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1871 Census - Sunday 3rd April
Information to be found on the 1871 Census
— Name of street or road, number or name of house
— Houses -Uninhabited building/Inhabited - tick box
— Name and surname of each person
— Relation to head of family
— Condition (married, single, widowed etc)
— Age
— Sex
— Profession or occupation
— Birthplace (town and county)
— Whether 1. Deaf and Dumb 2. Blind 3. Imbecile or Idiot 4. Lunatic
— Number of children from 5 to 13 attending school or being educated at home
— Number of rooms with one or more windows
Street Index Books for 1871
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 1871.
Street Indexes:
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— Aberdeen
— Arbroath
— Ayr
— Bothwell & Holytown
— Brechin
— Cadder
— Calderhead
— Cambusnethan
— Campbeltown
— Dalry
— Dumfries
— Dundee
—
Dunfermline
— Edinburgh & Leith
— Falkirk
— Forfar
— Glasgow
— Greenock
— Hamilton
— Hawick
— Inverness
— Kilmarnock
—
Kirkcaldy
— Lesmahagow
— Montrose
— New Monkland
— Old Monkland
— Paisley
— Perth
— Peterhead
— Rothesay
— Rutherglen
— Shotts
— Stirling
— Stornoway
Entry for Charles Rennie McIntosh
This is the 1871 Census entry for the artist and designer Charles Rennie McIntosh, when his artwork was still at the messy crayon stage, aged two! (click to enlarge)

