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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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The Scotland Gazetteer
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Scottish Census Records Online:
1841 Census of various locations Partial
1851 Scottish Census Online at Ancestry.co.uk
1851 2% Census Extractions
More 1851 2% Census Extraction
1851 Census Database Search by David Stuart - great resource!
1852-1857 Highlands & Islands Emigration Passenger Lists Search Engine
1861 Scottish Census Online at Ancestry.co.uk
1871 Scottish Census Online at Ancestry.co.uk
1881 Scottish Census Records Online at Ancestry.co.uk
1891 & 1901 Scottish Census at ScotlandsPeople - Pay per view
1901 Scottish Census Records at Ancestry.co.uk
FreeCen Search at Rootsweb
(Scottish
FreeCen)
Search the Ancestry Databases of Scotland
Midlothian
Midlothian Genealogy at GenWeb Midlothian Queries
1841 Census Search (partial)
1851 Census Search (partial)
1861 Census Search (partial)
1851 Duddingston Edinburgh 2% Extraction
1851 St. Cuthbert Census Extract
1881 Census of City Poorhouse, Colinton, Edinburgh
1881 Census of City Poorhouse, North Junction, North Leith, Edinburgh
1881 Census of City Poorhouse, South Leith, Edinburgh
1881 Census of St Cuthberts Poorhouse, Edinburgh
Other Records
1500s-1800s various databases for Duddingston
1500s-1800s various databases for Inveresk
1500s-1800s various databases for Liberton
1646-1924 Schoolmasters at Corstorphine
1842-1905 County Directories of Corstorphine
1852 Slater's Commercial Directory of Corstorphine and Gogar Area
1914-1918 WWI Dead
1939-1945 WWII Dead
| 1938-1939 Edinburgh Suburban Directory - Corstorphine
Surnames starting with:
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[C-D]
[E-I]
[J-L]
[M-P]
[R-S]
[T-Y] |
| 1939-1940 Edinburgh Suburban Directory - Corstorphine
(partial) Surnames starting with:
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[C-D]
[E-I]
[J-L]
[M-P]
[R-S]
[T-Y] |
*Midlothian (Edinburgh), Scotland: Parish and Probate Records at Ancestry
Moray
Morayshire Family History
Moray
Genealogy at GenWeb Moray Queries
1811 Census of Dallas, Moray
Other Records
Libindx - Over 200,000 names in Moray,
Scotland are included in this index provided by the Local Heritage
Service.
Monumental Inscriptions of Dallas, Morayshire
* Moray, Scotland: Parish and Probate Records Search at Ancestry
Nairnshire
Nairnshire Genealogy at GenWeb Nairnshire Queries
No known free census online.... Send us your census links!
* Nairnshire, Scotland: Parish and Probate Records Search at Ancestry
Orkney
Orkney Genealogy at GenWeb Orkney Queries
1841 Census (partial)
1841 Census of Papa Westray
1841 Census of Sanday
1841,
1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891 & 1901 Censuses of Rousay, Egilsay, Wyre and
Eynhallow are all online at
Rousay Roots
1851 Census of Papa Westray
Other Records
Birth, Baptism and Marriage Indices
Surnames
of the Orkney Islands
* Orkney, Scotland: Parish and Probate Records Search at Ancestry
Peeblesshire
Peeblesshire Genealogy at GenWeb Peeblesshire Queries
1841 Census Search
1851 Census Search
1861 Census Search
1891 Census Index Search Engine
Perthshire Perthshire Genealogy at GenWeb Perthshire Queries
1851
Census of Village of Dull (partial extraction)
1871
& 1891 Census of Dunning Parish
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Downloadable files
Other Records
Dundee Poor House Registers
Howff Dundee City Cemetery Records
St.
