30 October 2011

Census Street Lists Now Available on ScotlandsPeople

A newsletter item from ScotlandsPeople announces the availability of Census Street Lists for the main towns and cities of Scotland.

"These free-to-view books are an excellent research tool and can be used to locate streets and find which enumeration books cover a particular area. In most instances the registration district is also provided. This is an excellent resource for finding who lived at a particular address without searching on a name.  
To view the census street lists, please click here."
The locations available in 1901 are

Aberdeen
Ayr
Bonhill
Bothkennar
Bothwell
Cadder
Calderhead
Cambuslang
Cambusnethan
Dalziel
Dumbarton
Dumfries
Dundee
Dunfermline
Edinburgh
Falkirk
Glasgow
Greenock
Hamilton
Hawick
Hebrides
Inverness insular
Inverness
Kilmarnock
Kirkcaldy
Montrose
New Kilpatrick
New Monkland
Old Kilpatrick
Old Monkland
Paisley
Perth
Shotts
St Ninians
Stirling
Stornoway




1 comment:

DWP said...

A few suggestions from a beginning user of ScotlandsPeople:

1. At first don't click a location in the list in this post. Instead click "click here" and read the instructions and work through the example.

2. To view the census street lists one does not need to be registered with ScotlandsPeople, but to follow on with the advanced search of the census one needs a user name and password.

3. In the Advanced Search of the census, the number to enter after "numdist" is the the number found in the census street list under the column headed "No. of Enumeration Book" BUT it must be a three digit number. Enter 29 as 029.