1841 Census Look-Up (FindMyPast) - Sutherland

[WMO]

Hello
The ScotlandsPeople references to the 1841 census each refer to 2 pages in a census book which contain up to 50 people.
The Farr reference 050/8/1 has 38 Mackay / McKays and the Dornoch reference 047/12/3 has 26 Mackay / McKays.
The family group of Alexander, Mary and William appears on none of the pages.
The Farr references are all living in Midtown, Farr. The Dornoch ones are in Proncy.
As far as I can tell, FindMyPast 1841 census for Sutherland has no references given, only a 'Schedule' which doesn't exist on the original.
Ancestry does give references, but they differ from the ScP ones in that Ancestry refers to the exact page, and ScP only refers to the odd (left-hand) ones (which each cover the odd one and the right-hand even page). So the William reference in Farr is 50/8/1 on ScP but 50/8/2 on Ancestry.
Good luck in your search for Mackays in Sutherland!
Bill

[Pendlewitch67]

Hello
The ScotlandsPeople references to the 1841 census each refer to 2 pages in a census book which contain up to 50 people.
The Farr reference 050/8/1 has 38 Mackay / McKays and the Dornoch reference 047/12/3 has 26 Mackay / McKays.
The family group of Alexander, Mary and William appears on none of the pages.
The Farr references are all living in Midtown, Farr. The Dornoch ones are in Proncy.
As far as I can tell, FindMyPast 1841 census for Sutherland has no references given, only a 'Schedule' which doesn't exist on the original.
Ancestry does give references, but they differ from the ScP ones in that Ancestry refers to the exact page, and ScP only refers to the odd (left-hand) ones (which each cover the odd one and the right-hand even page). So the William reference in Farr is 50/8/1 on ScP but 50/8/2 on Ancestry.
Good luck in your search for Mackays in Sutherland!
Bill

Hi Bill

Thank you for the info. At this point I am getting further along being able to rule people out rather than actually finding them. 

I suspect my McKay/Mackay ancestors' elusiveness could mean a bigger story.

Thank you