I am highly sceptical of anything 'wiki' but this site gives some background and fits with my own understanding of howe the religious census was conducted. i.e it WAS conducted by the churches. It was based on folk attending church. I'd need to hunt for my sources, but my recollaction was that the census suggested that 50% of the population attended church on census day. This seems substantive, but ministers were alarmed, because to them it meant half of the population did NOT attend church. It seems to have been worse than that from their perspective because there were many churchgoers who attended more than one service on a Sunday - so the 50% goers included people who were counted twice or perhaps three times. Here's the site: https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/1851_Census_Places_of_Worship Iain ----- Original Message ----- From: "C M Houston" <chouston@f2s.com> To: "jody allen" <fraochale@gmail.com>; "D&G Mailing List" <dumfries-galloway@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 10:52 AM Subject: Re: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] !851 Church Census > > Hi Jody plus all, > > The 1851 Census was not done by Parish Minsters it was a National survey. > > You will find all the 1851 Census info you need for your class paper for > Dumfries,& Galloway , which includes Kirkcudbright and Wigtownshire > here:- > > http://www.dgcommunity.net/historicalindexes/census.aspx > > It is a most wonderful resource that few are aware of and has recently > moved > ite URL to the above, so those with the old address should change to this > one. > > Typical search page and output as below > > Regards > > Charles > > ----------- > > Search the 1851 Census database >>> > This project - to transcribe and key into computer the returns of the 1851 > Census for all the parishes of Dumfriesshire, Kirkcudbrightshire and > Wigtownshire - was begun in 1990 and undertaken by the Friends of the > Archives of Dumfries and Galloway and other volunteers, as listed below*. > > KEY: DMS = Dumfriesshire > KBT = Kirkcudbrightshire > WGT = WigtownshireThe number at the end of each entry is that of the > household within each enumeration district (eg 4/3 means the 3rd household > visited in enumeration district 4). > > * "Friends" and others involved : Mrs Margaret Bold, Mrs Jan Donowho, Mr > John Drummond, Mrs Stella Marrs, Miss Viviennne Orr and Mrs Betty Paisley; > assisted by : Mrs Deirdre Brown, Mrs Sheila Crossthwaite, Miss Lucy > Gibbon, > Mrs Margaret Hugo, Miss Andrea Mallaby, Mrs Doreen Morgan, Mrs Margaret > Robinson and Mr Alan Sinclair. > > Grateful thanks are due to the Department of the Registrar General for > Scotland and the [former] HMSO for permission to carry out this project. > > Quick Search > Keyword: > Advanced Search > Surname: > > Forename: > > Address: > > Parish: Annan Anwoth Applegarth Balmaclellan Balmaghie Borgue Buittle > Caerlaverock Canonbie Carsphairn Closeburn Colvend Crossmichael > Cummertrees > Dalry Dalton Dornock Dryfesdale Dumfries Dunscore Durisdeer Eskdalemuir > Ewes > Girthon Glasserton Glencairn Gretna Half Morton Hoddam Holywood Hutton > Inch > Irongray Johnstone Keir Kells Kelton Kirkbean Kirkcolm Kirkconnel > Kirkcowan > Kirkcudbright Kirkgunzeon Kirkinner Kirkmabreck Kirkmahoe Kirkmaiden > Kirkmichael Kirkpatrick Durham Kirkpatrick Fleming Kirkpatrick Juxta > Langholm Leswalt Lochmaben Lochrutton Middlebie Minnigaff Mochrum Moffat > Morton Mouswald New Abbey New Luce Old Luce Parton Penninghame Penpont > Portpatrick Rerrick Ruthwell Sanquhar Sorbie St Mungo Stoneykirk Stranraer > Terregles Tinwald Tongland Torthorwald Troqueer Tundergarth Twynholm > Tynron > Urr Wamphray Wanlockhead Westerkirk Whithorn Wigtown Choose Parish > > Occupation: > > Household No: (format n/n where n is numeric) > > > > > > > One Household > > Search Results > Results 1 to 4 of 4 > [Page 1] > > > Name: BELFORD , Jane > Address: Corse Cottage(856) > Parish: Balmaclellan > Relationship: daughter of William Houston > Marital Status: married > Occupation: FARMER (daughter of) > Age: 19 > Born: born Kells Kbt > Household No: 1/28 > > Name: BELFORD , William > Address: Corse Cottage(856) > Parish: Balmaclellan > Relationship: grandson of William Houston > Marital Status: > Occupation: > Age: 6 months > Born: born Balmaclellan Kb > Household No: 1/28 > > Name: HOUSTON , Jane > Address: Corse Cottage(856) > Parish: Balmaclellan > Relationship: wife of William Houston > Marital Status: married > Occupation: > Age: 64 > Born: born Dalry Kbt > Household No: 1/28 > > Name: HOUSTON , William > Address: Corse Cottage(856) > Parish: Balmaclellan > Relationship: head of household > Marital Status: married > Occupation: LABOURER agricultural > Age: 47 > Born: born Kells Kbt > Household No: 1/28 > > Results 1 to 4 of 4 > [Page 1] > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. 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