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Re: Stirling Burial Records
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 29 August 23 20:49 BST (UK) »
Likely death for Christina in 1935 Falkirk GROS ref 479/278.  (Comes up under Gardiner as well as Baillie).
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Re: Stirling Burial Records
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 29 August 23 21:49 BST (UK) »
I'm not sure where to search for burial records?
Two general bits of information about burial records in Scotland.

1. With some exceptions, burial grounds are the responsibility of the local authority, so the local council's cemeteries department is always your first port of call. If it's one of the minority of burial grounds they don't look after, they should be able to tell you who does.

2. Don't expect cemetery records to be available online. Some are, but the majority are not.

With regards to you specific query, Falkirk is not in Stirling Council Area so even if the link did work it would be unlikely to take you to the right place. You need Falkirk Council. https://www.falkirk.gov.uk/services/births-deaths-marriages/deaths/burial-records.aspx
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.