Hi Ron Welcome back and glad to hear you had a good trip. Sutherland at this time of the year especially is always glorious. That is good news that those records are held in Dornoch. Seems odd that I have enquired there so often without being told they are there! Even the chairman of Rogart Heritage Society does not know they are there. Do they keep the records that used to be held by the churches - the old, old lists which show those without stones? Did you ask if they have the mort cloth lists which would have been included in the church records? Does Phillipa have a surname? I noticed also the sad state of many of the stones in Helmsdale - breaking up fast. My own great, great grandfather's stone has now fallen over in Rogart - was okay in 2000 - fallen and broken in two this year. I am having it repaired and replaced but still waiting to hear the cost of this exercise. As you may have heard I am working at present on a new book - a history of St Callan's Kirkyard and all those buried there. It is my intention that this book will bring financial aid to save those stones. I hope it works as I have spent ages researching, photographing and writing this work. If anyone reading this has any little stories about anyone buried there or photographs of people please get in touch. Best wishes Christine Highland Hearts http://www.highlandhearts.com/ -----Original Message----- From: J. Ronald Patrick [mailto:rpatrick@niagara.com] Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 3:25 AM To: SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Cemetery Records Sutherland Christine: A while ago you asked me to let you know if I find them. I'm just back from Sutherland. Great trip and met lost lost relations there and can fix some of my records now. But, to let you know, the cemetery records are kept by the Highland Council office in Dornoch for the whole of Sutherland from what I could tell. Phillippa is the archivist there and her assistant Ray (female) are both immensely helpful. They will haul out the maps of cemeteries to find lairs; go through or let you go through the books kept for each cemetery. They have all the records because all the cemeteries are maintained by the Highland Council workers now. The one shortcoming in that is they dont touch the stones, and I noticed in two years quite a deterioration in many stones in Helmsdale area. If stomes fall over or break, it is up to the family to fix them. Fat chance that is going to happen on 100 year old stones. So, that's the answer to another question! Regards to all and friends, go to Scotland; the bell heather is blooming in the highlands again. Forget the weather worries; I had great weather everywhere I went in Sutherland and Caithness. Glasgow was brutal. Ron "Ancestors Plant Trees to Shelter Future Generations" URL: http://www.geocities.com/rpatrickca really-big-mail to: PO Box 247, 353 William St., Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario Canada L0S 1J0 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.264 / Virus Database: 136 - Release Date: 7/2/01 ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== You may, at times, wish to check out previous messages to this list. You can do this at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/SCT-SUTHERLAND-L/ ============================== Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.263 / Virus Database: 135 - Release Date: 6/22/01 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.263 / Virus Database: 135 - Release Date: 6/22/01