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Scotland's Jewish Community - Reference Page

1901 Census in Scotland.
This information has been issued by GROS - the General Register Office for Scotland 

Records of the Scottish Census of 31 March 1901 have remained closed to the public for a period of 100 years. They form a vital source for family and local history from today, 3 December 2001. The General Register Office for Scotland will be making 35mm microfilm of the census returns available to readers in its search rooms at New Register House, Edinburgh. The returns are also available for sale as 35mm roll film - for pricing and product details contact the GROS Microfilm Unit - records@gro-scotland.gov.uk

The release on microfilm is a preliminary to the release to readers in New Register House during January 2002 of electronic images of the census returns linked to an electronic index of all 4.5 million names recorded in the returns. This release will be the first fruit of the DIGROS (Digital Imaging of the Genealogical Records of Scotland's People) programme. Under this GROS will make available digital images of all the paper records held on 6.5km of shelves in New Register House, which document more than 60 million individual names recorded since the year 1553 .

Scottish Jewish Archives Centre
The  Scottish Jewish Archive Centre collects a wide range of material relating to all aspects of the history of the Jewish communities of Scotland. Opened in 1987, it is located in Garnethill Synagogue - the oldest in Scotland (1879). 
The large collection is catalogued on computer, and made available to researchers.  Displays are mounted on various subjects.  During most of the year, it is open on one Sunday afternoon per month, otherwise by arrangement, eg Friday mornings.
Historical Database of Scottish Jewry
The Historical Database of Scottish Jewry, available at the Scottish Jewish Archives Centre, collates and cross-references a wide variety of sources and lists - some 60 lists & sources, including  cemetery records, synagogue registers, naturalisations, charity subscription lists and school admission registers-  relating to Jews in Scotland up to the 1920s.  It has information on almost 16,500 individuals, and growing.
The Database is the most comprehensive source for those who are trying to locate individuals and families during this  period. 

For each individual, where known, the Database records:
surname; first name(s); father's name; mother's maiden surname; 
year and place of birth and death; cemetery of burial; 
date and place of marriage; surname of spouse;  occupation; source;

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