Dear John, My Dunlop family all originated in Neilston, and I have a friend who lives in Barrhead and has looked at the churchyard for me, and he says that very few gravestones are legible. Jeanette. ---- John Carswell <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Irene, > > Thank you for your welcome information on church burials > . The fact that there was not a headstone erected in many cases leads me to > think that there may have been a burial plan of the churchyard for the > sextons to follow otherwise it may have been chaos ?. > > I have two great uncles who left estates in 1878/9 of > over 3000 pounds & 791 pounds respectively who do not appear to have > gravestones in Neilston so it must not only be a financial choice. > > All the best , > > John Carswell Australia. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 12:51 AM > Subject: Re: [SCT-RENFREW] Renfrewshire Burial Customs > > > > > > In a message dated 15/10/2006 21:56:20 GMT Daylight Time, > > [email protected] writes: > > > > Could anyone shed some light on the burial customs on the 1700 & 1800's > > in > > Renfrewshire. Many Carswells farmed & died in the Neilston district during > > this period but only a very few Carswell gravestones are found in the > > Neilston > > churchyard. Were they likely to be buried there without headstones or > > buried > > on their farms as can be the custom in rural Australia ?. > > > > > > > > Hi John > > > > Burials would take place in the churchyard ..with the possible exception > > of > > a few families with very large estates ...burials did not take place on > > private land. Many burials did not have a marker of any sort. Some may > > have been > > marked with wood but these did not survive. Even those headstones which > > were > > erected did not always survive in a good enough condition to be legible to > > 20th century transcribers. Even today burials take place and headstones > > are not > > erected ...they cost money in the past and they cost money now! <g> > > > > Irene > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message