Unusual District of 1950 Census
The FamilySearch index for the 1950 Census matched a relative of mine in some documents that were enumerated and indexed in very strange ways.
Michigan ED 86-179
FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHK-9QHW-5VYT
NARA: https://1950census.archives.gov/search/?ed=86-179
The extent of my understanding so far is that this was part of Flint, Michigan enumerated on forms P12 and P13 instead of the normal P1. I haven't been able to find a blank form P13, so not entirely sure what I'm looking at, other than it seems to be similar to P12.
The problem with the FamilySearch index is that all these records are showing up with either no index or no location. None of them say Flint.
I have so many questions about this. Is anyone familiar with Form P13?
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Was it this blog post that you found? https://historyhub.history.gov/community/genealogy/census-records/blog/2022/06/03/1950-census-alternative-enumeration-procedures-and-self-enumeration-in-selected-michigan-and-ohio-areas
(The trick for including links on this forum is to not give them their own paragraph.)
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A deep dive this afternoon produced a better answer:
I found Forms P13 in the National Archives Catalog. Versions A and B are not yet digitized. Form P13C is in the General Records series and digitized under NAID: 283027189.
Since only the back sides of these forms have been preserved, all three versions will be identical.
As previously discovered, the purpose of these forms is described in the History Hub Blog. I'm still blocked from posting the URLs, sorry.
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I found a paragraph in the enumerator's manual: "In addition, certain other forms will be used in some areas. In such cases, the enumerator will be given special instructions by the Crew Leader with regard to them."
It seems that some parts of Flint were one such area where a different form was used. It also appears that the use of this different form was not noted when the various automated processes were run on FS, so every other image has index entries associated with it.
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I had zero luck on Google.
Then I found this fascinating article on history.gov
1950 Census: Alternative Enumeration Procedures and Self-Enumeration in Selected Michigan and Ohio Areas
I tried posting the link, but so far the discussion system is blocking it.
I think I just answered my own question. Please feel free to discuss.
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Yes, that's the link. Thank you. I guess the oEmbed (paragraph) feature is broken.
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Actually, the embed doesn't work for simple linking. Instead if you highlight the text, you will get a little pop-up box with a text formatting and a link icon in it:
Click the link icon, paste the link in the box and make sure to hit the enter key to register the link. Alternatively, if you copy text that is already a link, you can paste it here and it will register the hidden link.
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A deep dive this afternoon produced a better answer:
I found Forms P13 in the National Archives Catalog. Versions A and B are not yet digitized. Form P13C is in the General Records series and digitized under NAID: 283027189.
Since only the back sides of these forms have been preserved, all three versions will be identical.
As previously discovered, the purpose of these forms is described in the History Hub Blog.
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Reviewing this issue again.
What I'm seeing is that the FamilySearch index shows up on every even-numbered frame of the microfilm. The names on the odd pages are showing up on the index of the previous page.
As previously mentioned, none of the index entries have an Event/Census Place listed. Even the ED number is missing.
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Versions A and B of Form P13 were recently digitized.
Version A can be viewed here https://catalog.archives.gov/id/283027187
Version B can be viewed here https://catalog.archives.gov/id/283027188
Version C can be viewed here https://catalog.archives.gov/id/283027189
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