Duncan Macniven previews the Scottish 1911 Census
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Duncan Macniven, Registrar General for Scotland, previews what we can expect from the 1911 Census. Duncan was interviewed within the archive area at New Register House, Edinburgh.

This is an h.264 version of the interview, and is suitable for use on the Web.

A high resolution version of this interview (originally shot in DVCAM) is available on request. Contact Maurice Smith (maurice.smith@tvi-ltd.co.uk) or 0141 564 2241.

A broadcast version of raw footage of the secure area where the 1911 Census is kept is also available. Please note the Census material is not stored at New Register House but in a separate location in Scotland. This footage comprises shots of New Register House, and sequences from the archive (opening the archive, etc.)

Scotland 1911 Census released
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Details of the Scottish 1911 Census were released in April 2011. On hand at a special ceremony in New Register House, Edinburgh, were local centenarians Nan Moncur and Murdina Pearse, who featured in the census as young children. This report includes interviews with Registrar General of Scotland Duncan Macniven and census expert Professor Edward Higgs, of Essex University.