For the time being, records can only be searched by address or location, but efforts are underway to make them searchable by name. The Census records are organized by enumeration districts although there are separate pages for people living in places such as hotel tourist homes or trailer camps.
For people hoping to look up their family members, it is helpful to have the correct street address. The National Archives site also provides maps to help people find the correct enumeration district. According to an FAQ page provided by the National Archives , a community volunteer project is underway to make the Census searchable by name.
Private genealogy organizations also are working to add name-indexed census records to their websites. The negotiations between the two agencies followed passage of a law in that National Archives officials interpreted as allowing release of census records 50 years after the census was taken. Census Bureau officials countered by proposing a year waiting period.
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See the Glossary for an explanation of common terms used throughout this website. Census records are the only records that describe the entire population of the United States on a particular day.
The census is no different. The answers given to the census takers tell us, in detail, what the United States looked like on April 1, , and what issues were most relevant to Americans after a decade of economic depression. Roosevelt's New Deal recovery program of the s.
Between and , the population of the Continental United States increased 7. Some questions asked in earlier years were moved to the supplemental census, a 5 percent sampling of the population or two people listed on every page of the census. Unlike more recent censuses, the census was taken entirely by census enumerators going door to door and collecting information.
If a person wasn't home when the census taker came, the census taker would make a return visit. People who were counted on return visits are listed at the end of the regular pages for the enumeration district on pages that begin with number There were also separate pages for people living in a hotel tourist home, or trailer camp.
These people were to be counted on April 8th and 9th. Their census information begins on page 81A for each enumeration district. Sometimes the entries for people who were enumerated later and those in tourist homes and trailer camps are less than one page each, while they can go on for several pages in large urban areas.
In some enumeration districts, there were no such entries and do not have a page 61 or page His vice-president, Harry S. Truman, would succeed Roosevelt and serve until as President until As enumerators were diligently recording details for families, households, and farms throughout urban and rural areas during April , many well-known American traditions were making headlines just as they do today.
On Friday, April 19th , Canadian runner Gerard Cote set a world record to win the 44th Boston Marathon, the first of what would eventually be four victories for Cote in Boston. Just two weeks later, a Chicago-based horse named Gallahadion won the 66th running of the Kentucky Derby.
The to-1 odds were just as exciting then as they would be today! The census release promises to be an exciting event for millions of family history enthusiasts. Explore our records. Lynch About the U. Census The U. Life in As the s drew to a close, so too did a challenging period in the history of the United States.
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