Abbreviations
| Column Headings | |
| ED | Enumeration District |
| Pg | Page |
| Sch | Schedule No. |
| Area | information added [sometimes by me] to amplify ED information |
| Address | 2 columns giving address information |
| Head | Surname & forenames of Head of Household |
| Rm | No. of rooms with 1 or more windows |
| Born (1841) | Country of birth if not born in Fife |
| Born (1851-1901) | County and place of birth |
| Rel | Relationship to Head of Family |
| Mar | Condition as to marriage |
| Notes | Notes; (1901 only: employment status) |
| Relationship to Head of Household | |||||
| H | Head | Add | Adopted daughter | ||
| W | Wife | Ads | Adopted son | ||
| S | Son | Aun | Aunt | ||
| D | Daughter | Bil | Brother in law | ||
| Bro | Brother | ||||
| Boa | Boarder | BUD | (1881) Boy under detention under Industrial Schools Act | ||
| Lod | Lodger | Cou | Cousin | ||
| Dil | Daughter in law | ||||
| Ser | Servant | Fat | Father | ||
| Fil | Father in law | ||||
| Vis | Visitor | Gda | Grand-daughter | ||
| Gfa | Grandfather | ||||
| Ggd | Great grand-daughter | ||||
| Gmo | Grandmother | ||||
| Gni | Grand niece | ||||
| Gnp | Grand nephew | ||||
| Gso | Grandson | ||||
| Hsi | Half-sister | ||||
| Inm | Inmate - 'Mars' | ||||
| Mil | Mother in law | ||||
| Mot | Mother | ||||
| Nep | Nephew | ||||
| Nie | Niece | ||||
| Off | Officer 'Mars' | ||||
| Rel | Relation | ||||
| Sil | Son in law | ||||
| Sis | Sister | ||||
| Ssl | Sister in law | ||||
| Std | Step-daughter | ||||
| Sts | Step-son | ||||
| Unc | Uncle | ||||
| War | Ward | ||||
| Occupations | |
| Ag lab | Agricultural labourer |
| Ap (1841-1861) | Apprentice |
| Army (1841) | Members of HM land forces of whatever rank |
| Cl (1841-1861) | Clerk |
| dom | domestic |
| Dom serv | Domestic servant |
| FS (1841) | Female servant |
| HLW | Hand loom weaver |
| HP (1841) | Members of HM armed forces on half pay |
| Ind (1841) | Independent - people living on their own means |
| J (1841) | Journeyman |
| M (1841) | Manufacturer |
| m (1841) | Maker - as in 'Shoe m.' |
| MS (1841) | Male servant |
| Navy (1841) | Members of HM naval forces, including marines, of whatever rank |
| P (1841) | Pensioners in HM armed forces |
| Rail lab (1851) | Railway labourer |
| Rtd | Retired |
| Serv | Servant |
| Sh (1841) | Shopman |
| empl. | employing |
| Others | Marriage column | ||||
| n.k. | not known | ||||
| dy | days | M | Married | ||
| mo | months | U | Unmarried | ||
| wk | weeks | W | Widowed | ||
| ... | letters undecipherable | ||||
| jun | junior | ||||
| sen | senior | ||||
| 1901 Employment Status at the start of the 'Notes' column | (not always filled in, and not always correct) |
| e | an employer (excluding servants) |
| w | a worker |
| o | working on one's own account |
| h | working at home |
| Householder and Occupier Separating Strokes | 1841 only |
| // in the address line | the start of the household |
| / after a person | last person in this group of occupiers |
| // after a person | the last person at this address |
| 1851 - 1901 in the Household View | |
| // // | all occupiers at this address |
| // / | the first occupiers at this address |
| / / | intermediate occupiers at this address |
| / // | the last occupiers at this address |
| 1851 - 1901 in the Address results | |
| // | the last occupiers at this address |
| / | there are other occupiers at this address |
Houses: Apart from the 1841 census, each house was terminated with a double stroke (//) and therefore started with the terminating double stroke of the previous house. Within each house, each household is separated from other occupiers by a single stroke(/). In this transcription, the strokes are shown in the Household View after the address information, where both starting and ending strokes are given for each household. In the Address Records listings, only the ending strokes are shown.
For 1841 only, the main family is separated from servants and other occupiers by a single stroke(/). In this transcription, the strokes are shown as follows: In the Household View, after the address information, the starting // is given. The separating / and terminating // are given at the end of the line of information about the last person in the appropriate group.
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