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Online Resources

• 1265-2014 Global, Gravestone Photograph Index, 1265-2014 at Ancestry - index ($)
• 1300s-current UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current at Ancestry - index ($)
• 1507-2019 Scotland, Burial Monument Inscriptions, 1507-2019 at Ancestry — index & images ($)
• 1576-2014 UK, Burial and Cremation Index, 1576-2014 at Ancestry - index ($)
• 1800-2016 England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, 1800-2016 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
• Scotland Billion Graves Cemetery Index at Findmypast - index ($)
• Scotland Monumental Inscriptions Index at Findmypast - index & some images ($)
• Scotland, Gravestones and Memorials at MyHeritage - index & images ($)
• 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website includes an inventory of over 3500 known burial grounds in Scotland and whether there are published or unpublished monumental inscriptions available.
• 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

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

• 1914-1921, 1939-1947 Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921, 1939-1947 at MyHeritage ($), index and images
• 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 FamilySearch 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 Scotland
6. Click on the town you want to search
7. Click on: Cemeteries

Additional Resources

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

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