St. Joseph's RC Cemetery, Airdrie
The Records.....
The books I am transcribing are property of North Lanarkshire Council Archives. My project is to transcribe the details contained in these books into and Excel Spreadsheet, making those details searchable. Each books page is numbered as is each entry. I can identify the page and entry number of any of the internments and give you the details. If you want a copy of the page, or just the specific entry, it must be done by contacting the North Lanarkshire Archives direct. There will be a small fee for this service. Please do not ask me for copies of the images from the lair books. Photgraphs of the headstones are free and Im happy to send them to you.
First Lair Book
1860 to 1900
NLC Reference Number: UN/2/26
This book refers to all burials at the cemetery.
This book contains the details of 8,601 people in 240 pages. Each pages roughly averages 37 entries per page.
The first burial was that of 66 year old Nancy Doren, from Whiterigg. She was buried on 1 February 1860.
In the book there are the records of 245 still born children. A further 4,346 children under the age of 15 are also recorded.
There were also 417 Poorhouse deaths.
The last burial in the book was that of 57 year old James McGuire who was buried on the 16th of April 1900. This part of the book is damaged so there is not address for James.
Gravediggers Book
1939 to 1970
NLC Reference Number N/A
This book is kept on site. It refers to new plots and contains the details of all internments in each of the plots
This book is kept in the gravediggers office on site.
It is a book detailing new plots and each plot record is subsequently updated with other members of the family or friends, up to as late as 1980.
The first enrty was made 18th January 1939 and was a Mary Boyle aged 57.
I am also working on this book. So far I have completed 19 pages
Railway Plots
1900 to 1955
NLC Reference Number UN/2/24
This book refers to all burials conducted at the "Railway Plots".
This book contains the internments for the railway plots section of the cemetery only.
The first burial recorded in the book was that of 2 year old Annie Naylis from Avonhead on the 5th of April 1900.
Each page averages 32 entries.
This book is the one I'm working on at present. So far I have completed 65 pages.
Headstones
Database of 5,484 internments taken from 2,646 headstone photographs
I am working on this database with the intention of matching the photographs to each plot and then matching those photographs with the book records.
This part of the project is some way off, but the present photo database is searchable and the photographs are available to those that want them. Thers is no charge for these phtographs and they will be sent to you via email.