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Thanks for your help guys!

I've emailed The Family History Society to find out if they have a copy of:

https://www.gwsfhs.org.uk/collection/monumental-inscriptions-shettleston-parish-church-burial-ground/

I created one of the memorials on FindAGrave for someone on my family tree:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/228947214/janet-gray

This is one of the reasons why I thought it might be useful to have a book of the MIs, to memorialise people in Shettleston.

I also emailed the Mitchell, but they're as useless as ever haha. They did tell me the book exists, but not how to get a copy of it.

Thanks again!

David

That's great, thanks so much! 

I've just ordered one.

It will help me memorialise a good few people who I know are related to the Norvals.

David

Stirling council have confirmed that it was a digitisation mistake from the original lair record, so I can confirm that it is my great-great-grandmother Elizabeth Wither (née Norval) who is buried in grave 175 with her brother James Norval, their brother Archibald Norval being the proprietor of the lair. Her age was set as 0/unknown. I've tentatively suggested Stirling council update their records!

Hopefully, there will be a headstone.

I'm guessing no one will have the MI book for Strathblane?

David

Hi there everyone.

I was wondering if anyone had a copy of "Strathblane Churchyard and Cemetery Monumental Inscriptions".

I'm looking for my great-great-grandmother Elizabeth Wither (née Norval), who died on 14th April 1885 in Glasgow. I found that there's a record of an "Elizabeth Withen" [sic], who was buried in Strathblane Churchyard on 17th April 1885. This is almost certainly the Elizabeth I'm looking for.

Also, according to:

http://www.interment.net/data/scotland/stirling/strathblane/surnames-m-z.htm

Elizabeth Withen is buried in grave number 175. Also in this grave is James Norval, who died in 1875. James is the brother of Elizabeth.

If anyone has the MI book, could they please have a quick look for me? I looked to buy it online, but it seems to be out of stock. I've also emailed Stirling Council to try to confirm she's here with documentation.

Thanks for your time!

David Gilmour
2x great-grandson of Elizabeth Wither

Hiya that's kind of you to come back to me, but as far as I know, Ancestry only has released Poor Law records for certain parts of Lanarkshire, but not Glasgow. Unless this has changed since the last time that I looked at it. I'll have another look.

Thanks,

David