Aberdeenshire Council

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Harlaw Way,
Inverurie,
AB51 4SG
https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/communities-and-events/bereavement/burial-grounds/

Aberdeenshire Council is the local authority responsible for Scotland's 4th largest region by size and 6th largest by population. Although located within the borders of Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen City is a separate authority with its own council. Aberdeenshire is the only Scottish council to have its offices not located within in its own administration area.

Aberdeenshire Council manages some 200 burial grounds and cemeteries, of varying sizes, spread over 2,439 square miles, and Deceased Online has digitised all records available for each of these. There are over 250,000 individual names or burials representing over 600,000 records. Some of the registers feature great details such as occupations or status together with the usual range of names, addresses, dates of burial, grave references etc.

The full list of sites is indicated at the bottom of this page. In most instances, the records comprise:

Digital scans of burial, mortality or lair (grave) registers
Lair details indicating all those buried within each lair
The following will be added in due course:
Maps indicating the section of a cemetery or burial ground where lairs are located
Photographs of a small number of the memorials

The earliest records date back to 1615 and the latest are for 2010. There are many interesting records in the area.
There are celebrated individuals such as Queen Victoria's friend and personal servant, John Brown, and the first Scottish men's singles Wimbledon champion Herbert Fortescue Lawford.

The data collection is very diverse and the North Sea and coastal areas have claimed many victims. Tragically, many of these older records have Unknown bodies and some even feature various anonymous body parts.

Full List of available sites:

Aboyne
Alford
Alvah
Arbuthnott (New)
Auchindoir (New)
Auchindoir, Kearn
Auchterless
Balmoor
Banchory Devenick
Banchory Ternan
Banff
Barthol Chapel (New)
Barthol Chapel (Old)
Belhelvie (Ext)
Belhelvie (New)
Belhelvie (Old)
Benholm (Churchyard)
Benholm Johnshaven
Bervie
Bervie Kirkburn (Old)
Birse
Blairdaff
Bourtie
Boyndie
Braemar
Cairnbulg, Inverallochy
Cairnie
Cairnie, Ruthven
Clatt (inc ext)
Cluny
Corgarff (Old and New)
Coull
Cowie
Crathie
Crathie, Glengairn, Glenmuick, Tullich
Crimond
Cruden
Culsalmond
Daviot
Doune Kirk
Doune Kirk, MacDuff
Doune Kirk, MacDuff, Boyndie (Old)
Drumblade (New)
Drumoak
Dunbennan, Kinnoir
Dunnottar
Durris
Echt
Ellon
Fetterangus
Fettercairn
Fetteresso
Fetternear
Fintray (Hatton of)
Fintray (St Giles)
Fintray (St Meddens)
Finzean
Fordoun
Forglen
Forgue
Foveran
Foveran (Churchyard)
Fyvie
Gamrie
Garioch, Old Logie
Gartly
Garvock
Glenbervie
Glenbuchat
Holyrood
Huntly (New)
Huntly (Old)
Insch
Inverurie (Bass)
Inverurie (New)
Keig
Keithhall, Kinkell, Monkegy
Kemnay
Kennethmont
Kildrummy
Kincardine O'Neil
King Edward
Kinneff
Kinnellar
Kinnior
Kintore
Kirkton, Fraserburgh
Laurencekirk
Leochel Cushnie (Old)
Leslie
Logie-Buchan
Logie, Coldstone, Migvie
Longside
Lonmay
Lumphanan
Marnoch
Maryculter
Marykirk
Methlick (Churchyard)
Midmar, Kinnernie
Millbrex
Monquhitter
Monymusk
Myrus
New Aberdour
New Byth
New Deer
New Pitsligo (Turlundie)
Newmachar
Old Deer
Oldmeldrum
Oyne
Peathill
Peterhead Constitution Street
Peterhead Grange
Peterhead Old, St Peters
Portlethen (Churchyard, Ext)
Portlethen (Old)
Portsoy
Premnay
Rathen
Rattray
Rayne
Rhynie, Essie
Ruthven
Savoch
Skene
Skene (Churchyard)
Slains
St Cyrus
St Fergus (New)
St Machar's Glentanar
Strachan
Strathdon
Strichen
Strichen (Old)
Tarland
Tarves (Churchyard)
Torphins
Tough
Towie
Tullynessle
Tullynessle, Forbes
Turriff
Tyrie
Tyrie (Old)
Udny (2007 Ext)
Udny (Churchyard)
Wallakirk, Glass
Ythanwells

Note: For the purposes of the UK Data Protection Act, the names and addresses of funeral applicants, where they have been recorded, for burials during the last 75 years have been withheld from publication, and addresses of the deceased are masked in burial register scans for the last 15 years.