Jim Lumsden wrote: > Thank you for the information Gavin Bell > The pictures credited to you are GREAT ! > I have been looking for Death records for William Lumsden and his wife Ann > Callum of Stonehaven ~1854. > I have found sequential inscriptions in Alvah cemetery in the area of Banff > that they came from. > Unfortunately there are no dates given. The Stonehaven cemeteries Dunnottar > and Fetteresso have nothing. > Fetteresso cemetery has no listings of names. Is it on a to do list ? Firstly, can I split a hair? In normal usage in Scotland, a "cemetery" is a non-religious burial ground, most of which date from the later 19th century or even the 20th century. All burials earlier than this are liable to have occurred in the burial grounds associated with individual parish churches of the Kirk of Scotland - these are generally called "kirkyards". It is worth making this distinction because, while the situation in the parish of Dunottar is less clear-cut than is sometimes the case (the ancient kirkyard and the more modern cemetery are immediately adjacent), in the parish of Fetteresso the kirkyard and the cemetery are a quarter of a mile distant from each other, and you if ask for the wrong burial ground, you may not get the right information. The memorial inscriptions for Dunottar kirkyard have been recorded and published, but while the MIs for of the ancient kirkyard of Fetteresso have been recorded, they have not been published, because more work is needed on both the plan and on final checking of the text. But ANESFHS members can request lookups in the draft version. > I am trying to get an better idea of just what anesfhs can do for me as a > prospective member. > The burial ground web site was a jaw dropper when I put in my Grandmothers > surname Gerrard in Aberdour. > I now have 4 pages and 46 Gerrard's burials to record. A search on the MI Index certainly gives 46 Gerrard "hits" in Aberdour - but I'm not clear where you get the "4 pages" from. The 46 individuals are distributed among 21 different stones, which appear on 15 different pages in the published MI booklet. The "Index to MI booklets" gives only name and date for each death. For the full details (which are liable to include family relationships, places of residence and occupations) you need to purchase the MI booklet from ANESFHS. This costs the princely sum of GBP 2.25 plus postage, and ANESFHS is able to accept payments in numerous different currencies, including $CAN. Gavin Bell