Thank you Gavin, I will definitely be armed with as much concise information for this trip and after the response from this list I am already more the wiser and cannot wait to visit. I must acknowledge the work that people such as yourself do with the indexing of inscriptions which is so helpful for people all over the world interested in their family history. You do a wonderful job. Thank you Rhonda -----Original Message----- From: aberdeen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aberdeen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Gavin Bell Sent: Tuesday, 8 October 2013 10:54 PM To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Yule -visit to Aberdeen On 08/10/2013 10:01, Rhonda Ross wrote: > ... > > I had not thought of going to the Aberdeen & NE Scotland Family History > Society but would consider that given my Great Grandfather William Yule is > mentioned in many newspaper articles in the 1880's as a magistrate and > draper from Duke Street Huntly. He has been a mysterious character during my > research and would dearly love to discover more about him. The family did > end up in London so will spend some time there also. > > ... > > From what you have said it would be more time effective to hire a car for a > short time though I must say I do enjoy doing the public transport thing. > May be hire for a day or so and do the cemetery's. Even WITH a car you might be struggling to cover the burial grounds in your target parishes in a day - particularly if you haven't previously established where they are and what they are called! The parish of Huntly, for example, does not contain a kirkyard called "Huntly" (although there are two ancient kirkyards within the parish). You are also unlikely to find many ancestors if you simply turn up and start walking round. Which is why ANESFHS has, since we started up, been working at recording and indexing the inscriptions of as many of the Northeast's 300-plus burial grounds as possible. Of the parishes you mention, we have published a booklet of Memorial Inscriptions for Monymusk and all persons mentioned in the inscriptions there (and in all the other burial grounds we have published) will be found in the Index at: http://www.anesfhs.org.uk/databank/miindex/miindex.php The 2 burial grounds in the parish of Huntly were published independently, so are not included in the Online Index, but you would be able to consult them (or buy copies!) at the ANESFHS centre in King Street, where you will also find a set of unpublished MIs for Forgue. Gavin Bell MI Index Co-ordinator ANESFHS ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message