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Title: Finding the Grave of Thomas McGee
Post by: wickedwenchdee on Thursday 26 May 22 17:24 BST (UK)
Hello there, After years of looking, DNA has come up trumps and I've managed to find out who my Husbands Grandfather was. The trouble I'm having now is finding where he is buried. He was born on 4th May 1885 in Glasgow and died on 3rd Jan 1939 in Bridgeton Glasgow. (just 9 months after marrying his 2nd wife Dorothy). Can anyone help me please. Thank you.
Title: Re: Finding the Grave of Thomas McGee
Post by: Rockford on Thursday 26 May 22 20:02 BST (UK)
Hello,

There are several cemeteries around the Bridgeton area, including the Glasgow Necropolis (behind Glasgow Cathedral and the Infirmary), as well as the Southern Necropolis and (closest to Bridgeton), the Eastern Necropolis.  There are also cemeteries at Tollcross, Sighthill and Riddrie.

Depending on his religious denomination, there is also St Peter's Cemetery Dalbeth.

I'm not sure that there is an easy way of finding out.  Glasgow City Archives hold burial registers, but I don't think they have been digitised and you would have to go (or have a researcher go on your behalf) and trawl through them until you found him.  As you know when he died, that would save some time.

https://www.glasgowfamilyhistory.org.uk/ExploreRecords/Pages/Burial-Lair-and-Cremation-Registers.aspx

Best wishes

Rockford
Title: Re: Finding the Grave of Thomas McGee
Post by: wickedwenchdee on Thursday 26 May 22 20:45 BST (UK)
Thank you very much, looks like a have a bit of digging to do (no pun intended).

Denise x
Title: Re: Finding the Grave of Thomas McGee
Post by: greenrig on Monday 30 May 22 11:16 BST (UK)
In fact, many of the historic records of Glasgow Cemeteries are online.
Look here https://www.familysearch.org/service/search/cat/search?query=%2Bsubject_id%3A532507%20

That's the good news.  The bad news is that they are not indexed, not complete, and often in faint or difficult handwriting.   But if you have a date of death, you can browse these by day.   I have found several records this way.  If you are lucky, there will also be a "Lair Record" that will show who else was buried in the plot, which may give you other family members..
Title: Re: Finding the Grave of Thomas McGee
Post by: Rockford on Monday 30 May 22 11:35 BST (UK)
Thanks Greenrig, that's very helpful!

Title: Re: Finding the Grave of Thomas McGee
Post by: aghadowey on Monday 30 May 22 11:38 BST (UK)
In fact, many of the historic records of Glasgow Cemeteries are online.
Look here https://www.familysearch.org/service/search/cat/search?query=%2Bsubject_id%3A532507%20

Something wrong with link?
Title: Re: Finding the Grave of Thomas McGee
Post by: greenrig on Monday 30 May 22 13:47 BST (UK)
Try this short URL   https://tinyurl.com/ytd8nxmk
(The full one is corrupt somehow).

Alternatively, you can go to FamilySearch website and search for GLASGOW in PLACES in their CATALOG.
Title: Re: Finding the Grave of Thomas McGee
Post by: aghadowey on Tuesday 31 May 22 08:55 BST (UK)
Try this short URL   https://tinyurl.com/ytd8nxmk
(The full one is corrupt somehow).

Alternatively, you can go to FamilySearch website and search for GLASGOW in PLACES in their CATALOG.
Many thanks  :)
Title: Re: Finding the Grave of Thomas McGee
Post by: Rockford on Tuesday 31 May 22 18:55 BST (UK)
My wife's family has strong Glasgow connections, so I've been looking through the online records that Greenrig highlighted.

Although the records are extensive, I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that they must all just have placed folk under the floorboards, as I can't find any of them - even when there is a cemetery virtually on their doorstep!

If only they were indexed  ;D
Title: Re: Finding the Grave of Thomas McGee
Post by: RJ_Paton on Wednesday 01 June 22 10:02 BST (UK)
My wife's family has strong Glasgow connections, so I've been looking through the online records that Greenrig highlighted.

Although the records are extensive, I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that they must all just have placed folk under the floorboards, as I can't find any of them - even when there is a cemetery virtually on their doorstep!

If only they were indexed  ;D

The cemetery records previously held by Glasgow City Council have been digitised and are held at the Archive Centre at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow (these are far more extensive than those currently available online). Unfortunately these records have not been made available to the public but you can pay for staff to carry out a search on your behalf (these services are only just restarting due to the pandemic closures).
Title: Re: Finding the Grave of Thomas McGee
Post by: greenrig on Wednesday 01 June 22 10:29 BST (UK)
I agree with ROCKFORD about the FamilySearch records.  You have to scroll through pages of difficult handwriting, starting from the date of death - for, say, 10 days.  Even then, you may miss the entry . Or you may be looking in the wrong cemetery.   However, I've found it a useful resource and have found several family burials and lair records in this way.

As stated, there is a managed search by Council.  But personally, I prefer to look myself as I have more confidence in my searching, than theirs.  It also feels more like "real" research :-)  Maybe we need to do both.
Title: Re: Finding the Grave of Thomas McGee
Post by: wickedwenchdee on Wednesday 01 June 22 14:50 BST (UK)
I want to thank you all for your replies to my post. Unfortunately Covid has finally found me and I'm really not up to doing much apart from sleeping at the moment. As soon as I'm up on my feet again I'll read your replies properly and start searching again. Once again, Thank you all.

xxx