Census

An original page from the enumeration book which records the population of St Kilda at the time of the 1921 Census. PIC: Crown Copyright courtesy of National Records of Scotland.

Heritage The last count on St Kilda as island community captured for final time

Jocelyn Grant, an archivist with National Records of Scotland, with the original documents of the 1921 census (Picture: National Records of Scotland)

Columnists A fascinating snapshot of life that should spark an idea about the present

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Columnists Even King Herod could run a census. Why can't the SNP? – Murdo Fraser MSP

Columnists Why SNP has presided over the first botched census in 200 years – Brian Wilson

Columnists Census data shapes many of the services we all rely on so it’s vital to take par...

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