A recent post from Newspapers.Com: "Using Newspapers to Learn More from the 1950 U.S. Census" It's filled with research questions that can be answered by using the 1950 census with newspaper articles of the era. Chronicling America could be used in place and yield great results.

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Questions 1 & 2: Address

“Name of street, avenue, or road”; “House and apartment number”

• Search Newspapers.com™ for the street address where your relative lived in 1950. Newspapers of the era included people’s addresses much more often than they do today. You may find news stories, classified ads, legal notices, photos, and more in the local paper that mention your relative’s address. Start by narrowing your newspaper search to the years that your family member lived at the address, but then try broadening the date range to see if it returns other useful matches.
• If searching for the street number and name doesn’t return matches, try searching the local papers for just the street name to learn what was going on in your relative’s neighborhood that may have affected them.
• Look at newspaper real estate ads from the area to learn what homes looked like and what they cost.

Question 4: Farm

“Is this house on a farm or ranch?”

• If the census indicates that your relative lived on a farm, search their local newspaper to see if they are mentioned in notices of land transfers or sales. Your relative might also be mentioned in newspaper ads for crops or livestock.
• Browse papers from the area for news about weather conditions or natural disasters that would have affected your family member’s farm. Or read articles about local and national agricultural regulations and legislation in effect at the time.

Question 7 & 8: Name & Relationship

“What is the name of the head of this household?” “What are the names of all other persons who live here?” “Relationship of person to head of the household”

• People didn’t always give their legal name to the census taker—some may have provided a nickname or initials, for example, or the census taker may have written down an abbreviation of their name. If this is the case for your relative, search newspapers using the name variation used on the census to see if you get new matches.
• If your family member’s name was misspelled on the census, try searching Newspapers.com™ using the same misspelling. If the census taker got it wrong, the newspaper may have as well!
• Search newspapers for the names of other people listed in your relative’s household on the census. This can help you find obituaries and marriage announcements you may not have been able locate before, since family members are often named in these types of newspaper items.
• Don’t forget to do a newspaper search for the names of any boarders or renters listed in your relative’s household. They might be strangers, but they could also be related. Don’t discount them just because they have a different last name.
• Since extended family sometimes lived near each other, skim through prior and subsequent pages of the census to see if you spot any familiar last names. If you do, it might be worth a newspaper search to see if you can determine whether they are indeed related.

And there are many more ideas ....