Source:Scotland. 1871 Scotland Census

Source 1871 Scotland Census
Author General Register Office for Scotland
Coverage
Place Scotland
Year range 1871 - 1871
Subject Census records
Publication information
Type Government / Church records
Place issued Edinburgh
Citation
General Register Office for Scotland. 1871 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh).
Repositories
Scotlands Peoplehttp://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/Paid website
Ancestry.comhttp://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1104..Paid website
Family History Centerscans of original returns http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatal..Family history center
FamilySearchhttps://familysearch.orgFree website
FreeCENhttp://www.freecen.org.uk/Free website


Extracted information from the 1871 Census covering Scotland, available from the General Register Office for Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland. The official census date was the night of 2/3 April 1871. Information recorded for each person included place of residence, name, relationship to head-of-household, marital status, age, sex, occupation, and birthplace.

Source Information

ScotlandsPeople is the privately-run agency the Scottish government provides for public access to all their records. An initial browse to confirm an individual's existence in the census is free. There is a charge for all further information.

Ancestry.com's Original data: Scotland. 1871 Scotland Census. Reels 1-191 provided by General Register Office for Scotland, in Edinburgh, Scotland.

FreeCEN is a voluntary project conducted on a county-by-county basis. To check coverage by census year and county, go to http://www.freecen.org.uk/statistics.html.