Photos of Old Dalbeth Cemetery

[RitchieC]

Hi Folks, going up to Old Dalbeth this weekend and will take more photos to see how it is coming on...wouldnt it be great to get a Lair/Plot map so people can have a rough idea of where relatives are??

Ritchie.

[RitchieC]

Hi Again, also going to the Mitchell to try and decipher some info that I have..Can anyone help me...My 3xGreat Grandfather bought a plot in Old Dalbeth in January 1851...it was 88 West Side and his son was buried there in the January...his other son who was a catholic priest was also buried there in January 1877. He died in 1866 and was buried in an opening lair (no lair number on the microfiche). How can I find out what that plot would be? Sharon at the Catholic Archdiocese is trying to find out.
cheers..

[gerryfarrell]

Hi RitchieC,

I don't know if you've seen my other post regards Old Dalbeth Cemetery on here. However I have transcribed all the surviving headstones at Old Dalbeth Cemetery to try and assist people to see if their relations still remain. As you'll be aware the microfishe at the Mitchel is very hard to read and some years give more details about lairs than others.
If you PM me your relations names i will look and see if they are listed. There is a very large monumental stone against the wall which faces the newere part of the cemetery which lists preists who are buried in the cemetery so your relation could be amongst them.

Regards the lair plan sadly none exists with either the Arch Diocese or the catholic archives in Edinburgh. However I have spoken with the Edinburgh Archives and I am working with them to try and see if we can plan out a lair layout using the existing stones and the lair registers, once we complete this it will be made available.

Hope this helps

Gerry

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,352095.0.html

[RitchieC]

Cheers Gerry, I have sent you a PM with some info...
Take care Ritchie.

[cggough]

Hi Gerry, what a great collection of photos, you have done a truly remarkable job.  I have just discovered that my 2 x Great Grandmother was buried in Dalbeth Cemetery in January 1856.  Her name was Ann Mortimer McGeough, or possibly McGough.  There was a name change at some time unknown.
As a child I lived in Carmyle, went to school in Mount Vernon and often played in Tollcross Park, but none of my family knew about Ann McGeough, amazing.  I now live in Brisbane so am unable to investigate locally myself.  I have read your posts and wonder if Ann's name appears on the list you have compiled from transcribing the headstones.  I would greatly appreciate any information you may have.

Many thanks

Colin Gough.

[gerryfarrell]

Hi Colin,

Sorry for taking so long to get back to you on this. Sadly there is no McGough names on any of the surviving stones.

Gerry

[cggough]

Gerry

Thank you for replying.  Are you aware of a source that would provide a record of burials, plot nos etc for Dalbeth Cemetery?

Regards
Colin Gough

[gerryfarrell]

Hi Colin,

There are copies of the burial registers in the Mitchel Library in Glasgow although the micro film is really hard to read and i'm not sure if they would do a search for you.
There are 2 other sources which may help you better. The Graveyard is still under the ownership of The Arch Diocese of Glasgow at Clyde Street in Glasgow. The lady who takes to do with it is called Sharon and is very helpful. The original records are with the Scottish Catholic Archives in Edinburgh and as far as I know are still at Rome being restored for digitising. Contacts for both below -

Scottish Catholic Archives
Columba House
16 Drummond Place
Edinburgh EH3 6PL
Scotland

Telephone: 44 (0) 131 556 3661
Fax: 44 (0) 131 556 3661

EMail: archivists[at][/blue]scottishcatholicarchives.org.uk

ADOG
http://www.rcag.org.uk/index.html

196 Clyde Street Glasgow
G1 4JY

Tel: 0141 226 5898
Fax: 0141 225 2600

info[at][/blue]rcag.org.uk
(Replace [at] with @)

Gerry

[cggough]

Thanks again Gerry

Colin Gough