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Lanarkshire / Re: Photos of Old Dalbeth Cemetery
« on: Wednesday 27 February 13 13:00 GMT (UK) »
Hi Kim,
I'm afraid I'm not that familiar with St Peter's side of the cemetery. My interest in Old Dalbeth was to locate my great grandfathers grave location. There is a full list of the burial registers for Old Dalbeth & St Peters held in the Mitchell library on microfilm (some hard to read) however there is no surviving plan of the Old Dalbeth layout. I transcribed every surviving stone then using the burial dates on them went along to the Scottish Catholic Archives in Edinburgh to find as many lair no's as possible. This has allowed me to plot the cemetery layout and find the grave of my ggf. The common ground is the top section nearest the main road but no stone has ever been erected on it. Give Anne a message re St Peters she is very helpful an knowledgable. Also contact the archivist at the Scottish Catholic Archive for lair info as she is also very helpful, I don't have her email at hand but you will find it if you google them.
Gerry
I'm afraid I'm not that familiar with St Peter's side of the cemetery. My interest in Old Dalbeth was to locate my great grandfathers grave location. There is a full list of the burial registers for Old Dalbeth & St Peters held in the Mitchell library on microfilm (some hard to read) however there is no surviving plan of the Old Dalbeth layout. I transcribed every surviving stone then using the burial dates on them went along to the Scottish Catholic Archives in Edinburgh to find as many lair no's as possible. This has allowed me to plot the cemetery layout and find the grave of my ggf. The common ground is the top section nearest the main road but no stone has ever been erected on it. Give Anne a message re St Peters she is very helpful an knowledgable. Also contact the archivist at the Scottish Catholic Archive for lair info as she is also very helpful, I don't have her email at hand but you will find it if you google them.
Gerry