>could someone please tell me how i could get a copy of the census for the >years 1841 & 1881 and even earlier, i am new to this. thanks > You can order in on a rental basis microfilm for the years 1841, 51, 61, 71 and 81 for all the parishes in Scotland. Go to your local Family History Center and ask the librarian how to do it. The census before 1841 are of no value to genealogists as they are only statistics, no names. Don and Mary in Wyoming