Hi Judy: I have the same dates for the Scottish & English Census. I think the Census was taken as of the night of eg: 1841 June 6th/7th, 1851 March 30th/31st. I was told, it was anyone in the house as of that night to the next day. If I am wrong, please correct me. Lorraine Ottawa, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Wardlaw" <jwardlaw@netspace.net.au> To: <SCT-EDINBURGH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 28 August, 2001 19:08 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. > >