Unmarked graves at Glasgow Necropolis indexed

I have been informed by Glasgow and West of Scotland Family History Society that Morag Fyfe and the Friends of the Glasgow Necropolis (www.glasgownecropolis.org) have completed an index to the 26,856 individuals buried in unmarked common graves at this cemetery in Glasgow. 

For a background to the project visit https://www.glasgownecropolis.org/the-unmarked-graves-in-the-glasgow-necropolis/. From what I can see, the database is not freely available, but there is a research service, details of which are at https://www.glasgownecropolis.org/research-assistance/. 

Some stories from the unmarked graves have been included in the group's journal, Grave Matters, available via https://www.glasgownecropolis.org/grave-matters/. 

(With thanks to Murray Archer at GWSFHS)

Chris

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Friends of Maryhill Road Graveyard group formally established

A new Friends of Maryhill Road Graveyard group has been formally established to help preserve the site in Glasgow, following a public meeting in January to gauge interest (see http://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2023/01/new-friends-of-maryhill-road-graveyard.html). The site is close to Maryhill train station, by the site of Maryhill Old Parish Church, and was originally donated to the public in 1826 by Lilias Graham, daughter of Mary Hill, and owner of the Gairbraid Estate.

For more on the story visit https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/23445728.locked-forgotten-glasgow-group-takes-historic-graveyard/.

Chris 

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