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==== Online ==== | ==== Online ==== | ||
The only sites with both an index and census images is | The only sites with both an index and census images is [https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ ScotlandsPeople] ($) which is the government website for Scotland genealogy. | ||
The other websites only have an index. It is therefore particularly useful to consult two or more of these sites if possible, since you will simply have to trust that their transcriptions are accurate. | The other websites only have an index. It is therefore particularly useful to consult two or more of these sites if possible, since you will simply have to trust that their transcriptions are accurate. | ||
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==== Family History Library ==== | ==== Family History Library ==== | ||
The Family History Library has the 1841 through 1891 censuses on microfilm. Click on a year below to go to the FamilySearch Catalog entry for that year: | The Family History Library has the 1841 through 1891 censuses on microfilm, much of which has been digitalized and put online. Images are not linked to the index and are only accessible at FHCs or Affiliate Library, but are free. You must obtain the microfilm number to that Scottish locale for which you are searching (Ancestry.com usually publishes the FamilySearch/Family History Library microfilm number), and click the camera icon next to the locality's name (in the Catalog) in order to view the images (Hint: Ancestry.com publishes the E.D. no. and page number which makes it much easier to find the correct page.)Click on a year below to go to the FamilySearch Catalog entry for that year: | ||
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==== Missing pieces ==== | ==== Missing pieces ==== | ||
Various parts of the England, Wales, and Scotland census returns from 1841 to 1911 are incomplete and have pieces missing. Find My Past has has identified the known gaps by census year, nation, county, and village or parish in | Various parts of the England, Wales, and Scotland census returns from 1841 to 1911 are incomplete and have pieces missing. Find My Past has has identified the known gaps by census year, nation, county, and village or parish in [http://www.findmypast.com/articles/census-for-england-wales-and-scotland-missing-pieces Census for England, Wales and Scotland: missing pieces] | ||
==== Smaller Local Census Surname Indexes at the Family History Library ==== | ==== Smaller Local Census Surname Indexes at the Family History Library ==== | ||
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*A transcription of the census as it appears on the microfilm. | *A transcription of the census as it appears on the microfilm. | ||
The indexes and transcriptions are available on microfiche at the Family History Library, Family History Centers, the Registrar General, and at record offices and family history societies in the British Isles. | The indexes and transcriptions are available on microfiche at the Family History Library, Family History Centers, the Registrar General, and at record offices and family history societies in the British Isles. [[ScotlandsPeople]] also includes this LDS index for 1881. | ||
A national index for Scotland is also available. The national index consists of a surname index and a birthplace index. The county birthplace indexes are organized first by surname and then by birthplace. The national birthplace index is organized first by birthplace and then by surname. | A national index for Scotland is also available. The national index consists of a surname index and a birthplace index. The county birthplace indexes are organized first by surname and then by birthplace. The national birthplace index is organized first by birthplace and then by surname. | ||