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Offline swamprat65

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Burial Location of Ancestors
« on: Wednesday 01 April 15 04:55 BST (UK) »
Looking for the burial location of Thomas Gilmour Forbes and his wife Mary McLean Forbes both of whom died in Dundonald, Ayrshire. Thomas in 1927 and Mary on 16 Dec. 1924..any pointers greatfully accepted.

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Re: Burial Location of Ancestors
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 01 April 15 05:54 BST (UK) »
There must be a good chance that they are in the local cemetery, especially if they had lived for some time in the parish. There might even be a gravestone there. However, there is no guarantee of this. Looking for a funeral notice in the local newspaper would be a good start.

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Re: Burial Location of Ancestors
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 01 April 15 08:30 BST (UK) »
AYRSHIRE - Strachan, McCrae, Haddow, Haggerty, Neilson, Alexander
ABERDEENSHIRE (Cruden and Longside) - Fraser, Hay, Logan, Hutcheon or Hutchison, Sangster
YORKSHIRE (Worsbrough) - Green, Oxley, Firth, Cox, Rock
YORKSHIRE (Royston and Carlton) - Senior, Simpson, Roydhouse, Hattersley