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celia
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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 
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celia
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Thank you Falkyrn
will try that one when i come back
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Clare Fowler
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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
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ELLIOT, CROZIER, HAY, AITCHISON, COWAN - Roxburghshire
BETT - Kinross-shire, Fife and Glasgow
CHAMBERS, BRUFF, WESTMACOTT - Glasgow
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Clare Fowler
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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
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ELLIOT, CROZIER, HAY, AITCHISON, COWAN - Roxburghshire
BETT - Kinross-shire, Fife and Glasgow
CHAMBERS, BRUFF, WESTMACOTT - Glasgow
And many, many more...
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Clare Fowler
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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
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ELLIOT, CROZIER, HAY, AITCHISON, COWAN - Roxburghshire
BETT - Kinross-shire, Fife and Glasgow
CHAMBERS, BRUFF, WESTMACOTT - Glasgow
And many, many more...
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celia
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Hi
I am out of the country at the moment will reply when i return.
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celia
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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
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ibi
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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
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