Angus headstone collections (Scotland) - photos and inscriptions

These records (from Scottish Monumental Inscriptions) comprise photographs of headstones and memorials with digitized transcribed inscriptions for easy reading.

You can search for these records through the usual 'free search' and 'advance search' facilities on the website. In advance search, you can specifically search under the 'headstone collections' option as well as entering details in other search fields. With all searches, when you find a 'headstone collection' register summary, you can either purchase/download all records (photographs and transcriptions) for an entire cemetery or burial ground or the featured headstone(s) only.

The administrative area of Angus Council is located on the North East coast of Scotland bordered by Dundee to the south, Perth and Kinross to the west and Aberdeenshire immediately north. In this headstone collection, there are 34,000 recorded names available to search, with associated photographs and transcripts of headstones and memorials with digitized transcribed inscriptions. All the burial sites together with the earliest date recorded for any readable headstone are indicated below:

Please note: the Deceased Online database also contains full details for cemeteries and burial sites managed by Angus Council and some of these are included in the sites indicated below. However the data contained in these new records and those managed by Angus Council are not duplicates. You can view the data available for Angus Council here.

With both sets of data, the Deceased Online website now includes records for 85 burial sites through the Angus Council area.

Burial grounds and cemeteries in Angus	Earliest Readable Year
Arbirlot Churchyard, Arbroath *	1757
Barry Parish Churchyard *	1755
Birkhill Cemetery	1891
Bridgefoot Churchyard, Strathmartine	1706
Dun Churchyard and Extension *	1763
Dunnichen Church Cemetery *	1757
Eassie Churchyard and Extension *	1781
Farnell Churchyard and Extension *	1764
Fowlis Easter Church *	1757
Friockheim Cemetery *	1831
Glamis Cemetery	1832
Glamis Churchyard *	1763
Guthrie Churchyard *	1757
Inverarity Church, Forfar *	1762
Inverkeilor Churchyard and Extension *	1755
Kinnell Churchyard *	1754
Kinnettles Churchyard *	1761
Kirkinch Churchyard *	1757
Kirrimuir Old Churchyard	1790
Liff and Benvie Churchyards	1756
Lunan Churchyard *	1786
Mains Churchyard	1813
Maryton Churchyard *	1764
Monikie Old Kirkyard *	1754
Newtyle Church and Cemetery *	1759
Panbride Church Cemetery *	1787
Rossie Island Churchyard and Extension * (Brechin Montrose area)	1759
St Peter St Mary Churchyard, Montrose	1763
St Vigeans Church and Cemetery *	1761
Stracathro Churchyard *	1806
Tealing Churchyard *	1757

The transcriptions have been prepared by a dedicated group of friends, based in Fife, directly from the headstone and memorial photographs they have taken. Many of these headstones are extremely old and weathered, making the inscriptions difficult to read. It is therefore impossible for Scottish Monumental Inscriptions or Deceased Online to guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the transcriptions.

It should also be noted that headstones are memorials and frequently mention relatives and friends who are not buried in that grave. Also in Scotland a married woman is often, but not always, recorded by her maiden name.

For more information on collections and how they can be searched, see the Help page "Collections" under "Searching" in the Help index, or click here.

More specific information about these collections in particular can be found by clicking the "about..." links next to these collections when they are offered in search results.

Note
Deceased Online Ltd has been granted licence by Scottish Monumental Inscriptions to display the indexes for search purposes and to sell the headstone photographs and inscription transcripts. Copyright of these images and transcripts remains with Scottish Monumental Inscriptions.