Ancestry has added 1881 and 1901 Scottish Census transcriptions, making all currently available years, 1841-1901, searchable by Ancestry.co.uk and Ancestry World Deluxe members.

The entire Scottish census collection covers 23,804,561 names and information found on the records may include:

• Full name of each individual residing in a house/dwelling
• Age and est. birth year
• Gender
• Relationship with head of household
• Father’s name
• Mother’s name
• Spouse’s name
• Place of birth
• Address
• Civil parish, Town, County
• Occupation
• Other members of the household
• Parish number, enumeration district, page
• Household schedule number, line, roll

Links:

• 1881 Scotland Census 
• 1901 Scotland Census 
• Search All Scottish Records Available at Ancestry.
• Read Sherry Irvine’s article about the Scottish Census Transcriptions.

The image accompanying this article is of Bannatyne, Kyles of Bute, Scotland and can be found in the Library of Congress Photograph Collection at Ancestry. Click on the image to enlarge it.