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Banff Cemetery - McLean
« on: Monday 19 January 15 12:28 GMT (UK) »
Looking online for information on some McLeans that I think may be buried in Banff Cemetery, but with little success.

Mary Barclay Stuart McLean (m/s Wilson) (abt 1885-1950) died in Banff
Her husband John McLean (born around 1875) (no specific death date)
Possibly their son Alister Donald McLean (1924-1959).
The spelling of Alister is correct but variants are often used.
He died in St Helens Lancashire but I understand was buried in Banff.

Can anyone help or point me in the right direction?

Thanks!
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Re: Banff Cemetery - McLean
« Reply #1 on: Monday 19 January 15 23:41 GMT (UK) »
Assuming that you have found and drawn blanks at
http://gen.deltanz.net/banff/Banff1.html and
http://www.anesfhs.org.uk/databank/miindex/miindex.php

try

www.deceasedonline.com, which now has Aberdeenshire burials.
Never trust anything you find online (especially submitted trees and transcriptions on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and other commercial web sites) unless it's an image of an original document - and even then be wary because errors can and do occur.

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Re: Banff Cemetery - McLean
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 20 January 15 10:55 GMT (UK) »
Thanks for the reply Forfarian.

No joy with those links unfortunately.

I was hoping that by chance someone out there had a record of the Banff Cemetery burials or MIs.

I've emailed the registrar for the area as well, response awaited.
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Re: Banff Cemetery - McLean
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 20 January 15 11:29 GMT (UK) »
Oh dear :(

I hope you told them you had looked at Deceased Online, otherwise they will probably refer you back to that.

Unfortunately Aberdeenshire Council in its great unwisdom decided many years ago to charge a large hourly fee just to look at the burial books in its care. I see that this has now been increased to the extortionate rate of £15 per hour, and the way it is worded on the web site may imply that if you get to the end of your hour and haven't found what you want, tough. This seems to me to be a very reasonable fee if the council staff are doing the looking up and transcribing, but I think it is excessive just for access to the books to do your own research.

I have no idea what they would charge for staff time to look for your McLeans.
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Re: Banff Cemetery - McLean
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 20 January 15 11:47 GMT (UK) »
Thanks for the heads up.

I was chancing it/dreaming of the old days when staff were only to happy to help out FOC...

 ;)

I'll let you know how I get on.
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Re: Banff Cemetery - McLean
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 27 January 15 17:00 GMT (UK) »
Registrar has now replied with Banff Cemetery info:

Mary Barclay Stuart McLean (m/s Wilson) (abt 1885-1950) died in Banff - 30/03/1950

John McLean (born around 1875) (no specific death date) -  29/09/1942

Alister Donald McLean (1924-1959) - No sign of him being buried in Aberdeenshire



 
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Re: Banff Cemetery - McLean (COMPLETE)
« Reply #6 on: Friday 01 May 15 15:22 BST (UK) »
Photo of headstone in Banff Cemetery from recent family trip.
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