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I'm just back from a couple of days at Dumfries/Annan areas. I finally got to the graveyard at the back of the townhall, but couldn't find the headstone I was looking for. I went to the Museum too. and bought a booklet about the graveyard and according to it , the one I'm looking for hasn't been used as paving
Does anyone know if there is a plan of the lairs and who to contact?

Hi soapy1

What I can tell you about that old graveyard in Annan is during the construction of the town hall there was a sandstone retaining wall along the side of where the new building was being constructed. Crombie the builders undercut the wall and it collapsed leaving several graves to spill into the building site. This may be the reason you can't find the grave you are looking for, I know this for a fact because I worked as a labourer for them on that site when it happened.

William

There is a topic in Ireland Resources about ordering Northern Ireland certificates-
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,383526.0.html

Thanks, no where near as easy as it is in Scotland!

That Florence Lily Cottle born 1884 and the Arthur George Malcolm in Kent (1911) born c1892.

Malcolm family could have been from Scotland rather than England...

Could be right, also searching for BMD's in Northern Ireland is a joke!

I assume this is the correct link?

http://www.nidirect.gov.uk

If kingskerswell did find the correct parents they were married in Belfast in 1912 so not sure what you mean by only being in Ireland because of the war.

You really need to start with a birth certificate for Robert to get names of both parents.

You are right I will wait until I get the birth certificate I have ordered and then move on from there, many thanks.

Wul

Thank you very much kingskerswell and aghadowey for this fantastic information, I have ordered a birth certificate from ScotlandsPeople because Robert left a child behind in Dumfries, Scotland on his way to war in 1943!