Map of St Kentigern's Cemetery, 951 Balmore Road, Glasgow please

[Salmacky]

Hi All helpful posters,
I'm trying to find out if my great grandmother has a headstone. She was buried at St Kentigerns in 1900.
I believe some of St Kentigerns Catholic Cemetery-Maryhill headstones were destroyed?? at some point,??
If so would anyone know if there were particular Lairs?
My great grandmother Susan McAdam was buried in Lair 4 /2167 I believe alongside 4 other family members. I would love to know if they had a headstone and if not I would wish to hopefully arrange one.
I'm aware I would need permission from the owner but not sure if the deeds have expired.
I have emailed the Council and await a reply,
Thanks in advance 

[zimmer46]

St Kentigern's sadly is in a fairly poor state.  Many headstones are missing having been toppled either due to vandalism or for safety reasons.   I am not aware of the toppled stones being stored anywhere, but perhaps someone else on here may know more. 

There are still a lot of headstones in place, so it is possible a headstone may be there.  I assume the lair is in Section 4 and the lair number is 2167 ?    I checked the lair records on FamilySearch and there are 5 buried in that layer, with the first being April 1900.   If you are interested I can send you the details.

The cemeteries department will be able to locate the position of the lair, but I think you must have the lair certificate to have a headstone erected.

Andrew

[Bikerboy]

I have visited St Kentigern's several times searching for family graves. With my ancestors, many have no headstones at all and for those lairs which do, they are broken or lying face down. The council does not remove broken or damaged headstones, they just ensure that they are not a hazard to visitors.

Finding the location of a lair within any particular section is no easy matter. The council do not provide detailed maps. In my experience, and this goes for all the other cemeteries I have visited, one needs to visit in person and ask assistance from the ground staff. I have always found grave diggers and groundsmen very helpful. If you are unable to visit in person you may have to rely on someone doing you a favour. Headstones and memorials usually have the lair number chiselled into the base somewhere. This can help to narrow down the search area.

Good luck.

[Salmacky]

Thank you Andrew,
The details I was provided with from family in Ireland were Lair 4/2167 so I'm presuming the 4 is section four and the plot number is 2167.
I have found the records and my great grandmother was the first in April 1900 then 3 more great Uncles, I just can't work out one name, I think a great auntie, Ann or Annie but might be totally wrong.

[zimmer46]

Looks like Ann to me ?   The writing on those records is appalling at times.

[Salmacky]

Yeah it really is hard to work that one out.

[Chris5856]

This week I started my next project. Im going to photograph and transcribe every visible headstone (with the exception of fairly new graves) in this cemetery. I have started a Facebook Page (St Kentigerns Cemetery, Lambhill, Glasgow) to report my progress. I have completed section 16 (mostly opened in 1970's) and have photographed all of section 1, part of 2 and a small part of three.

My intention is photograph all of the sections by the end of the summer and use the winter months to transcribe the headstones and place them on an excel spreadsheet so as to be searchable.

Section 16 produced just over 1,000 names.

[MonicaL]

That is a major undertaking, Chris! Good luck with it all 

Monica

[WeeFram]

Hi Chris5856,

Can I ask how awkward St Kentigern's is to navigate if you've never been? I have recently discovered I have various family members buried there ranging from the 1960s to 2010 but not sure whereabouts they are buried within the cemetery.

Looking forward to seeing the results of your project. 

 Does anyone know if there's a section 20?
Thanks