Scotland 2022 census deadline extended until May 31st

As noted on this blog yesterday (27 APR), the Scottish 2022 census still has an astonishing number of schedules to be filled in online or sent through in paper format in time for the deadline of Sunday May 1st (see http://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2022/04/700000-scottish-2022-censuses-still-to.html).  

It's just not going to happen - and as a consequence, the deadline has now been extended for a month until May 31st 2022. 

For details of the update, please visit the Scottish Government website at https://www.gov.scot/news/extension-to-scotlands-census/.

Chris

My new book Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records is now available to buy at https://bit.ly/IrishLandRecords. Also available - Sharing Your Family History Online, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records - to purchase, please visit https://bit.ly/ChrisPatonPSbooks. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.

New search fields on FreeCEN

From FreeUKGenealogy via Instagram, news about new search fields on its volunteer based FreeCEN site (www.freecen.org.uk):

New Feature Alert: FreeCEN now has filters you can use to refine your search of our census records. Filters by: Marital Status, Language, Sex, Occupation & Disability. Search now: www.freecen.org.uk

The FreeCEN site is also carrying this request:

Birth Place

We are developing the birth place search feature. We would be grateful if you could spare 10 minutes to fill in our Birth Place survey — this will take you to a new tab/page, so you can come back to this tab/page to complete your search.

The survye is at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfer2YMg9zRYO_J_9JjdAWYTLsugKVDWlQ7QgZud8sVrDpE4g/viewform.

Comment: For Scottish research, FreeCEN is particularly useful for the earlier Scottish censuses from 1841-1861. (English and Welsh censuses are also included; Irish censuses are not)

Chris

You can pre-order my new book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 (out April). Also available, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.