MIs

Monumental Inscriptions

Parish registers of burials are particularly defective in Scotland and gravestones are often the only death record to survive before compulsory registration began in 1855.

Transcription of remaining gravestones has been carried out in many cemeteries throughout Ayrshire. In Glasgow there appears to have been little transcription done although the Glasgow and West of Scotland Family History Society has published a complete index to St David's Ramshorn Burial Ground.

Researchers should remember that not all families erected headstones, and burial or lair records may have to be searched if available.

Some Local Monumental Inscriptions

These are transcribed here as a result of research by several people looking for specific ancestors. Please send any further details you may have for inclusion in this listing.

Monumental Inscriptions Held at the Local History Library At Ardrossan

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Ardrossan	Ardrossan Cemetery
	Castlehill Burial Ground
Arran	Clauchan Cemetery, Shiskine
	Kilmory Cemetery
	Kilmory New Extension
	Lochranza Cemetery
	Brodick Cemetery
	Lenimore Cemetery
	Sannox Cemetery
	Kilbride Cemetery, Lamlash
	Kilbride Cemetery, New East Extension
	Kilbride Cemetery, New West Extension
Beith	Beith Cemetery
	Auld Kirk Graveyard
	Boy's Brigade hall Cemetery
Cumbrae	Little Cumbrie Burial Ground
	Cathedral of the Isles, Upper cemetery
	Cathedral of the Isles, Lower Cemetery
	Millport Old Cemetery
	Millport Middle Cemetery, Kirkton
Dalry	New Cemetery
	St Margaret's Church Graveyard
	Dalry Cemetery
Dreghorn	Dreghorn Cemetery
	Dreghorn and Perceton Old Parish Church Cemetery
Irvine	Knadgerhill Cemetery
	Old Parish Church Graveyard
	Old Parish Church Graveyard, South East Extension
	Shewalton Cemetery
	Perceton Graveyard
Kilbirnie	Kilbirnie New Cemetery
	Kilbirnie Old Cemetery
	Barany Church Graveyard
Kilwinning	Bridgend Cemetery
	Kilwinning Abbey Graveyard
Largs	Largs Old Parish Churchyard
	Largs Cemetery, Haylie Brae
Saltcoats	North Ayrshire Museum Cemetery
Stevenston	Stevenston New Street Cemetery
	High Kirk Graveyard
	Hawkhill Cemetery
West Kilbride	West Kilbride Cemetery
	Barony Churchyard

Note: Most of the headstones in the North Ayrshire cemeteries have also been photographed.

Also held are the MIs for the following South Ayrshire Cemeteries:

	Coylton
	Craigie
	Crosbie, Troon
	Dundonald and the Dundonald Burial register.
	Kyle Graveyards Culzean, Fairfield, Coodham, St Margaret's Barnwell
	Newton-on-Ayr
	Monkton
	Newton Green, Ayr
	Old Alloway
	Secessionist Graveyard, Ayr
	St Nicholas, Prestwick
	St Quivox
	Symington
	Tarbolton
	Wallacetown, Ayr

Also held are the MIs for the following East Ayrshire Cemeteries (All pre 1855):

	Dunlop
	Fenwick
	Galston
	Loudoun
	Kilmarnock
	Kilmaurs
	Riccarton
	Stewarton

Also held are the MIs for the following Bute Cemeteries (all pre 1855):

	Kingarth
	Rothesay

Published Booklets

The Troon @ Ayrshire Family History Society has published the following books of Monumental Inscriptions:-

Old Alloway, Coylton, Craigie, Crosbie (Troon), Dundonald, Monkton, Newton Green Cemetery (Ayr), Six Kyle graveyards (includes Barnweill, Culzean, Coodham, Fairfield, Newton-on-Ayr and St. Margaret's, John St., Ayr), The Secessionist Graveyard (King St., Ayr), St. Nicholas (Prestwick), St. Quivox, Symington, Wallacetown Cemetery (Ayr), Ayr Auld Kirk.

The Scottish Genealogy Society has published "Pre-1855 Gravestone Inscriptions; an index for Carrick, Ayrshire" edited by Alison Mitchell, and published in Edinburgh in 1988. This covers the parishes of:-

Ballantrae, Barr, Colmonell, Barrhill cemetery, Old Dailly, New Dailly, Girvan, Kirkmichael, Kirkoswald, Crossraguel cemetery, Maybole, Straiton, Patna and Alloway.

The Scottish Genealogy Society also published "Pre-1855 Gravestone Inscriptions in Kilmarnock and Loudoun District" edited by Alistair G. Beattie and Margaret H. Beattie and published in Edinburgh in 1989 (reprint). This covers burial grounds in the parishes of:-

Dunlop, Stewarton, Fenwick, Kilmaurs, Kilmarnock, Riccarton, Galston and Loudoun.