Ancestry adds Aberdeenshire memorial inscription booklets index

Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) has added the following collection:

Aberdeen and North-East Scotland, Index to Memorial Inscription Booklets, 1500-2021

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/63013/

This collection contains burial records from Aberdeen and North-East Scotland between the years 1500 and 2021. Most records are in English.

Using this collection

Records in the collection may include the following information:

• Name
• Burial date
• Burial place
• Burial location
• Birth date

Burial records often contain important vital information that can be used to confirm when and where your ancestor died. Keep in mind that while some records may include the date of death, the dates referenced in most burial records will be the date of burial, not the exact death date. However, the date of burial is often very close to the death date as most burials occur within about a week of a person's death.

If you know the location where your ancestor died, it may be useful to search both where they died and their burial location.

Collection in context

The records in this collection were created by Aberdeen & North-East Scotland Family History Society for the purpose of preserving an index of memorial inscriptions. The burial records are a secondary historical source that are housed by the Aberdeen & North-East Scotland Family History Society website.

Chris

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