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Instead of actual burials, the parish registers often list people who paid mortcloth dues. The mortcloth was a cloth used to cover the body during the burial ceremony. These lists do not mention everyone who was buried. They mention the rich who donated the cloths to the church and the very poor who could not pay to use the mortcloth. | Instead of actual burials, the parish registers often list people who paid mortcloth dues. The mortcloth was a cloth used to cover the body during the burial ceremony. These lists do not mention everyone who was buried. They mention the rich who donated the cloths to the church and the very poor who could not pay to use the mortcloth. | ||
If you cannot find burial records, try to find tombstone inscriptions. | If you cannot find burial records, try to find tombstone inscriptions. Read about tombstone inscriptions in the [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Scotland_Cemeteries Scotland Cemeteries] article. | ||
'''Note:''' ''Quoad sacra ''parishes are those set up for ecclesiastical purposes to take care of those people who could not conveniently attend the parish church. To find records of people living in quoad sacra parishes, you must search the surrounding parishes. <!--{12055090632346} --><!--{12055090632347} --><!--{12055090632348} --><!--{12055090632349} --><!--{120550906323410} --><!--{120550906323411} --><!--{120550906323412} --><!--{120550906323413} --><!--{120550906323414} --><!--{120550906323415} --> | '''Note:''' ''Quoad sacra ''parishes are those set up for ecclesiastical purposes to take care of those people who could not conveniently attend the parish church. To find records of people living in quoad sacra parishes, you must search the surrounding parishes. <!--{12055090632346} --><!--{12055090632347} --><!--{12055090632348} --><!--{12055090632349} --><!--{120550906323410} --><!--{120550906323411} --><!--{120550906323412} --><!--{120550906323413} --><!--{120550906323414} --><!--{120550906323415} --> | ||