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Basic Scottish Records
SC-103: Scottish: Census Records
Course Summary:

Optional Print Course Material: Scottish: Census Records

*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.

This course looks at the history, structure and contents of the 1841-1911 censuses of Scotland. Strategies for searching and locating the records will be discussed together with the limitations of the various sources. We will then look at the research possibilities of earlier census returns, together with their survival back to Rev. Dr. Alexander Webster’s census of 1755. We will also look at the National Identity Register of 1939.

Course Length: 7 weeks

Contact Hours: 18
Grading Scale: 70% Tests/30% Assignments
Course Length: 7 weeks
Course Content

MODULE 1
INTRODUCTION TO CENSUS RECORDS
Introduction
Citing Acts of Parliament
National Archives of Scotland and General Register Office for Scotland
Glossary
Census Dates
What is a Census?

MODULE 2
CENSUS YEARS 1841-1861
1841 Census
1851 Census
1861 Census

MODULE 3
CENSUS YEARS 1871-1881
1871 Census
1881 Census

MODULE 4
CENSUS YEARS 1891-1911
1891 Census
1901 Census
1911 Census

MODULE 5
CENSUS RECORD SOURCES
ScotlandsPeople
Ancestry.co.uk
Findmypast.co.uk
FreeCEN
FamilySearch
Family History Centers
Family History Societies
Strategies for Searching
Problems with Names

MODULE 6
NATIONAL IDENTITY
1939 National Identity Register
Pre-1841 Census Listings