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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Banffshire => Topic started by: ryanh315 on Tuesday 24 March 20 11:02 GMT (UK)
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Hi all,
I was wondering who I would contact to get info regarding places of burial in the county of Banffshire, mainly Whitehills and Banff.
Many thanks
Ryan :)
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If you search on Findagrave, under Scotland, Aberdeenshire, Banff, you will get a map with all the locations
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I was wondering who I would contact to get info regarding places of burial in the county of Banffshire, mainly Whitehills and Banff.
Go to Deceased Online www.deceasedonline.com. The burial records in the post-1995 version of Aberdeenshire, including Banff and Boyndie (Whitehills), are online there. See https://www.deceasedonline.com/servlet/GSDOSearch
For other parts of Banffshire, see http://libindx.moray.gov.uk/mainmenu.asp but be aware that not all burials in this area have yet been indexed online.
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If you are looking for earlier burials at Boyndie, search for "Transcripts of all the Monumental Inscriptions in the Churchyard of Boyndie" and you will find a list produced by a local schoolmaster in 1885.
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There used to be, an online transcription of the inscriptions (not the burials, just the inscriptions on the surviving gravestones) in Banff's old kirkyard, but I don't have a note of where it was to be found.
There's also an MI index at http://www.anesfhs.org.uk/databank/miindex/miindex.php but neither Banff nor Boyndie has been done as yet.
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Thanks everybody for all of your help - will look at all of these websites.
Thanks again :)
Ryan
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Dear ryanh315, Did you get what you were looking for on the Whitehills and Banff headstones as there are a few list around including William Crammond Books (around 1886) that he did for Banffshire. nw_whiskers
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Hi nw_whiskers
No I didnt find them
Ryan
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Dear ryanh315, I take it that you are looking "specific names and dates" like I have in the attached posts. Yes, William Cramond, Schoolmaster, Cullen did a number of books for the New Spalding Club which may be subject to Copyright as they come up on Amazon.co.uk etc. He certainly did the Old Churchyard at Banff as I was able to borrow a leather bound copy from the Library some years ago but I don't think that option is open these days. Short extracts from such sources are possible as reference material so that you have a few worthwhile options open to you.
Anyway, if you can be a bit more specific with names, dates and places you might get a bit more help with your research. Best wishes, nw_whiskers
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If you are looking for earlier burials at Boyndie, search for "Transcripts of all the Monumental Inscriptions in the Churchyard of Boyndie" and you will find a list produced by a local schoolmaster in 1885.
I'm afraid I have completely failed to find this online, or the similar one that used to be online with the Banff Old Kirkyard MIs.
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I have just looked and a transcript of the volumes is to be found for Rathven, Deskford, Cullen, Boyndie and Enzie Braes here:
charlesflett.co.uk/BoyndieMI.htm
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Sorry for my late reply.
That's correct in that I am looking for names/dates.
GR2 thank you for the link, will check it out.
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As GR2 said, a transcription of Boyndie MIs is here - http://charlesflett.co.uk/BoyndieMI.htm
This website deserves much much wider recognition.
Margaret Shand also transcribed them - I have her version too.
I haven't compared the two transcriptions.
Years ago Douglas Taylor in Canada did the same for Banff - I have his version. I think it could still be deep in Rootswebs Archive for Banffshire way back in 1999 or 2000 (if they're still available).
But this is a link to Cramond's book, a free eBook - http://tinyurl.com/kfwr2vb - the MIs start on page 295.