The 1950 census was released 12 days ago and, as we’ve talked about before, a computer-generated index was available (amazing!). That index was better than nothing, but at least in the case of my people, not particularly helpful.
FamilySearch is looking for volunteers to check the computer index and make corrections so that a robust index will be available. And they’ve made it very easy.
Just go to FamilySearch.org, login and click on “Start Now in the Help Review the 1950 Census Index” banner. You’ll get to select a state (currently, the state list is limited), then you’ll click Get Started. I selected Oregon and was offered the opportunity to Review Families. In the next screen, I could enter a surname if I wanted. If you do that, you’ll be presented with pages with that surname, as well as other entries. Then you review and correct each line of the page.
I find this a fun and rewarding volunteer opportunity and I’m so happy that FamilySearch has made it so easy. The volunteer effort will make an accurate index available all the sooner!
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