Compiled back in 1958 by John Fowler Mitchell, this research now sees the
light of day thanks to his son and the Scottish Genealogy Society. This is the
fourth volume in a series of pre-1855 monumental inscriptions in the City of
Edinburgh, includes a list of inscriptions from the Greyfriars Burial Ground.
From 1855 compulsory registration has been in force in Scotland, and records
are maintained by the Registrar General of all births, marriage and deaths in
the county. Post-1855 inscriptions have been recorded here if they mention a
surname appearing also on an adjacent pre-1855 stone, and for some of the
smaller burial grounds, all inscriptions have been recorded.
It lists over 600 monuments and about 2500 names mentioned in this
volume, although this represents only a fraction of the much larger burials, as
few families could afford the cost of a stone monument in the 18th and 19th
centuries. Fortunately full records of the burials have been kept and are
available in a number of libraries as well as having been microfilmed by the
LDS.
Contents:
Foreword
Abbreviations
Notes
Monumental Inscriptions
- 1 Division
- 2 Dividion
- 3 Division
- 4 Division
- 5 Division
- 6 Division
- 7 Division
- 8 Division
- 9 Division
- 10 Division
- 11 Division
- 12 Division
- 13 Division
- Index of Surnames
- Index of Places
- Index of Titles, Ranks and Professions
- Index of Military Units
