Dear Meg, Try Edinburgh - Sighthill and/or Piershill. Caroline Velzian Donaghy ----- Original Message ----- From: Meg Greenwood <finn@ionet.net> To: <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 30, 1999 23:39 Subject: [ORKNEY] Location of Sightbill Cemetery please > My GGfather was William HALCROW. He was born in Orphir in 1856. His > headstone says : > > In Loving Memory of my Dear Husband, WILLIAM HALCROW who died 10th May, > 1911. Aged 54 years. Interred in Sightbill Cemetery. 111 Petershill > Road. Isabel Halcrow. > > I am asking if this refers to the possible fact he is not buried at the > same location as this headstone. I do not know the location of the > headstone,in fact, I am not even sure this is really what the real > marker says - this is a copy of what looks like a 3" x 4" card with > decorative scripts included in the research done by an Orkney researcher > in 1985. The above words are listed on it, the 'back' reveals a > touching poem about a light being gone and a vacancy left in the home > because of his passing. > > Was this a Funeral Card ? Our family always thought that this 3" x 4" > black and white copy with a small one-eighth inch black border was the > image of the headstone or grave marker. Isabel HALCROW was his wife, > maiden surname WILSON from Stromness. Is Sightbill Cemetery near Orphir > ? Family rumor says it was in Glasgow. We never knew he traveled > there, but it is possible. > > Suggestions welcomed - Meg Greenwood / Oklahoma < finn@ionet.net > > >