Hello, *Understanding Census References* This message was prompted by me getting into a right mess on the lost cousins web site, the demonstration version of the Clooz database and I dont really know how to properly quote a census result. If I want to formally and properly refer to or cite a census result how do I do it ? From Scotlands People I get the following ......... WOOD, JESSIE ANN (Census 1881 147/00 007/00 014) 146Kb<http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/GROS-DUN-WEB2/viewers/DownloadImageFile.aspx/864715/A1A3C051-5B46-4521-B88D-C459E077AB1D-C1881_147_00_007_000_2_014Z.tif> If I wrote down Scotland 1881 147/00 007/00 014 would that enable somebody to find Jessie Ann Wood in the census ? All I can figure out from the above is that she is on page 14 of something ? Is there a web site somewhere that explains what the numbers mean (Folio, district, page number etc.) and what the hierarchy of an address in a census is ? ie (from the Clooz census form) Country - yes I understand this - Scotland County - Yes I understand this - Aberdeenshire- Banffshire (doesnt exist any more) City - yes I understand this - Aberdeen - Edinburgh - Glasgow Town - starting to get confused here - when does a town become a city - Banff - Macduff - Portsoy - Portknockie Parish / Township - well and truly confused - Difference between Township and Town ? A parish was a subdivision of a County ? Was a parish the equivalent of a township - Is a township the same as a village ? Can I have several villages and/ or townships in a parish ? Ward / Parliamentary - havent got a clue what this means Sanitary / Ecclesiastical - Whee ! off with the fairies - here is a wild guess - some sort of reference to subdivisons around the town/township/village where different sanitation regimes were implemented ? Or different churches held sway ? And Happy New Year to you too ............. Bill