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‘Gold mine’ of census records being released from 1950

FILE - Moya Sager hold ballet and tap class with students, the foreground are left to right: Jill Faulkner, Sandra Alper and Peggy Acheson, on April 14, 1950 in Long Island, N.Y. Genealogists and historians can get a microscopic look at sweeping historical trends when individual records from the 1950 census are released this week. Researchers view the records that will be released Friday, March 31, 2022 as a gold mine, and amateur genealogists see it as a way to fill gaps in family trees. (AP Photo/Carl Nesensohn, File)

FILE - Young people are play their version of "Old Maid", with a deck of cards on the steps on 52nd Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues, September 8, 1950. Genealogists and historians can get a microscopic look at sweeping historical trends when individual records from the 1950 census are released this week. Researchers view the records that will be released Friday, March 31, 2022 as a gold mine, and amateur genealogists see it as a way to fill gaps in family trees. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Mexican migratory farm workers cut asparagus in a field near Bakersfield, Calif., March 22, 1950. Genealogists and historians can get a microscopic look at sweeping historical trends when individual records from the 1950 census are released this week. Researchers view the records that will be released Friday, March 31, 2022 as a gold mine, and amateur genealogists see it as a way to fill gaps in family trees. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Chris Joannides tunes in television set which is installed into fireplace at Levittown, Long Island, New York, Feb. 24, 1950. Genealogists and historians can get a microscopic look at sweeping historical trends when individual records from the 1950 census are released this week. Researchers view the records that will be released Friday, March 31, 2022 as a gold mine, and amateur genealogists see it as a way to fill gaps in family trees. (AP Photo/John Drennan, File)

Elaine Powell, president of the Central Florida Genealogical Society, looks over part of the 1940 Census at her home Wednesday, March 30, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. She plans to study the 1950 Census on its release at midnight on April 1. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Elaine Powell, president of the Central Florida Genealogical Society poses with photos of her family tree on a wall at her home in Orlando, Fla., Wednesday, March 30, 2022. She plans to study the 1950 Census on its release at midnight on April 1. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

**HOLD FOR STORY BY MIKE SCHNEIDER**over part of the 1940 Census at her home Wednesday, March 30, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. She plans to study the 1950 Census on its release at midnight on April 1. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Elaine Powell, president of the Central Florida Genealogical Society at her home office Wednesday, March 30, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. She plans to study the 1950 Census on its release at midnight on April 1. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

FILE - Kansas City restaurant patrons forget their food as they watch the early innings of the second World Series game at Philadelphia, Oct. 5, 1950. Genealogists and historians can get a microscopic look at sweeping historical trends when individual records from the 1950 census are released this week. Researchers view the records that will be released Friday, March 31, 2022 as a gold mine, and amateur genealogists see it as a way to fill gaps in family trees. (William Straeter, File)

FILE - Elmer W. Henderson, seated, a Washington man whose lawsuit was the basis for a Supreme Court decision outlawing segregation in railroad dining cars, orders food from Stanford Peters, a dining car waiter, June 4, 1950. Genealogists and historians can get a microscopic look at sweeping historical trends when individual records from the 1950 census are released this week. Researchers view the records that will be released Friday, March 31, 2022 as a gold mine, and amateur genealogists see it as a way to fill gaps in family trees. (AP Photo/William J. Smith, File)

FILE - Leonard Miller helps his mother Mae Miller, with her shopping at the supermarket, Oct. 2, 1950, in New York. Genealogists and historians can get a microscopic look at sweeping historical trends when individual records from the 1950 census are released this week. Researchers view the records that will be released Friday, March 31, 2022 as a gold mine, and amateur genealogists see it as a way to fill gaps in family trees. (AP Photo/Robert Kradin, File)

FILE - Singer Paul Robeson marches in front of the White House in Washington, May 24, 1950, where protesters carry signs demanding passage of fair employment practices legislation. Genealogists and historians can get a microscopic look at sweeping historical trends when individual records from the 1950 census are released this week. Researchers view the records that will be released Friday, March 31, 2022 as a gold mine, and amateur genealogists see it as a way to fill gaps in family trees. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - The Theodore James family lives in a 16-foot square tent outside the city of Tulare, in California's San Joaquin valley, shown March 22, 1950. Genealogists and historians can get a microscopic look at sweeping historical trends when individual records from the 1950 census are released this week. Researchers view the records that will be released Friday, March 31, 2022 as a gold mine, and amateur genealogists see it as a way to fill gaps in family trees. (AP Photo/David F. Smith, File)

FILE - The Times Square section of New York City is pictured with the lights still on before 100 non-striking maintenance men pulled the switches in a sympathy demonstration, 1950. Genealogists and historians can get a microscopic look at sweeping historical trends when individual records from the 1950 census are released this week. Researchers view the records that will be released Friday, March 31, 2022 as a gold mine, and amateur genealogists see it as a way to fill gaps in family trees. (AP Photo, File)

‘Gold mine’ of census records being released from 1950