Hi all, Earlier this week, I spent a day at the archives of A. K. Bell Library in Perth looking through the burial registers for the town from 1794 to 1863, specifically for the surnames Paton, Patan and Patton, and I have transcribed every entry on these names for this period. The registers are a fantastic resource, often listing relatives, causes of death, dates of death and burial, as well as cost of the coffin or cloth used. If anyone would like me to do a look up on these names, I will gladly check if they were listed. For those researching other names, the registers are well worth a look. The one thing they don't contain are the lair numbers, but I think these can be obtained at the council's offices at Pullar House. Perth's original burial ground was Greyfriars, but in the late 1840s Wellshill took over - there was a brief period in which burials continued in both cemeteries, before Greyfriars was finally closed for burials. The following are the accession numbers for the registers, and a summary of the info they contain. Each volume has a fully comprehensive name index: PE1/20/1: burials in Greyfriars from 1794 - 1824 Listing name of deceased, related partner or father, date of death, date of burial, age at time of death, and cause of death. PE1/20/2: burials in Greyfriars from 1824 - 1844 Listing same as previous. PE1/20/3A: burials in Greyfriars from 1844 - 1847 Listing name of deceased, related partner or father, occupation, birthplace, residence at time of death, age at time of death, date of death, date of burial, cause of death, type of coffin purchased and its cost, and whether the grave had to be dug deeper at an additional cost. PE1/20/3B: burials in Greyfriars from 1847 - 1848 Listing same as previous PE1/20/3C: burials in Greyfriars from 1848 - 1849 Listing same as previous PE1/20/3D: burials in Greyfriars and Wellshill from 1849 - 1855 LIsting name of deceased, related partner or father, occupation, where born, residence at time of death, age at time of death, cause, date of death, date of burial, cemetery in which buried, type of coffin purchased and cost. PE1/20/4: burials in Greyfriars and Wellshill from 1855 - 1863 (With civil death registration having commenced in 1855, these registers are the least useful, concentrating mainly on the burial details) Listing name of deceased, date of death, date (and time) of burial, cemetery in which buried, type of coffin and cost. Chris