Inhabitants of the Argyll Estate 1779
Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2019 5:18 pm
Thought I would post this in case anyone else is thinking of obtaining a copy of the 1779 census.
I have 17 families living in the Campbeltown area in 1779 and downloaded the above from the Scottish Record Society website hoping to fill in a few gaps in my family tree but was most disappointed with the information in the census.
In the North of Argyll for each farm / settlement each inhabitant is named along with their ages but for the Kintyre area NO names or ages are given only the number of people occupying the farm, the result for me was that I gained no addition information about predecessors.
I'm now looking at the 1792 census or "List of inhabitants upon the Duke of Argyle's property in Kintyre in 1792" can anyone help me with this, does this report contain names and ages for the people around Campbeltown / Killean / Kinchenze? in other words is it a useful family history report?
Thanks in advance Robert
I have 17 families living in the Campbeltown area in 1779 and downloaded the above from the Scottish Record Society website hoping to fill in a few gaps in my family tree but was most disappointed with the information in the census.
In the North of Argyll for each farm / settlement each inhabitant is named along with their ages but for the Kintyre area NO names or ages are given only the number of people occupying the farm, the result for me was that I gained no addition information about predecessors.
I'm now looking at the 1792 census or "List of inhabitants upon the Duke of Argyle's property in Kintyre in 1792" can anyone help me with this, does this report contain names and ages for the people around Campbeltown / Killean / Kinchenze? in other words is it a useful family history report?
Thanks in advance Robert