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Title: Muirkirk any burial records
Post by: bougie on Sunday 16 September 12 11:01 BST (UK)
Can anybody help with the Muirkirk burial records or grave inscriptions. Looking for Mary Richie or Staley died ? 1831
many thanks
Sheena
Title: Re: Muirkirk any burial records
Post by: RJ_Paton on Sunday 16 September 12 17:27 BST (UK)
The only Mary Richie mentioned in the OPR burial records (pre 1855) died in 1767 there are no Staley entries at all.

Unfortunately Muirkirk appears to be one of those Ayrshire parishes which didn't keep very good death records (or they haven't survived) - the OPR records end in 1800 and there is then a gap until the start of Civil Registration.
Title: Re: Muirkirk any burial records
Post by: bougie on Sunday 16 September 12 22:41 BST (UK)
Oh dear another dead end then. Many thanks for that info, Falkyrn.
Title: Re: Muirkirk any burial records
Post by: RJ_Paton on Monday 17 September 12 01:22 BST (UK)
Quote from: bougie on Sunday 16 September 12 22:41 BST (UK)
Oh dear another dead end then. Many thanks for that info, Falkyrn.

It is possible that there may have been a stone in the graveyard and any inscription there may assist you but I don't have access to those records. It is unfortunate that the church burial records themselves are so poor but they are not the worst in Ayrshire.