Find your ancestors in Scotland Monumental Inscriptions Index

Search this index of monumental inscriptions and discover your Scottish ancestry. The records provide your ancestor’s burial place and age at the time of death.

In each record, you will be provided with the following facts about your ancestor:

  • Name
  • Alternate last name – in most cases this is a maiden name
  • Age
  • Birth year
  • Death year
  • Burial ground
  • County
  • Country
  • Notes – provides a link to the Scottish monumental inscriptions website where you can, for a small fee, purchase an image of the monument.

The Scotland monumental inscriptions index includes records from 14 Scottish counties including the Isle of Skye and 209 burial grounds. A full list of the burial grounds, organised by county is found in Scotland monumental inscriptions index.