Shotts graveyard burial records......

[dstew]

Does anyone know if the Shotts Graveyard/cemetry had a burial records list as to whom is buried there and when the burials occured?

Darren

[CatrionaL]

Hullo Darren

There are at least three graveyards for Shotts, Kirk o'Shotts, Benhar and Stane. Information, such as lair records is kept at

Bellshill Cemeteries Office
Old Edinburgh Road
BELLSHILL
Lanarkshire
M 3JSL

Tel 01 698 506 301

When I visited there the staff were very helpful. It seems they are also willing to do lookups, if you can furnish enough information.

Best wishes for your research.
Catriona

[dstew]

Thanks very much will try and call them in a few days

Darren

[AndrewP]

Hi Darren,

• North Lanarkshire Council
  Cemeteries Administration Office
  Old Edinburgh Road
  Bellshill
  ML4 3JS
  
  Tel: 01698 506 301
  Fax: 01698 506 309

According to the informatikon I can find, this office is at Bothwellpark Cemetery, Bellshill.

See also http://www.ancestralscotland.com/counti ... on=burials for more information.

It must have been the old days when I looked at the records for burials at Kirk o' Shotts - they were kept at Coatbrige then. I have also seen some Kirk o' Shotts Cemetery lair books in the Local Studies Library at Motherwell Heritage Centre a few years back.

• Motherwell Heritage Centre
  High Road
  Motherwell
  ML1 3HU
  
  Tel: 01698 251000
  Fax: 01698 268867
  web: http://motherwellheritage.freeservers.com/library.htm
  e-mail: heritage@mhc158.freeserve.co.uk

All the best,

Andrew Paterson

[CatrionaL]

Darren

You might like to have a look at http://web.ukonline.co.uk/scotlandgenea ... kirk_o.htm

Kirk o'Shotts Common Ground Burial Record 1896-1907 Burial Records

All the best
Catriona

[dizzybint]

I have some photos of kirk of shotts tombstones if your interested.. Ill look the rest out if your interested.

[dstew]

Thankyou for posting a reply to my request. I am most definatly interested in photos The Surnames mainly of intrest are Stewart , Arnot , Mc Queen ,Herbison,McCrorie.
Thanks again

Darren Stewart

[apanderson]

I believe that Lanarkshire Family History Society are 'knee-deep' in a project to photograph all the stones in the Churchyards (and Cemeteries).

Have a look here: http://www.lanarkshirefhs.org.uk/

Anne