[HN Gopher] 1950 Census
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1950 Census
Author : graderjs
Score : 44 points
Date : 2022-04-03 10:10 UTC (12 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (1950census.archives.gov)
(TXT) w3m dump (1950census.archives.gov)
| tkgally wrote:
| Joseph Biden, seven years old in April 1950, appears here:
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| https://1950census.archives.gov/search/?county=Scranton%2C%2...
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| Kurt Godel's age seems to be off by ten years:
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| https://1950census.archives.gov/search/?name=Godel&page=1&st...
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| Albert Einstein's age is correct:
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| https://1950census.archives.gov/search/?county=Mercer&ed=11-...
| rotanibmocy2 wrote:
| Albert Einstein reported working 60 hours a week at age 71.
| That is a lot for that age
| [deleted]
| csdvrx wrote:
| While a lot of people here celebrate this, I find it extremely
| concerning that the census is mandatory on the basis that the
| answers are private only to have that private information made
| public down the line.
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| The excuse "70 years later most people are dead" is wrong in the
| case of Jo Biden:
| https://1950census.archives.gov/search/?county=Scranton%2C%2...
| hackyhacky wrote:
| Joe Biden was seven years old in 1950. What sensitive personal
| information could he have revealed?
| buscoquadnary wrote:
| Mother's maiden name, the street he grew up on, his first
| elementary school.
| nly wrote:
| Well shit, better change the nuclear launch codes...
| smrk007 wrote:
| Compared to 1940census, this is a much more useful tool, with the
| ability to search by name. I wish the same feature set were
| applied to prior censuses!
| sseagull wrote:
| FamilySearch is a free site that allows for searching. I think
| it requires sign-up, though.
|
| I should also mention, for people who are interested in
| genealogy and family history, that your local library may have
| subscriptions to resources like Ancestry (there is a tier
| called Ancestry Library Edition). I have never paid for
| Ancestry since it has been available at local and university
| libraries.
| cturtle wrote:
| Because the 1950 census has just been released, those records
| are still being indexed and are not searchable yet [0]. I'm
| not sure if they release records as they are indexed, so it's
| possible that it is partially searchable now.
|
| But yes, the service is completely free provided you register
| an account. After that all the previous census records (and
| many many more) are searchable. Anyone is welcome to help
| index!
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| [0]: https://www.familysearch.org/1950census/
| umvi wrote:
| Are they being indexed manually? Seems like you could
| invest in OCR + ML to automate most of it
| sseagull wrote:
| I think Ancestry does. I believe there is a lot of
| innovation happening there, but that is just a feeling.
|
| However, it can be a tough problem. Census takers'
| handwriting can be pretty bad.
|
| (I often say doing genealogy will cure people's love of
| cursive. Terrible, quickly-written printing is usually
| still fairly legible, while cursive can be a series of
| hopeless squiggles)
| pvg wrote:
| Thread from a couple of days ago:
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| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30878055
| 11thEarlOfMar wrote:
| I found several members of my family. Though the last names had 4
| different spellings.
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