Scottish gravestones can often be a genealogist's goldmine. Many of them contain generations of information or, in the case of a fairly prominent person in the community, they might have a eulogy of sorts carved onto them.
Here are just a few examples of what can be found when wandering through old kirkyards or cemeteries in Scotland:
What genealogical information have you been able to uncover by reading the gravestones in Scottish cemeteries?
My tour guide in Scotland said he'd never had such excited clients when it came to the several cemeteries we explored. Unfortunately our trip to Inishiel seeking my McArthur ancestors was canceled due to weather concerns. Thank you for posting these wonderful pictures.
ReplyDeleteMy dad's ashes were sent back to Aberdeen and he was buried with his mum and dad I've never been as I live in Australia 🦘🦘
ReplyDeleteI love the Scots kirk yards.If i may can i see the kirks in Argyll? Im an McEwen living in the U.S.
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