Hi Ray I believe the 1931 Scottish census survived. I have seen a couple of references to that (including in the link below) http://scottishancestry.blogspot.com/2009/11/1939-nhs-census-to-be-made-available-in.html Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Hennessy" <ray@whatsinaname.net> To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 8:52 AM Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] 100 year limit > ___________________________________ > > Hi Gordon > > I think the last word in your posting - "early" - is redundant as it > suggests that there is some specified time-limit. The Scotland's People > website FAQs does state that Census "Records may only be inspected after > 100 > years" but I think this is not necessarily the true state of the > legislation > - unless there is an amendment I can't find [not unlikely!!] > > As I read the 1920 Act and the 1991 Amendment, and Guy stressed this, > there > was NO date for the release of the Census data for any Census taken after > 1920. It is now open to the Registrar-General of Scotland to move to > insert > a provision to release the data. Whether that has been done is obscure to > me - I can't bear to try to plough through the various annual publications > from Holyrood on the matter!! > > I believe the 1931 Census records were destroyed in the war and there was > no > Census in 1941. So in ten years we [or our successors] may be doing this > all over again and then there will be a gap of thirty years before it is > likely to be revisited. > > Given the determination of the GROS to not release Scottish 1911 before > 2011 > despite the decison in Whitehall, and the no-release-date provision for > 1921 > and later, perhaps we should start agitating now for a release date to be > enacted?? > > -- > Best wishes > > Ray

2009/12/8 Andy Candlish <andycandlish@ozemail.com.au> wrote: Hi Ray > > I believe the 1931 Scottish census survived. I have seen a couple of > references to that (including in the link below) > > > http://scottishancestry.blogspot.com/2009/11/1939-nhs-census-to-be-made-available-in.html > > Andy > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Aye, Andy. Gavin has written to me with a similar view and it seems from Chris Paton's blog you cite that you are right and the Scottish 1931 records are safe. Hooray. Gavin has also questioned whether the Whitehall decisions - specifically the 1920 Act and the 1991 amendment - still hold sway in Scotland. When they were enacted they certainly did cover Scotland [1920 paragraph 9, and 1991 Paragraph , section "(2)"]. I freely admit that I don't know if that has been superseded by the Scottish devolution act or later amendments to it. Maybe someone with a better grasp of the legalese of the Acts could find out???? The verbiage confuses the wotsit out of me! -- Best wishes Ray ********************************************************** >From Ray Hennessy Forenames website: www.whatsinaname.net Preferred Email address: ray@whatsinaname.net Hints for Scotland's People at http://bit.ly/WIAN-SCP **********************************************************