Buried Glasgow Necropolis

[celia]

Hi everyone sorry for the delay
I do know the necropolic is in three sections but my information doesn't say which part.I did  contact there website last year to inquire about M.I,s and was told about a charge for the service.As far as i can remember thats as far as it got they never offered any other info. I then tried another address but got no responce.Trying to do research in Scotland  and the city of London is  expensive in most cases but i think thats because in between Scotland and London itself. Their are more volunteers in F.H.S.Who do M.I's of their local cemeteries in book form. These are then given to libraries where burials can be looked up, for free. I use them often if i think the burial might be in a certain churchyard.Then of course we have all these wonderfull genealogy websits and wonderful people to offer help and advice and send us the information we want. Over the year's it has cost me a few hundred pounds for information.Reading between the lines on some Topics.I get the impression that some people want to do a family tree free of charge. Unfortunately thats not possible in some cases. I could go to Glasgow (not that far for me) to find what i want, but it cost £100 train fare then you have accommodation to pay. So i for one wouldn't complain about a one off cost for research fee's but i would realy have to want that information to pay it

Celia

[ibi]

Expense is indeed relative, but, if my memory is correct, the charges that might be made by Glasgow City Council Cems and Crems would be a lot more than the ca. £16 annual subscription to G&WSFHS.

The following is taken from GENUKI....

The Glasgow and Family History Room at the Mitchell Library holds the records of some twenty Glasgow cemeteries covering the period from the 18th century to the 1950's. There are a few also in the Glasgow City Archives (also at the Mitchell), as well as lair plans and registers of burials in intra-mural burial grounds from 1870 to 1950. Records are arranged in chronological order and there are no indexes! A comprehensive listing, including location of registers and monumental inscriptions can be found in:- Burial Grounds of Glasgow: a brief guide for the genealogist by J Willing and J S Fairie - published by the Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society 2nd Revised Edition published in 1997.

Additional cemetery registers for Glasgow are kept by:- Cemeteries and Crematoria Section, Parks Department, City of Glasgow Council, 2 Port Dundas Place, GLASGOW G2 3LB (telephone 0141-333 0800)

In addition there are substantial records from Glasgow's largest funeral director, Wylie & Lochhead, which have been deposited with Glasgow University Archives.

It's some years since I was in contact with them, at which point the charge was £15/hour for GU Archives to consult their records.

ibi

[DeBarre]

Although this thread is about 5 years old, the charge for a look at the records of The Eastern Necropolis etc is 60 odd quid!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A rip off, how low will Glasgow City Council stoop to get cash!! If I go to South Lanarkshire's equivalent, not only are you allowed to see the ledgers(give notice) but you may also be offered a cup of Tea!!!!

[Skoosh]

Folks, £60 is the figure I heard. Good post ibi, I would like info' on rellies in Springburn around 1900 who I would suspect are buried in Sighthill Cemetery, the Glasgow FHS looks like the best bet!....Skoosh.

[RJ_Paton]

Folks, £60 is the figure I heard. Good post ibi, I would like info' on rellies in Springburn around 1900 who I would suspect are buried in Sighthill Cemetery, the Glasgow FHS looks like the best bet!....Skoosh.

If you have a look at

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,445152.msg3079016.html#msg3079016

The LDS have microfilmed many of the Glasgow records and these can be ordered for viewing at any of their Family History Centres

For example for Sighthill they have the records from 1850 to 1995

[apanderson]

Just by co-incidence, I was looking at the Sighthill Burial Records (on film) today at the Mitchell Library.

I was searching for a burial during the late 1880's but had to give up as most pages were impossible to read. It doesn't help that they are in 'negative' format either. I don't know whether these will be the same films as LDS have - possibly are, but with a bit of luck any films ordered might be a bit more legible.

Anne

[Skoosh]

Thanks Falkryn, much here to think about! brill....Skoosh.

[tazpants]

Does anyone know if the LDS records are readable as i have found the same problem with not getting any joy from trying to read the Sighthill register at the Mitchell?

[JohnMac43]

Hi,
Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History society offer a photo service where they will go take a photograph of a stone. church, school, house etc for £5 if the building or stone is still there and email you the results. See photo service at: www.gwsfhs.org.uk. They will not do a search of all the cemeteries in Glasgow as there are too many so they need a location.
Jay