The GROS reference is given as 644/03 028/00 005 - as supplied by Malky
I live in hope that someone will explain.
Every district is assigned a number, but unfortunately due to changing demographics these did not remain constant over time.
In this case
644 tells me that it is in Glasgow
03 tells me that it is a sub-district of Glasgow. I checked the list of districts and sub-districts at
http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/famrec/list-of-parishes-registration-districts.html and in 1861 District 644, subdistrict 3 was Glasgow Bridgeton
028 tells that this entry appears in Enumeration District (ED) No 28
00 tells me that all the entries in ED No 28 are in one book - there weren't so many people that a second book was needed
005 tells me that the entry appears on Page 5
In the original number quoted in the first post
644/3 tells me that the listing is in sub-district no 3 of Glasgow (Glasgow Bridgeton, as above)
28 tells me that this entry appears in Enumeration District No 28
26 tells me that this household was the 26th household listed in ED No 28
Line 23 tells me that it was on Line 23 of the page
CSSCT1861_100 tells me nothing at all, except to confirm that the year is 1861 ( I presume that CS is short for Census and SCT for Scotland, but 100 is meaningless to me)
Therefore the GROS reference enables me to go straight to the right page and run my eye down the two dozen or so names listed on it. The A******y reference would allow me to go to the right ED (no 28) and I would then have to scroll through the pages until I get to Household No 26.
I do not know why A*****y should have chosen to list the Schedule and Line numbers rather than the page number, which I think is the more obvious way to find the record.
Does this help?
