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Beginners => Family History Beginners Board => Topic started by: Bella55 on Wednesday 18 June 25 14:08 BST (UK)
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How do I look up a specific address in a Scottish census?
I know how to look for a specific person via scotlandspeople website but if I want to know who was living at a specific address in a certain census year, how would I go about this?
For example, I have an ancestor who worked at Flowerburn House (Parish of Rosemarkie) in 1891. Assuming I don't know his name but know he was the coachman at this house, is there a way to search for the residents of Flowerburn and its cottages etc in the 1891 census?
Thanks,
Bella
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If you know the street name, or if you are prepared to go through a few household listings, you could use the F M P address search :-\
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I think it's Flowerburn Cottage, Academy Street - maybe a Will **
Add ** his surname
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I then went to SP and looked through the surname listing ~
Ref on SP is 080/ 1/ 22
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The valuation rolls (on Scotlands People) can be useful for looking at who was residing where at a specific point in time. Depends on who and what information you are looking for.
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Valuation Rolls have different date sequence than censuses - eg . 1895, 1905,
Also it lists only those who pay 'rates' .
Gadget
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Thank you Gadget - plenty of suggestions for me to follow up on. Much appreciated.
I think my ancestor was in the Coachman's cottage which wasn't in Fortrose itself so I'll take a look tomorrow to see whether I can find the cottage via Findmypast or via the Valuation Rolls on ScotlandsPeople.
Bella
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Look for him under Academy Street , then Flowerburn Cottage.
However, you can find him in the 1891 census in SP now by using his surname (Will) and/or the ref 080/ 1/ 22
(no obvious sign of him on the 1885, 1895 or 1905 Rolls)