Find your family, city, and celebrities with new 1950 Census search
By:
Mike Curkov
Posted: Apr 4, 2022 4:02 PM CDT
-
0:46
Video shows end of police chase, rollover crash in Fond du Lac...
-
0:25
Police searching for pig-masked thief who robbed small Burlington...
-
2:07
Mount Mary University launches new Institute for the Advancement...
-
0:35
Spring is coming early with the Greater Milwaukee Golf Show returning...
-
2:09
‘Totally unpredictable’: Safety concerns rise on National...
-
3:31
’Took out his gun and shot him in the head’: Girlfriend who...
-
1:57
CBS 58 Hometowns LIVE: Thursday Nights at MAM
-
2:22
Milwaukee Police Department officials questioned during council...
-
1:02
Howard University students spend spring break mentoring kids...
-
4:34
Multiple weather alerts in effect as a busy stretch of weather...
-
2:25
Video shows moments leading up to suspect being arrested after...
-
2:56
Visit Milwaukee preview: March 13 - 15
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (CBS 58) -- After 72 years, the US Census Bureau released records from the 1950 census online. All of the information is in a searchable website, 1950census.archives.gov.
Users can search by state, by city/county, and by name. It's a great way to look up family and local history.
For example, by searching for 'Selig,' we found a 15-year old Allan H. Selig who would go on to bring baseball to Milwaukee, become commissioner of Major League Baseball, and be enshrined in the baseball hall of fame, living with his parents and his brother, Jerome.
Census takers recorded information on who, over 14-years old, was living in the home, where they were from, and their occupation.
Sign up for the CBS 58 Newsletter