An indexed transcript of the 1881 census can be accessed on CD on the OPERA pages on the Readers' PCs on site at Kew. (OPERA is an abbreviation of Online Publications and Electronic Resources For Archives.)

Indexes and images of the censuses from 1841 to 1901 are available online at ScotlandsPeople for a fee. Indexes to the censuses from 1841 to 1901 are also available online at Ancestry.co.uk.

Censuses are available for 1841 to 1901 at the General Register Office for Scotland.