Do we no longer have access to Scotland census records?
Trying to research a Scottish family and am finding that no census records show up in results and there is no option to search on the Scotland Census Collection pages.
Error on my end? Am I missing something? Can we no longer access the Scotland census records here on FamilySearch?
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I believe you can view them whilst at a FamilySearch Centre, add them to Family Tree IDs and (unlike some collections) are still able to view the source details after retuning home. At least that was the situation when I last attended a FSC some years ago. (A similar position applies to the 1939 National Register collection.)
The main alternative is to visit the ScotlandsPeople website. Strangely enough, the FamilySearch version of the Scotland 1881 Census can be viewed for free once registered to the website. However, if you want to see / download images you will have to pay.
I believe Find My Past (and / or possibly Ancestry) also have transcriptions available, but again behind a paywall.
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I just logged into my Find My Past account and found (even without currently having a subscription) I can view the 1881 transcripts free of charge, although other sets are behind a paywall.
FreeCEN also has a good collection of transcripts, although coverage is rather patchy - according to county and year. The advantage with these is that the household records can be accessed directly once the URL is pasted into Family Tree (individual's Sources section).
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I'm at my Affiliate Library this afternoon, so I took a look.
In the Collection search, the Scotland censuses do not show up at all. But, checking the catalog, I can access the 1881. It is searchable with images.
I randomly checked a couple of other census years, and I can view/search those as well.
At home, all of those images are under a key.
Hope this helps.
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I just found a Scotland census source that was added to Family Tree about six weeks ago. I don't know if (as I found in the past) this type of record can still be found in a search whilst one is at a FamilySearch establishment, or if one can access these records through using a Church account (I only have a public one):
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Thank you guys, I appreciate it!
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Sorry if it appears I was ignoring your helpful finds, @Áine Ní Donnghaile, and (in my previous / last post) adding my own theories instead. I must have clicked on "Post Comment" just after you had done the same!
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No problem, @Paul W. When I'm at the Affiliate or the FSC, I'm more focused on the hunt than on timestamps on comments. Even with the long hours available at my Affiliate, the time allotted is never quite enough.
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The 1881 census for Scotland is free on http://ScotlandsPeople
Select 1881 (LDS) to search an additional 1881 census index and view full transcriptions of the records.
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