Scotland Cemeteries

Scotland

Cemeteries

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Online Resources

• BillionGraves Index - index and images
• FindAGrave Scotland Page - photos and GPS locations of grave markers
• SAFHS The Scottish Association of Family History Societies' website includes an inventory of over 3500 known burial grounds in Scotland and whether there are published or unpublished monumental inscriptions available.
• Find A Grave, Scotland, 1500 - 2000 Find A Grave Scotland is based in Scotland. With over 3000 cemeteries and 32 councils in Scotland, the search is daunting. They have a database to help.
• FindMyPast Scotland Billion Graves Cemetery Index($)
• Scotland Monumental Inscriptions Index ($)
• Ancestry($) England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, 1800-2016
• Ancestry($) Global, Gravestone Photograph Index, 1265-2014
• Ancestry($) UK, Burial and Cremation Index, 1576-2014
• Anestry($) UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
• Scottish Monumental Inscriptions
• Highland Memorial Inscriptions
• Monumental Inscriptions
• NRScotland gov Useful Websites for tombstones.
• NRScotland gov Old Parish Registers – Deaths and Burials
• Interment Scotland records
• Glasgow Family History Burial Lair and Cremation Registers
• FamilySearch Places

Jewish Cemeteries

• JewishGen has an inventory you can check. Click on Scotland.
• ScottishJewishCemeteries
• SJAC The Scottish Jewish Archive Centre
• IAJGS 10 cemeteries in Glasgow
• Atlas Obscura Sciennes Jewish Burial Ground, Edinburgh, Scotland. This tiny weathered plot is one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in Scotland.

Military Cemeteries

• Wikipedia Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial is the only American Military Cemetery of World War I in the British Isles.
• CWGC Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• Britishwargraves British War Graves, War Graves in Scotland

Additional Resources at the Family History Library

• SCOTLAND - CEMETERIES

To find cemetery records for Scotland in the FamilySearch Catalog follow these steps:

1. Go to the FamilySearch Catalog
2. Enter: Scotland in the Place box
3. Click on: Search
4. Click on: Cemeteries

To search for cemeteries at the town level, follow directions below.

1. Go to the FamilySearch Catalog
2. Enter: Scotland in the Place box
3. Click on: Search
4. Click on: Cemeteries
5. Click on: Places within Sweden
6. Click on the town you want to search
7. Click on: Cemeteries

Additional Resources

• Worldcat.org- Do a search for Scotland Cemetery.

This website requires a paid subscription for full access. Some subscription websites are available for free at your local FamilySearch Center or Affiliate Library.

“Current” indicates records are available as recently as privacy laws allow. This date can change from year to year. To determine the exact dates available, contact the respective organization/repository.