I have a similar situation regarding Sighthill Cemetery. My ggggf Hugh Stirrat died in 1856. Twenty months before his death, he purchased a family plot at Sighthill for "Hugh Stirrat & Family" for comp 10, class D, graves 102 & 103. I have the original certificate. He appears to have been moderately wealthy (a Burgess & Guild Brother as a Wright, at death "Wright and Builder", had been founder of a carriage building business on Renfield Street and owner of a furniture factory in Anniesland). I assumed he and wife (Janet Baird) were buried there. She died between 1851 and 1856. I have found no death record for her, and no burial record for either of them. In 1996 I visited Sighthill and they provided me with a map of the plot and placed a small orange pylon on it before my visit. They had no record of any burial in that plot, nor of any headstone. At my visit there was no headstone on the plot, nor any family names nearby (but a grand view from the top of a hill). The family must have known of the plot. They kept the certificate and sales receipt and passed them down through 4 generations until I found them 50 years ago in my grandmother's papers. Why no records of burial? Why no stone? Is there actually anyone buried there? If not, where are they? Ken Harrison North Vancouver, Canada -----Original Message----- From: lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Iain McKenzie via Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2016 6:44 AM To: Nivard Ovington; lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Lanark] Emailing: IMG_20160429_0002 In the nineteenth century it was not uncommon for lairs to be owned by undertakers, and those being buried were only provided with one space. This happened at Glasgow Cathedral burial ground. I suppose the prestige gained by being buried at the cathedral exceeded the disadvantage of being under a blank stone, laid horizontally over the lair. As Nivard says, there could be several reasons for there not being a memorial.The lair records should give more information. Iain McKenzie On Sat, Apr 30, 2016 at 10:50 AM, Nivard Ovington via <lanark@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hi Ruth > > I assume you have attached an image to your post? > > If so rootsweb lists do not accept attachments, so you would need to > post it somewhere and send a link to it in another post > > However, there might be many reasons for no surviving stone, there may > have been one and it was damaged, so was removed, there is much of this > happening all over due to health and safety and the fear of litigation > > Or they didn't want one, or they wanted one but it was never enacted by > the person charged with doing it, or the money ran out before it was > ordered/paid for/erected > > And no doubt several other reasons > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 29/04/2016 19:15, ruth.enns via wrote: > > Pray tell me: > > > > WHY would a person have such a GRAND FUNERAL & no stone in Sight hill > > Cemetery researched out by me at Mitchell Library & I wend there > > personally to view GRASS only! > > > > Ruth Enns > > -------------------------------