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Scotland Research Outline |
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Obtaining Copies Of Publications
Using This Outline
Scottish Search Strategies
Records At The Family History Library
The Family History Library Catalog
Records Selection Table: Scotland
Archives And Libraries
Biography
Cemeteries
Census
Church Directories
Church History
Church Records
Nonconformist Church Records
Civil Registration
General Historical Background
Information Recorded In Civil Registers
Finding Civil Registration Records
Indexes To Civil Registration Records
Court Records
Types Of Courts
Finding Court Records
For More Information
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
General Background
Emigration From Scotland
Records Of Scottish Emigrants In Their Destination Countries
Immigration Into Scotland
Gazetteers
Genealogy
Heraldry
Historical Geography
History
Land And Property
Language And Languages
Maps
Merchant Marine
Military Records
Army
Navy
Militia
Other Branches Of The Military
Handbooks On Military History And Military Records
Names, Personal
Newspapers
Nobility
Occupations
Periodicals
Probate Records
Determining The Court
Finding Probate Records
Indexes To Probate Records
Difficulties In Finding A Probate Record
Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc.
Schools
Societies
Taxation
Other Records For Scotland
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions
CEMETERIES Tombstone inscriptions are an important source in family history research. They may include birth, marriage, and death information. They sometimes give more information than the parish burial register or civil death certificate, such as military service, occupation, or cause of death. Tombstone inscriptions are especially helpful for identifying ancestors not in other records. Since relatives may be buried in adjoining plots, search the entire record.
To find tombstone inscriptions, you need to know where an individual was buried. The person may have been buried in a church, city, or public cemetery—usually near the place where he or she lived or died. You can find clues to burial places in church records, death certificates, or family histories.
Tombstone inscriptions might not always be correct, but they often gives clues to other records to search.
Many Scottish tombstone inscriptions have been recorded and published in printed form. The Family History Library has many of these publications. To find a book or microfilm call number, look in the Family History Library Catalog under:
Most cemeteries before 1850 were connected to the Church of Scotland. Even people who were not members were buried in church cemeteries of the parish in which they lived.
Sometimes a family in Scotland purchased a lair
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Local libraries of the area might also have tombstone transcripts. Since burial records in Scotland are scarce, tombstone inscriptions are important. Even when burial records exist, tombstone inscriptions might provide information that the burial record does not.
(burial plot). Some of the registers that record these purchases still exist. They may provide valuable information such as the owner’s name and address, date of purchase, names and dates of the deceased, and the relationship to the owner. You may find these registers at the local church; the local registrar of births, marriages, and deaths; a local history library; or the council archives.
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