Who Do You Think You Are?

INTERMENT REGISTER, 1940

The first column reveals the deceased's name and the number of the burial in the register, here 43710.  The precise date of burial can help you to locate the record of death from a few days earlier on the site ScotlandsPeople (). In the burials column you will find the compartment and the number noted, within which your deceased relation was interred.  The deceased's age is noted, which can also help you to locate a birth record via ScotlaridsPeople.  The inclusion of the depth  The undertaker's firm is listed as well as a number from the corresponding lair book, which may list additional burials in the same plot.

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