Serf's Church Graveyard Survey for Dunning Parish
1785-1898 Wesleyan Register of Methodist Baptisms
1909-1911 Vehicle Registrations
* Perthshire, Scotland: Parish and Probate Records Search at Ancestry
Renfrewshire
Renfrewshire Genealogy at GenWeb Renfrewshire Queries
1881-1901 Census Search Engine
* Renfrewshire, Scotland: Parish and Probate Records at Ancestry
Ross & Cromarty Ross & Cromarty Genealogy at GenWeb Queries
1841 Census of Altandoo, Parish of Lochbroom
1841 Census of Reiff, Parish of Lochbroom
1841 Census of Ross and Cromarty (partial)
1841 Census Extracts at Terry's Relative Finder
1851 Census of Altandow
1851 Census of Reiff, Parish of Lochbroom / Ullapool
1861 Census of Altandow, District of Coigach, Parish of Lochbroom
1861 Census of Reiff, Parish of Lochbroom, Coigach District
1871 Census of Reiff, Parish of Lochbroom, Coigach District
1881-1901 Census Search Engine
1881 Census of Altandow, Coigach, Parish of Lochbroom
1881 Census of Easter Ross Poorhouse, Tain
1881 Census of Reiff, Parish of Lochbroom, Coigach District
1891 Census of Reiff, Faochag and Camusglassellan
Other Records
1744
Householders in Cromarty
1814
Militia List for Cromarty Parish
Roxburghshire
Queries
1841 Census Search
1851 Census Search
1861 Census Search
1881
Census of Union Workhouse Residents at Hawick
1881
Census of Union Workhouse Residents at Jedburgh
Other Records
1797-1802 Lieutenancy Book Images
1825-1862
Death Register of Hawick
Border County Strays Found in Australia
* Roxburghshire, Scotland: Parish and Probate Records at Ancestry
Selkirkshire Selkirkshire Genealogy at GenWeb
Selkirkshire Queries
1841 Census Search
1851 Census Search
1861 Census Search
1817
Census of Selkirk
* Selkirkshire, Scotland: Parish and Probate Records at Ancestry
Shetland Shetland Isles Genealogy at GenWeb
1841 & 1851 Census of Isle of Foula
1861 & 1871 Census of Isle of Foula
1891 Census of Isle of Foula
* Shetland, Scotland: Parish and Probate Records Search at Ancestry
Stirlingshire
Stirlingshire
Genealogy at GenWeb Sterlingshire Queries
No known free census online.... Send us your census links!
* Stirlingshire, Scotland: Parish and Probate Records at Ancestry
Sutherland
Sutherland
Genealogy at GenWeb Sutherland Queries
Mid 1800's Census Strays
Other Records
The Highland
Hearts Genealogy Site seems to have closed.
* Sutherland, Scotland: Parish and Probate Records Search at Ancestry
West Lothian West Lothian Genealogy at GenWeb
West Lothian Queries
1841 Census Records of Uphall Parish
1851 Census Records of Uphall Parish
*West Lothian, Scotland: Parish and Probate Records at Ancestry
Western Isles Western Isles Genealogy at GenWeb
Queries
(Hebrides)
Emigrants fromTolsta to Other lands
Wigtownshire Wigtownshire Genealogy at GenWeb
Wigtownshire Queries
1684 Lists of Wigtownshire and
Minnigaff
1851 Census Index of Glasserton
1851 Census Index of Inch
1851 Census Index of Kirkcolm
1851 Census Index of Kirkcowan
1851 Census Index of Kirkinner
1851 Census Index of Kirkmaiden / Drummore
1851 Census Index of Leswalt
1861 Census Index of Minnigaff
1851 Census Index of Mochrum
1851 Census Index of New Luce
1851 Census Index of Old Luce / Glenluce
1851 Census Index of Penninghame
1851 Census Index of Portpatrick
1851 Census Index of Sorbie
1851 Census Index of Stoneykirk
1851 Census Index of Stranraer
1851 Census Index of Whithorn
1861 Census Index of Wigtown & Minnigaff
1851 Census Transcription of Penninghame Parish
1851 Census of Wigtownshire
1861 Census Transcription of Penninghame Parish
1881 Census of Combination Poor House - Dalrymple St, Inch, Stranraer, Wigtown
Other Records
Wigtown
Free Press - free lookups
1783-1818 Deaths in Portpatrick Parish
1788-1797 Deaths in Stoneykirk Parish
Early-Mid 1800s Chelsea Royal Hospital Discharged Soldiers List
1855 Deaths
M'Kerlie's Wigtownshire Estates, Properties and Farms (pub. 1870 & 1877)
1912 Trade Directory of Wigtown
* Wigtownshire, Scotland: Parish and Probate Records at Ancestry
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