The Scotland 1921 Census is HERE!!!


30th November 2022
From 9 a.m. on 30 November 2022 the 1921 census will be opened for the first time and made available on the ScotlandsPeople website and ScotlandsPeople Centres.

On the night of 19 June 1921 every household in Scotland was asked to fill in the census. The personal information they shared has been kept confidential for more than 100 years.

These records provide a glimpse of what life was like for people in 1921; where they lived, who they lived with and their occupation. For the first time the census also records where people worked, if children had been orphaned and who was eligible for benefit under the National Insurance Act of 1911. 

From 9 a.m. on 30 November 2022 the 1921 census will be opened for the first time and made available on the ScotlandsPeople website and in our Library.

And don't forget to tag @ScotlandsPeople and share your stories by using the hashtags #WhoWillYouFind? #ScotlandsPeople1921.  Better still, why don't you write a blog post for our own website about your discoveries?  You can send these to our Webmaster.

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