Ancestry Updates Scotland, Burial Monument Inscriptions, 1507-2024

Ancestry has updated this collection, now with over 653,000 records from graveyards across Scotland.

Created by Scottish Monumental Inscriptions, the database typically includes death dates and burial locations, but may also contain birth dates, spousal and children’s names, residences, occupations, and full inscription text. Most entries are from the 19th and 20th centuries, when stone monuments became affordable across all social classes.

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