Buried Glasgow Necropolis

[celia]

Hi
My G.G Grandfather Richard McCloy died in 1888 and is Buried in The Necropolis Cemetery.Along with his Parents Alexander McCloy and Mother Ann (Wallace) McCloy.Other family are buried there to. I came across a website of this cemetery some time ago. If i remember rightly it stated that M.I's. were available and that there was a charge for these.(Can i charge for mine I lost the site address does anyone know it please

Celia

[RJ_Paton]

Try this it may not be the site you were looking for but its the official contact address for the necropolis

Further information can be obtained from:

Cemeteries & Crematoria  Registrar
20 Trongate
Glasgow
G1 5ES

Phone:0141 287 3961
E-mail: land@glasgow.gov.uk

[celia]

Thank you Falkyrn
will try that one when i come back

Celia

[Clare Fowler]

Hi there,

Just a couple of points on this...

Do you know which necropolis he is buried in for definite?  The Glasgow Necropolis is the one usually referred to as just 'the necropolis', which is beside the Cathedral, but there are 3 others: the Eastern Necropolis, the Western Necropolis and the Southern Necropolis.  So if you can't find him in the first, it may well be that he is in a different one.

Secondly, the address you have been given is for Glasgow City Council, who I believe will charge heavily for doing any work and having to search if you don't know the exact location and reference for the grave you are looking for.

You might be better getting in touch with the Glasgow and West of Scotland FHS in the first instance, who are working on transcribing some of the inscriptions of Glasgow burial grounds at the moment, to see what info they can give you.
http://www.gwsfhs.org.uk/

Cheers,
Clare

[RJ_Paton]

Secondly, the address you have been given is for Glasgow City Council, who I believe will charge heavily for doing any work and having to search if you don't know the exact location and reference for the grave you are looking for.

Possible but not absolutely certain .... I have always found the staff helpful and the charges reasonable ..... but then again I knew which cemetary.

You might be better getting in touch with the Glasgow and West of Scotland FHS in the first instance, who are working on transcribing some of the inscriptions of Glasgow burial grounds at the moment, to see what info they can give you.
http://www.gwsfhs.org.uk/

The gwsfhs state that research assistance is for members only, although as one of their projects they are undertaking the task of transcribing and recording the MI's ..... this information may be available seperately.

However a valid point is made regarding the term necropolis
The southern Necropolis http://www.southernnecropolis.com/


and for more general information regarding the Glasgow Graveyards http://www.theglasgowstory.com/story.php?id=TGSDF04

[Clare Fowler]

Hi there,

Valid point on the Council - I have never used them - but then was warned about the charging level from the lecturer on my family history course a couple of years back.  He is working on the transcriptions for the MIs for GWSFHS, which I also how I know that they are working on that.

Cheers,
Clare

[RJ_Paton]

  The trouble with this "hobby" is the expense and what is reasonable to one person may be extortionate to another ..... I suppose it depends on how much you want that elusive piece of the jigsaw.

That said some council charges can be high and I think you made a very valid overall point that simply because something is suggested or recommended here in Rootschat one shouldn't  believe that it is the only or even the cheapest option.

[Clare Fowler]

Hi there,

I know what you mean about the expense.  I had a look on scotlandspeople at the amount of images I have viewed - and I shudder to think how many credits (and pounds) it has cost me over the past 3 years.

For this kind of thing, I have personally found it better value to try and get a copy of MIs for a cemetery (if they exist) as then you can refer to this many times over for only one cost.  But I fear that we are drifting way off topic here! 

Clare

[celia]

Hi
I am out of the country at the moment will reply when i return.

Celia