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[https://www.freecen.org.uk/ FreeCEN] has a small number of records for Scotland, see their coverage tables. | [https://www.freecen.org.uk/ FreeCEN] has a small number of records for Scotland, see their coverage tables. | ||
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The | The FamilySearch Library has the 1841 through 1891 censuses on microfilm, all of which has been digitalized and put online. Images are not linked to the indexes on [https://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch]. To find the correct image, obtain the microfilm number for the result or person you are searching (located in the citation below each entry in the index). Find that microfilm and click the camera icon next to the it in the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog Catalog] in order to view the images. <br> | ||
Click on a year below to go to the FamilySearch Catalog page for that census year (lists all of the microfilms for that census): | Click on a year below to go to the FamilySearch Catalog page for that census year (lists all of the microfilms for that census): | ||
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If you have your ancestor’s street address for the time period of the census you are searching, you may search the census for that address and see if your ancestor is there. Street indexes exist for larger towns or cities. You might find an address in letters, directories, civil registration certificates, church records, court records, and tax records. | If you have your ancestor’s street address for the time period of the census you are searching, you may search the census for that address and see if your ancestor is there. Street indexes exist for larger towns or cities. You might find an address in letters, directories, civil registration certificates, church records, court records, and tax records. | ||
The | The FamilySearch Library has some street indexes in booklet form or microform. To find them, look in the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog FamilySearch Catalog] and do a Place Search for any of these combinations: | ||
SCOTLAND - CENSUS - [YEAR] - INDEXES | SCOTLAND - CENSUS - [YEAR] - INDEXES | ||
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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 | The indexes and transcriptions are available on microfiche at the FamilySearch Library, Family History Centers, the Registrar General, and at record offices and family history societies in the British Isles. [[ScotlandsPeople]] also includes this FS Library 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. | ||
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