Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) has a nationwide index to the recently released US 1950 Federal Census now up and runnning, using software to interpret handwriting to speed up the process of indexing it. You can search the census at https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62308/.
Using the site I have just located my wife's uncle and cousins in Masschussetts, within seconds of commencing the search, so I'm a happy bunny!
From the site:
Thanks to our proprietary handwriitng recognition technology,
all 1950 U.S. Census records are now searchable. Transcription accuracy
is dependent upon the quality of the document being scanned. For best
results, view the census image.
You'll find more about the handwriting software used to decode the census at https://www.ancestry.co.uk/corporate/blog/ancestry-apply-handwriting-recognition-artificial-intelligence-create-searchable-index-1950-us
Chris
My new book Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records is now available to buy at https://bit.ly/IrishLandRecords. Also available - Sharing Your Family History Online, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records - to purchase, please visit https://bit.ly/ChrisPatonPSbooks. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
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