FOR 1950 CENSUS READY TO USE! NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES

CATALOG NATIONAL ARCHIVES ENUMERATION DISTRICTS 1950 CENSUS 

Follow this link! If you already know where the family lives, perhaps because you've got their address from the 1940 census or a collection of letters, you may be able to go to the ENUMERATION DISTRICT before there are indexes on databases. THE ENUMERATION DISTRICT (ED) WILL LIKELY BE A DIFFERENT NUMERICAL CODE THAN THE 1940 because of a surge in population! 

The concerns of the nation have changed since 1940 and there are some surprises.

This is the era in which people whose parents lived in immigrant ethnic ghettos are expanding out into the suburbs as they marry. Housing is actually affordable. Huge tracks of land are being turned into zones of single-family dwellings. Veterans can get low interest rates to buy homes on the GI bill. Women, many who worked in factories previously, are being encouraged to be stay-at-home wives and mothers. 

Question of when it will be indexed.  I'd give it about six months. ****

BABYBOOMERS!

More posts on this subject coming up!

Click on the tab Genealogy Help - 1950 Census to bring up the series!

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The NATIONAL ARCHIVES 1950 CENSUS PROJECT IS also using a form of non-human -technology to provide INDEXING and the public will be able to correct information they find for the pages that did not digitalize well due to their condition. This is similar to the FamilySearch site that also offers registered users the easy ability to change surnames that are misspelled and so on. Unfortunately, it also allows people to change correct information to incorrect information if they so desire.  

YOU CAN ASK : A SEALED ADOPTION STATEGY : ADOPTION #6

As previously stated, it's difficult to impossible to unseal a Closed adoption and judges don't seem to think medical or psychological reasons are enough anymore. However, in thinking about this, I think there may be a way around it that could work. 

If you're in a clinical trial that is about genetics or genes or family inheritance of medical or psychological problems, I think a letter from your doctor to a judge could be persuasive. While I haven't tried this, I do know such clinical trials and research projects do exist. A friend with OCD, whose father and brother also had OCD entered into one of these research studies at a university. They were asked about parents and grandparents.

What's happening with prostate or ovarian cancer research? Does "long illness" in an obituary for GGrandpa mean the same illness your dad or you have? Do you have death certificates?

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What you want is the information you would get if your adoption documents were unsealed.

First do a little research on the net or make some calls. Start with the county that has your birth certificate which, if you were adopted, was redone to replace the original.  (Birth certificates should be renamed to PARENTAGE CERTIICATES!) Some county web sites will tell you that they cannot release any information other than non-identifying information. That's a start. You should seek this information out. It may be a little or a lot. Others will actually give you some advice on how to go about things.  It's usually a Children's and Family Services aspect of the government that is in charge of adoption records,

You make an appointment to see a worker at the County where your adoption took place in person. Sometimes when a birth parent has sent a letter in saying it is OK to release more information to the child and it's there in your file, your appointment could go surprisingly well.

Let me explain what an appointment to get that NONIDENTIFYING information can be like. You sit across a desk from another human who has your file - a government employee who maybe has a degree in social work. They can read the file. You can't. 

It's unfair.

No, don't try to bribe them.

YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS WITH A YES OR NO ANSWER.

Such as:

Does my mother's name begin with an A? With a B? Yes, people have gone through the alphabet one letter at a time. Is she between the ages of 21 and 25? Is she 22?

I've been told you should go in with a notebook and that you should persist with your questions and maybe -maybe- you'll find yourself alone with your file for a few minutes. Officially they are legally not allowed to reveal names of births parents, date of birth of the birth mother, and so on.

In today's modern attitudes about Adoption, which have been influenced by television shows featuring reunions and an acceptance of far less privacy than people wished to have in the pre-Internet era, you could find yourself with a sympathetic character who personally believes you have a right. 

Ssshhhh.

It's not in their job description to excuse themselves to use the bathroom and leave your file on the desk.

Have courage.

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Note: A genealogist specializing in adoption swears this scenario has been played out in California. I wasn't there.

Note: In my opinion the information gained from such an encounter will help you add more information in an Adoption Registry. Some counties say they will help you make contact.

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THREE MORE YEARS TILL THE RELEASE OF THE 1950 CENSUS

It's not too soon to learn a bit about this census, the seventeen United States Census, which will include the BABY BOOM generation. It will be released April 1, 2020. Work has already begun on the project to index it.  Here's some information!  STEVE MORSE 1950 CENSUS PROJECT UPDATE

UPDATE July 2019.  The release without indexing.  You'll be able to locate the ENUMERATION DISTRICT of ancestors who you may already know of from the 1940 to get to images prior to Indexing.

Click on the tab  Genealogy Help - 1950 Census to bring up the series!