SANDRA DENISE DUNBAR wrote: > Jim > > There is a cemetery in Fetteresso in the old parish Churchyard of which 500 > of the graves have headstones that were published in the Booklet > "Kincardineshire The Mearns" Monumental Inscriptions pre 1855 edited by > Alison Mitchell. That's a little misleading. There certainly is an old Kirkyard at Fetteresso, but there is also a quite separate Cemetery at Fetteresso, about a quarter of a mile away. The pre-1855 MIs for the Kirkyard were, indeed, published by the Scottish Genealogy Society, but ANESFHS has also recorded all MIs, regardless of date, for this kirkyard. These have not yet been published, as some editorial work remains to be done, but ANESFHS members can request lookups. > ... > The book states the Lair books may be examined by application to the > Director of Environmental Health, Kincardine & Deerside District > Council, Stonehaven. What the book does not state is that the earliest lair records date from 1902, which means that they almost certainly refer to the Cemetery, not the Kirkyard, and will not mention William Lumsden. Gavin Bell