This page is devoted to the transcription of the 1841-1871 census
for the county of Argyll Scotland as part of the
Free Census (FreeCENS) project.

The free census project aims to transcribe all the UK 19th Century returns to create an online ‘free-to-view’ database.  It is part of an overall project that also covers the registers of Births, Deaths & Marriages (FreeBDM) and Parish Registers (FreeREG). For those of you with pesky nomadic ancestors, the online database is what you need. Currently our database contains approximately 7.3 million records of which nearly 2 million are Scottish.

The Argyll project is in the process of transcribing the 1851,1861 and 1871 census. The 1841 census project is complete. Currently there is one Argyll project running. The first is the 1851 project, which still has a few parishes available for transcription, and many more available for checking. In the coming months the 1861and 1871 projects will become available.

Search the Database

Uploaded returns can be searched in the UK FreeCENS database at http://freecen.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl visit often as new records are being continually added. Returns from most Scottish Counties have been uploaded.

If you are impatient to see your ancestors in our database, remember we are wholly comprised of volunteers who are able to donate varying amounts of spare time and expertise. We will always welcome more volunteers to the project see below for details.