Dear all It recently came to my attention that the eagerly awaited 1911 census for Scotland, due for release in Spring 2011, was somewhat different to the English, Welsh & Irish 1911 census and thought it worthwhile letting others know For the 1911 census in England, Wales & Ireland the schedules (RG14) were left with the household to be filled in by the head of household or whoever he coerced into doing it, as in previous census. The schedules (RG14) were collected by the enumerator who compiled a summary onto his forms (RG78) Anyone using the 1911 census in Eng, Wales or Ireland will know the household schedule as filled in and signed by said head of household is the actual page image you see. So I was expecting the same to apply to Scotland, however that is not the case. I have been in conversation with both the GROS and Scotlandspeople who have confirmed the following to be the situation. For reasons that no one is able to explain, in Scotland the same schedules (with subtle differences) were used for the census, however there the similarity ends, the enumerator collected them and then transcribed the schedules into books (which are apparently called RG78 in Scotland) similar to those used for 1901 and before and which we will all be familiar with, the RG14 schedules were then destroyed. So although we should get the same information that the householder entered on the form, its worth knowing its a transcript with the possibility that errors might creep in as in any transcription. The obvious fact that what we shall see is not in our ancestors hand is also disappointing The information we shall get on the census pages when they are released will be :- Address, number of houses (inhabited and uninhabited) at address, rooms in house having a window, name and surname of each person in house, total number of persons in house, relationship of each person to head of family, age and sex of each person, whether Gaelic and/or English spoken by each person, marital status, duration of marriage and children born alive and children still living (for women only), occupation and associated industry, employment status and whether working at home, birthplace, and nationality (if born outside UK). Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)