Scottish Census.

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carolinewhitehall
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Scottish Census.

Post by carolinewhitehall » Mon Jan 05, 2026 2:41 pm

Are any of these free but I start adding the incorrect people to my tree. Thank you for help.

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Re: Scottish Census.

Post by AndrewP » Mon Jan 05, 2026 7:09 pm

Hi Caroline,

The original documents of the Scottish censuses are available online only on ScotlandsPeople on a pay per view basis. Transcriptions of some of Scottish censuses are available on some other sites - Ancestry, FindMyPast, and FamilySearch [and maybe some others].

As with anything in genealogy, the best results are where you can view the original documents rather than depending on transcriptions. Transcriptions vary in their quality when you compare them to the original documents.

All the best,

AndrewP

carolinewhitehall
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Re: Scottish Census.

Post by carolinewhitehall » Tue Jan 06, 2026 11:01 pm

Thank you for pointing me in the right direction.