Jackie -- I saved this: >From: finn@ionet.net (Greenwood) >Reply-To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com >To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [ORKNEY-L] Census dates for the UK >Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 18:20:56 GMT > >The census was taken for the whole of the UK on these dates: > >The dates the Census was taken: >1841 - June 7 >1851- March 31 >1861- April 8 >1871 - April 3 >1881- April 3 > >These dates may help in figuring dates of birth. This came from a member >of the Lanarkshire list. > >There is also an informative site at the following address: > >http://globalgenealogy.com/gazfd29.htm > >This is unfortunately only an England and Wales site, but the information >is still valuable. The >Scottish counties are of course, not listed. There is a great deal of >information about the >availability of the upcoming 1901 census to be released about 2003. If >someone knows of a Scots >site for census info - please list it, it deserves to be passed on ! - >Meg Greenwood - Oklahoma > > > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com