Tombstone Tuesday - Symbolism

During my visit last year to the Glasgow Necropolis, I was taken by the symbolism in the monuments. Of course there were the standard ones (Celtic):

But others were less obvious in their meaning. Like these ones, for example:

While these two appear to have been vandalized, they were, in fact, planned this way. The symbolism here is that the person for whom the monument was erected was "cut down in the prime of his life" One being only 37 at the time of his death!

Fife Headstone Transcriptions Added to Deceased Online

Deceased Online has added headstone inscriptions for 18 cemeteries in Fife dating back to 1753. These include:

• Auchterderran Churchyard and Bowhill Cemetery, Fife
• Ballingry Churchyard and Cemetery, Fife
• Beath New Cemetery, Fife
• Beath Old Cemetery, Fife
• Burntisland Cemetery, Fife
• Burntisland Churchyards of Kirkton and St Columbas, Fife
• Crombie Churchyard, Fife
• Culross Churchyard, Fife
• Culross West Kirk and Culross Abbey, Fife
• Cupar Churchyard and St James Cemetery, Fife
• Douglas Bank Cemetery, Fife
• Ferryport On Craig Cemetery, Fife
• Forgan Churchyard, Fife

 www.deceasedonline.com

Deceased Online Adds Headstone Collection for Angus and Dundee

Deceased Online has also a new range of Headstone Collections, including 31 burial sites in the Angus region and another 6 cemeteries in Dundee City. You can search under the 'headstone collections' option. http://www.deceasedonline.com/

Decesased Online Has Added Scottish Records

From GeneaPress comes news that Deceased Online has added records for Scottish Burial sites. The recent ones are mainly from the Highlands. Deceased Online's news on the addition states that there are 4500 photographs of headstones and over 12,500 monumental inscriptions from 15 cemeteries throughout the highlands. These records date back to the 1600s.

The transcriptions and photographs are from the following cemeteries:

• Banchor, Newtonmore and Ballidbeg Churchyards, Inverness-shire
• Cille Choirill Churchyard, Lagan, Fort William
• Clachan Duich Burial Ground (Kilduich), Invershiel, Ross-shire
• Glenelg Cemetery, Glenelg, Inverness-shire
• Grantown Cemetery, Grantown-on-Spey , Morayshire
• Kilcuimen Churchyard, Fort Augustus, Ross-shire
• Kilmonivaig and Gairlochy Churchyard, Nr Spean Bridge, Ross-shire
• Kingussie Churchyard and Burial Grounds, Kingussie, Inverness-shire
• Kirton and Lochalsh Cemetery, Kyle
• Plockton Churchyard, Plockton, Inverness-shire
• Rothiemurchus St John's Churchyard, Aviemore, Inverness-shire
• Tenandy Old Churchyard, Killiecrankie, Perthshire

Happy Searching!