Glasgow cemeteries

[Orlaith17]

I am searching for graves of various family members in Glasgow area. I was able to locate grave positions in Dundee with help from a wonderful lady employed there. She gave me details of her Glasgow counterpart, but no reply to mails was ever received. So I am throwing myself on the mercy of knowledgeable people here. I am putting details here of names, district and date of death of four people. I will be most grateful if anyone can tell me which cemeteries they would be most likely to be buried in,
Mary Scanlan;Blackfriars, Glasgow 1899
Owen Scanlan; Partick 1929
Thady Scanlon,;Pollock, 1956
Bernard Scanlan,;Rutherglen 1928
Hope someone can help.

[Falkyrn]

If the family were not Roman Catholic the main possibles are

Blackfriars ... Glasgow Necropolis or even Sighthill

Partick - Western Necropolis

Pollok - Cardonald or Craigton or Linn

Rutherglen - Linn

If they were RC the main possibles are Kentigern and Dalbeth

Unfortunately Glasgow Council Cemeteries Dept do not have a reputation of being overly genealogy friendly and have been quoted in the past of charging up to £60 per hour for any searching required. The records have been digitised but when and where they will be made available isn't known yet and it may be worthwhile checking a site like http://www.memento-mori.co.uk who have photographed the existing stones in many cemeteries and their site lists those they have.

Sadly it is not possible to say with 100% certainty that because Person A lived and died in a certain area that they would be buried in Cemetery B. Religion and family tradition played a large part as did the personal preferences in respect of Burial or Cremation

[Orlaith17]

Thanks so much for that. I was surprised by how very generous the Dundee employee was, and there was no charge. She gave me plot locations as well as a map of the large cemetery, which was invaluable. I know my ancestors were Catholic but as to whether or not they were practicing Catholic at the time of death, I have no idea. Two of the names I mentioned here were born in Ireland. The others were born in Scotland but their parents or grandparents had come over from Ireland. I would very much doubt if they were cremated. I also know they were not wealthy people, so it is vaguely possible that some may even be in the "poor ground" part of the cemeteries. One of their relatives is buried in an unmarked plot in that area of the cemetery in Dundee. I would imagine they would have been likely to be buried in the nearest cemetery regardless of religious denomination, but I may be very wrong. I'll take a look at the link you provided. I live in the north of Scotland and want to visit Glasgow to visit and photograph the graves, but as I don't know Glasgow at all, I would need to at least know which cemetery to head for. I would then hopefully be able to use the dates on gravestones as a clue as to which area they may be in. Thanks again.

[Orlaith17]

I just tried the link, and it is very good. Unfortunately, not all of the cemeteries were on it, but I was able to check then eliminate Western Necropolis, Sighthill and St Kentigern. A very useful resource for anyone else searching cemeteries in Strathclyde/Central Belt.

[LesleyB]

Remember when searching lists of monumental inscriptions, either online or in book form, that a person may be buried a a burial ground, but if there is no memorial stone, they will not be listed on any list of recorded MIs.... only the lair records would have note of that person being buried there.

And, another thought, also from personal experience, remember that there is no guarantee that a list of MIs, either online or in book form, is 100% accurate or complete.

Best wishes
Lesley

[carolineasb]

I had a quick look at the Catholic Burial Registers on SP for St Peter's/Dalbeth and a Mary Scanlan and Bernard Scanlan show up for those dates. Have you discounted these?

Regards,

Carolineasb

[WilmaM]

Are they a family group?

If so they are very probably buried together in the family lair or at least nearby.

So looking for the first death might be most helpful.

If you know the date of death [other than just the year] then looking in newspaper archives for a death notice may also give the funeral details
Glasgow Herald can be searched here: http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=G ... 4&b_mode=2

The Evening Times was another widespread Glasgow paper, but I'm not sure where their archives are -The Mitchell most likely.

[LesleyB]

The Evening Times was another widespread Glasgow paper, but I'm not sure where their archives are -The Mitchell most likely.

I've seen some Evening Times at the Mitchell, so you are right Wilma, that is where to go!

[Currie]

The Evening Times is online from 1951. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2mus-XyGPC0C

Alan

LATER. Also The Bulletin for the 1950s but no sign of any death etc notices. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=F ... 0&b_mode=2

Alan

[yogihughes]

Orlaith17, as Lesleyb writes, do not discount those 3 cemeteries as the records are not complete at all. I have relatives in St Kentigern's and although there is a headstone dating from the 70s there is no record of their names on the memento- mori records. The best thing to do is go up to the Mitchell library and look up the individual cemetery records held there. I know some of the records are very difficult to read, especially on the old microfiche machines but if you have the exact record of death dates then you can search from that date and possibly find the internment/s. (I have done this for others, at no cost I must add).
Like yourself, I had a very helpful person in Dundee assist me with 6 locations of burials in the city although they were all in "poor ground".