Those were the instructions given to the enumerators. We don't know why the government did it that way. Somewhere on the freecen.org.uk website(s) are each years instructions. Jo-Ann On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 3:19 PM, Maisie Egger via <lanark@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Irked! > > I have been looking at some Scottish marriage and census documents wherein > anyone born in Scotland has the particular district or county identified. > Oftentimes, however, if the person came from Ireland or England (or Wales > even), there is no specific area denoted. For example on a Scottish > census: Jane Doe, born Hamilton, John Doe, born Ireland. > > The same applies to an “English” boat passenger list, as another > example: William Doe, born Leeds, but John Doe, Ireland- no particular > place in Ireland. Those on my tree born in the Southwest of Scotland who > were employed in England in the 1800s were listed on the English census as > being born in Scotland, but other English domestics in the same household > were defined specifically as born is Blackpool, Harrowgate, and so on, not > a ‘generic’ England. Is there some reason for this? > > Maisie > > >