Source:Scotland. 1841 Scotland Census

Source 1841 Scotland Census
Author General Register Office for Scotland
Coverage
Place Scotland
Year range 1841 - 1841
Subject Census records
Publication information
Type Government / Church records
Place issued Edinburgh
Citation
General Register Office for Scotland. 1841 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh).
Repositories
Scotlands Peoplehttp://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/Paid website
Ancestry.comhttp://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1004Paid website
Family History Centerfilm of original returns http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatal..Family history center
FamilySearchhttp://www.familysearch.org/Free website
FreeCENhttp://www.freecen.org.uk/Free website


Extracted information from the 1841 Census covering Scotland, available from the General Register Office for Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland. On-line census images are available from ScotlandsPeople. Initial browse for an individual is free.

The official census date was the night of 6/7 June 1841. Information recorded for each person included place of residence, name, age (rounded down to nearest 5 years for those over 15), sex, occupation, and whether born in that county or not.

Ancestry.com citation Ancestry.com. 1841 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: 1841 Scotland Census. Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Office for Scotland. Reels 1-151. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Note: The census information for a number of parishes was destroyed. Check the information at Ancestry.com or Scotlands People for a listing of missing parishes.