Historical Research

Historical Database

This database contains a record of every burial that has taken place in Woodside Cemetery since the first burial on 30th August 1845. However, if you require any information regarding burials that have taken place within the last 50 years please contact the office at: Memoria@paisleywoodside.co.uk

Before you start try to find out the name of the person, the date of death and the last known address.

Woodside burial registers are arranged by the date of death, so you need to know when a person died to start looking through them. If you do not know the date of death, you should obtain a copy of the death certificate. The registers vary in the amount of detail but will always include the name of the deceased and the lair number, compartment number and certificate number.

Copies of death certificates can be obtained by contacting The Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages at the address given below. If you are unsure where to start looking, you may find clues in newspaper death notices and obituaries.

Deaths / burials of married women can be referred to in various ways in registers of births, deaths and marriages:

• by their married name, which is unusual in Scottish records outside the census
• by their maiden name, for example "Mary Murray"
• merely as Mrs with no first name given for example "Mrs Easton", or as Mrs using the husband's name for example "Mrs William Hackney"
• simply as someone's wife for example "James Murray's wife".

Lair registers will generally give the lair owners details as well as details of all the interments. Once you have obtained a certificate number, you can use the lair registers to find out who else is buried in the lair. Please note that there may be restrictions on access to the lair registers under the Data Protection Act.

Please note: when the date of death is recorded as 01.01.1845 this means that there is no date of death recorded in the records.