This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McDonald Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EgC.2ACE/10018 Message Board Post: Can anyone tell me if there was an 1870 or 1871 Census or any census from 1863 to 1880 in Scotland? Looking for information in the Edinburgh area.
In article <MFMBM030MWuLn5U9T3T00005b62@mfmbm030.myfamilycorp.local>, jdengel39@yahoo.com writes >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Surnames: McDonald >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EgC.2ACE/10018 > >Message Board Post: > >Can anyone tell me if there was an 1870 or 1871 Census or any census >from 1863 to 1880 in Scotland? Looking for information in the Edinburgh >area. > Quoting from Barry Ruck's excellent census FAQ - <http://homepage.ntlworld.com/barry.ruck/FAQCENSUS.htm> Question: When was the census taken ? ===================================== Answer : There has been a census taken in the United Kingdom every ten years since 1801. However, those for 1801, 1811, 1821 and 1831 were statistical only and, therefore, of little or no assistance to the genealogist. In a very few places, a record of names was retained by the local enumerator and some of these fragments may be found in record offices (Check the Gibson Guide "Local Census Listings 1522 - 1930" for details). These listings are very sparse, but you may be lucky. The first census to be of real practical use to the genealogist was that of 1841, the first to record names nationally. UK CENSUS DATES =============== Midnight. Sun/Mon. 6/7th June 1841 Midnight. Sun/Mon. 30/31st March 1851 Midnight. Sun/Mon. 7/8th April 1861 Midnight. Sun/Mon. 2/3rd April 1871 Midnight. Sun/Mon. 3/4th April 1881 Midnight. Sun/Mon. 5/6th April 1891 Midnight. Sun/Mon. 31/1st March / April 1901 Midnight. Sun/Mon. 2/3rd April 1911 * Midnight. Sun/Mon. 19/20th June 1921 Midnight. Sun/Mon. 26/27th April 1931 (Destroyed in W.W. II) ** There was no Census taken in 1941 ** Hope this helps. Jill McKenzie, Glasgow