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Scotland / Re: Episcopal Church BMDs in Scotland?
« on: Sunday 17 January 10 22:53 GMT (UK)  »
The NAS only hold some of their historic BDM records.

E.g. Glasgow City Archives hold the registers for St Andrew's by the Green Episcopal Church, Glasgow.

Which church in particular?

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Scotland / Re: Episcopal Church BMDs in Scotland?
« on: Sunday 17 January 10 22:34 GMT (UK)  »
The National Archives of Scotland.
They are classified as CH12.

See http://www.nas.gov.uk/onlineCatalogue/

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Lanarkshire / Re: catholic parish records
« on: Friday 01 January 10 13:27 GMT (UK)  »
Please be aware that many parishes were not established until the mid-1800's.

Here is a 2008 list of the registers held by the Scottish Catholic Archives:
http://www.scottishcatholicarchives.org.uk/FamilyHistory/ParishRegisterholdings/tabid/82/Default.aspx

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Lanarkshire / Re: catholic parish records
« on: Thursday 31 December 09 22:44 GMT (UK)  »
The Scottish Catholic Archives site describes the pre-1855 birth or baptism records as "complete".

Quote:
If the records survive, they have been digitised and indexed and made available online. No surviving records are thought to be missing from the collection – however this does not mean that all localities are covered by all records at all times.

Post-1855 records were originally out of scope and these are incomplete.

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Lanarkshire / Re: Deaths before 1855
« on: Thursday 31 December 09 22:31 GMT (UK)  »
Sue,

Given that they were Roman Catholics there might be some record of them in the Scottish Catholic Archives.
See http://www.scottishcatholicarchives.org.uk/

Catholic Parish Registers Births and Baptisms have recently gone online at ScotlandsPeople.

Deaths, burials and funerals are "coming soon".

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Lanarkshire / Re: MIs for Bent Cemetery, Hamilton
« on: Thursday 31 December 09 22:07 GMT (UK)  »
If you want burial records, then see: http://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/portal/page/portal/EXTERNAL_WEBSITE_DEVELOPMENT/SLC_ONLINE_HOME/BIRTHS_DEATHS_MARRIAGES/CEMETERIES/CEMETERIES_RELATED?CONTENT_ID=993

Bent Cemetery is administered by the South Lanarkshire Council.

They should be able to give your the lair number and location - this would help you to find the memorials (if there are any).

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Scotland / Re: missing death record
« on: Thursday 31 December 09 21:50 GMT (UK)  »
Monica,

From Crown Office Notes of November 1998:

The Procurator Fiscal has a right and a duty to control the disposal of a dead body while he makes enquiries into the death. Depending upon the circumstances he may decide to leave the body where the death occurred, eg at home or in a hospital. He may decide to have the body removed to a police or hospital mortuary or a specially designated mortuary. He will require to decide in every case whether he will accept a medical certificate as to the cause of death and release the body, or whether an autopsy is necessary. When releasing a body the Procurator Fiscal requires to decide whether cremation may be allowed to take place. There may be circumstances, for example a homicide investigation where the Procurator Fiscal cannot allow cremation to take place as it would lead to the destruction of evidence available from the body. If the Procurator Fiscal has no objections in principle to a cremation, the matter then becomes one for the Medical Referee to decide.

In every case in which (a) there is a possibility that the death was caused or contributed to by the commission of a criminal act, or (b) there is a possibility of criminal proceedings in which it will be necessary to prove the fact and cause of death, an autopsy must be carried out by two pathologists.

End of quote

I suggest that a search of the Sheriff Court records might find details of the investigation or Fatal Accident Enquiry.

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Scotland / Re: Search of Sighthill Cemetery, Glasgow
« on: Tuesday 26 February 08 19:27 GMT (UK)  »
Dear GallowayLass,

Yes, I did know that the burial was in Sighthill.

The clerk went into a back office, and I assume that she looked it up in the original register.

If you don't know which cemetery then I suspect that you will be charged for a search.

Trongate is the office for all of the cemeteries administered by Glasgow Council.
Take a look at their web site at http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/BirthDeathMarriage_Citizenship/Death/Burialgrounds/

If you are looking for a pre-1855 burial then the National Burial Index project at the Glasgow & West of Scotland FHS would be worth a try.

Good luck

Murray

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Scotland / Re: Search of Sighthill Cemetery, Glasgow
« on: Sunday 24 February 08 20:38 GMT (UK)  »
The Glasgow Cemeteries department only charge for a search if a search is needed.

I went to them with a name and date of death and they found the lair number while I waited, for no charge.

They recommended that I arrange to meet the keeper on site - he will guide me to the lair, at no charge. 

They also told me that the grave was in "common ground" where there will not be a headstone.

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