Looking again at the 1921 census for my Scottish family. Great uncle Andrew was 16 and a shepherd, and granny Jessie 14 and a housemaid. Only 11 year old Margaret was still at school. That 5-person Kerr family was crammed into 2 rooms. Versus gg-aunt Mary Fair Brown living with her 2 sons in 13-room Station Hotel in Melrose, which they were running. And gg-aunt Jessie Dodds was a housemaid in the 14-room St Cuthberts, i.e. Harmony Hall.
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Scotland #1921census #Melrose

Writing article today for UK's Family Tree magazine on the newly released #1921census for #Scotland, will let you know when it is available. Also delighted to say I'll be chairing a series of talks for the magazine's Scottish Family History Month next Feb, as well as presenting one of the sessions - more details soon! In the meantime here's an abridged version of my recent article for the magazine on useful resources for Scottish #genealogy research in the 20th century https://www.family-tree.co.uk/how-to-guides/3-key-20th-century-scottish-resources/

Just read query on Twitter, someone wishing you could see household index before paying for a #1921census entry for #Scotland. This is why I kicked up with ScotlandsPeople last week, when they initially removed census source references! Whilst you can't see household index, you can reconstruct it using source refs. Search for surname in district, then re-order results by Ref (click on blue Ref header). Those sharing surname in same household should have same ref & be clumped together. #genealogy

Thanks to the newly released Scottish #1921Census, I finally have the name of a company that my costumer relative worked for! And the Met has one of their designs, and Liverpool Museums has another! https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/157467 https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/evening-dress-silk-about-1910 #genealogy #FamilyHistory #Scotland #FashionHistory

So, #genealogists, has your #1921Census in Scotland searching been fruitful at all? #genealogy #geneadons

Looking only at grandparents and great grandparents in #1921Census so far but others on same pages eg Admiralty Dockyard workers in my #OnePlaceStudy in #Orkney. Wonder what people born in #Poplar #London made of #Lyness Orkney. #OnePlaceWednesday #1921CensusScotland

When looking at the 1921 census records, you may find additonal information on the free header page (found via a link at the top of an entry from the census). In this case my great uncle John Paton was noted as a lodger and belt maker for R&J Dicks in Glasgow, but no address listed, just a long list of names. The header page notes he was with the Queen's Own Regiment Yeomanry, in camp and under canvas at Lanark Race Course, Lanark. #genealogy #FamilyHistory #1921census #Scotland #StAndrewsDay

Good hunting to all my fellow #Geneadons combing thru the #Scottish #1921Census. Maybe one day I'll join you. But for now, still stuck in #Pennsylvania. #Ancestry #FamilyTrees #FamilyHistory