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== Census Substitutes==
Research use:  To identify names of individuals and locations.  The record can also be used as a finding tool or to supplement lost church records.
Record type:  Name lists prepared by government or other bodies that list individuals and can be used as census material: hearth tax, subsidy, poll tax, civil survey, freeholder lists, religious censuses, etc.
Time period:  1600s to 1841.
Contents:  Varied.  Generally name of individual, usually land holders and/or owner, location and value of property or tax.
Location:  Mostly at National Archives of Scotland,  H.M. General Register House, Edinburgh, Scotland EH1 3YY, some in local custody.
Population coverage:  30%.
Reliability:  Good.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Scotland,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1996-2001.</ref>


== Statistical Data From Pre 1841 Censuses  ==
== Statistical Data From Pre 1841 Censuses  ==
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