The census 1851 onwards were always held on the day after England because Scotland would not hold a census on the Sabbath [i.e. Sunday] and therefore always held it on a Monday evening. Heather. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Heather and Kevin Bray 26A Hargest Crescent St Kilda Dunedin NEW ZEALAND Telephone + 64 03 455 4288 Fax + 64 03 455 4228 Email kandh.bray@xtra.co.nz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Wardlaw" <jwardlaw@netspace.net.au> To: <SCT-EDINBURGH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 11:08 AM Subject: Re: [EDB] census > Robyn > I do not know why Scottish Census dates were a day later than the English > ones. I just have this info in my notes and have not investigated it > further. Does anyone know? > For the benefit of other listers, UK Census dates were > 1841 June 6/7. > 1851 March 30/31 > 1861 April 7/8 > 1871 April 2/3 > 1881 April 3/4 > 1891 April 5/6 > > Judy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John & Robyn Fulton <fultonjr@bigpond.com> > To: Judy Wardlaw <jwardlaw@netspace.net.au> > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 5:04 AM > Subject: RE: [EDB] census > > > > Thanks Judy, but why the difference. Robyn. > > > > > ==== SCT-EDINBURGH Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from list mode, send a new email to sct-edinburgh-l-request@rootsweb.com and put the word unsubscribe in the message box. Do not add any other words, text, or email addresses to the message. You will receive an email confirmation notice telling you that you are no longer on the mail list. >