Researchers view the records as a gold mine, and amateur genealogists see it as a way to fill gaps in family trees.
"This is genealogy heaven when a census is rolled out," said Matt Menashes, executive director of the National Genealogical Society."People are waiting anxiously. It's hard to overstate."
"It's an interesting journey to find out where you are from and the census records help you find information that isn't always available," said Kalman, 55."Family stories aren't always passed down and the census records give you a snapshot in time. It helps put together a picture." The records released by the National Archives and Records Administration will be indexed into a searchable website. The digitized, handwritten forms have information about household members' names, race, sex, age, address, occupations, hours worked in the previous week, salaries, education levels, marital status and the country in which their parents were born. The website will include a tool allowing users to fix any incorrect names or add missing names.
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. At Ancestry, scores of workers will be ready at 12:01 a.m. ET Friday to start downloading the more than 6.5 million digital images of the census files.
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