Genes Reunited publishes over 25 million Scottish census records

Genes Reunited, the leading family history website, has published 60 years of Scottish census records ranging from 1841-1901.

Scottish census records are an important resource for family historians interested in tracing their Scottish ancestry. The newly added census collection allows people to uncover household transcriptions from 1841 to 1901 where they can see who’s living in the household, their sex, age, birth year, occupation and where they were born.

Rhoda Breakell, Head of Genes Reunited commented: “The 1841-1901 Scottish census records are an invaluable resource for people tracing their Scottish heritage and we are delighted to be continually adding to our growing number of historical records.”

Historians at www.genesreunited.co.uk have uncovered the famous novelist and travel writer Robert Louis Stevenson in the newly added census collection. Robert Stevenson is most famous for his books ’Treasure Island’ and ’Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’. In the 1871 census Robert was a 20 year old student living with his parents, Margaret and Thomas. His father is listed as a civil engineer. Ten years later he is missing from the 1881 census which indicates he may have been away travelling. By looking through the census records, the public can trace the movements of families and the changing of occupations, the Scottish census records show how the Stevenson family moved around Edinburgh from Robert’s first home, 8 Howard Place to 17 Heriot Row by 1861.

The newly added 1841-1901 Scottish census records are online at www.genesreunited.co.uk and are available to all Platinum members, or they can be viewed on a pay per view basis. Due to the General Register Office for Scotland’s licensing regulations the Scottish census records on Genes Reunited will be the transcription records.

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About Genes Reunited
Genes Reunited was launched in 2003. Since then it has grown to become one of the UK’s largest genealogy websites. It marked a revolution in genealogy and ancestry by combining them with online social networking. Members are able to build their family tree by posting it on the site and investigating which ancestors they share with other members. They can also search historical records such as census, birth and death records. Genes Reunited has over 12 million members and over 780 million names listed. A new member joins the site every second.

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