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1841 Census - Sunday 6th June
Information to be found on the 1841 Census
— Place - Name of village, street, square, close etc eg. Grieve street North side
— Houses - Uninhabited building/Inhabited - tick box
— Name and Surname of persons in the house on 6th June
— Age
— Sex
— Occupation
— If born in Scotland state whether in county or Otherwise
— Whether foreigner or whether born in England or Ireland
Street Index Books for 1841
The street index books for the main towns and cities in Scotland have been digitised. To view the books simply click on the town or city which are listed below.
These books make it easy to find the registration district and enumeration book details for an address. The streets are arranged alphabetically and the bookmarks allow you to navigate your way through the book.
If you cannot find an address, the street may not have existed in 1841.
Street Indexes:
Entry for Andrew Carnegie
This is an 1841 census entry for Dunfermline showing a young Andrew Carnegie, aged 5. He grew up to be a millionaire industrialist in the USA and famous philanthropist (click to enlarge).
1841 Census entry for Andrew Carnegie
Missing Census data
The following list details the data (RD number and name) missing from the 1841 Census and the reason why. 93 Cromdale, Moray - entries can be found under Inverallan 167 Seafield, Banffshire - started 1861 324 Aberfeldy, Perthshire - no book 326 Abernethy: Enumeration book for people living in Fife - missing 367 Kinloch Rannoch, Perthshire - started 1861 400 Abdie, Fifeshire - no book 404 Arngask: Enumeration book for people living in Fife - missing 406 Auchtermuchty, Fifeshire - no book 409 Balmerino, Fifeshire - no book 415 Ceres, Fifeshire - no book 416 Collesie, Fifeshire - no book 418 Creich, Fifeshire - no book 419 Cults, Fifeshire - no book 420 Cupar, Fifeshire - no book 421 Dairsie, Fifeshire - no book 423 Dunbog, Fifeshire - no book 434 Kennoway - only the enumeration book for Markinch has survived 439 Kinghorn, Fifeshire - no book 440 Kinglassie, Fifeshire - no book 442 Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire - no book 444 Leslie, Fifeshire - no book 509 Cumlodden, Argyllshire - started 1861 535 Tarbert, Argyllshire - no book 556 Lochranza, Buteshire - no book 557 North Bute, Buteshire - no book 577 Auchinleck, Ayrshire - no book 776 Kirkhope, Selkirkshire - started 1861 809 Teviothead, Roxburghshire - no book 862 Corsock Bridge, Kirkcudbrightshire - started 1861 864 Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire - started 1861A partnership between the National Records of Scotland and the Court of the Lord Lyon© Crown copyright
