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Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 2,586 Send Message	Richard in Perth	Report	24 Nov 2008 22:00
	1881 census can be searched by occupation on Ancestry too
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 240 Send Message	Penny Eves	Report	24 Nov 2008 11:55
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 240 Send Message	nudge
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 33,475 Send Message	GlitterBaby	Report	23 Nov 2008 17:33
	Scottish census on Ancestry can be searched by occupation
	Researching: PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 240 Send Message	Penny Eves	Report	23 Nov 2008 17:30
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 240 Send Message	Having an Ancestry subscription, I discovered that you can do a basic free search for individuals by occupation on the FindMyPast website (which may help to narrow down hits on other sites). The following censuses have this facility: 1851 (incomplete) 1861 1881 1891 1901 (incomplete) I have found this very useful - hope you may too! Penny