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New Scotland census indexes online for 1851 and 1861

New Scotland census indexes online for 1851 and 1861

More good news for Scotland researchers. Ancestry.com has just published indexes to the 1851 and 1861 censuses.

These records may contain information about the following: names, ages, occupations, relationships to head of the household, parish and county of birth (except foreign births, which give country only).

Access to the database is available to members with World Deluxe or UK Deluxe memberships. For more information, or to search these databases, click on the following links:

Search the 1851 Scotland census

Search the 1861 Scotland census

Search these censuses at ScotlandsPeople

These databases, and the linked images, are also available for a fee at ScotlandsPeople, the official government source of genealogical data for Scotland. For more information, or to search, click here.

Legacy’s Research Guidance

Users of Legacy Family Tree Deluxe benefit from expert research guidance. Just click on the Research Guidance tab, select your goal, and Legacy will suggest sources to help you extend your pedigree. Guidance is available for Scottish researchers as well. In a future update, these two new census indexes will be included in the list of suggestions so you can automatically be linked to the indexes.

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    Geoff Rasmussen

    C.H.: yes, this is genuine.

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    C.H. Wearing

    I received an email today indicating that Legacy News is changing its delivery method for email. Could you please confirm that that this is genuine and not Spam?
    Thank you

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