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Scottish Census Notes
Census enumerations for Scotland began in 1801 and continued every 10 years. Most of the records prior to 1831 were destroyed. There were a few which did survive and hopefully they are in places where your ancestors
lived.....
1841 Scottish census schedules are the first ones to survive completely intact.
1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, & 1901 Scottish census records are the best census resources for Scotland as they give more detailed and correct information than do the earlier censuses.
Beginning Scottish Research
by Sherry Irvine
Scottish Directories
Directories were an early form of advertising, telling businesses about other businesses and informing those with purchasing power who was providing supplies and services. Scotland before 1900 was not a consumer society and most people had little or no disposable income. In other words, directories list very limited numbers of people before the 1850s, and although more people are in the post office directories of the late Victorian period, this is far from being anything like the coverage of the census enumerations.
This immediately brings up a question of the value of directories at a time when indexes to Scottish census returns are not far from being completed. Why consult directories? The answer lies....... Read More.
Using Ancestry Scottish Census Transcripts
by Sherry Irvine
Not long ago transcripts of the 1851
and 1861 census returns of Scotland were added to Ancestry. They
are valuable additions to the British census data for two reasons, they
straddle the start of Scottish civil registration which began in.....
Read More.
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