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Friends of Dundee City Archives is an organisation, established in 1989, which supports the work of the Archivists in Dundee, they now have an online database of some 80,000 burial records for both the new and old Howff.

Nine trades of Dundee The Nine Incorporated Trades of Dundee. Describing the trades and history up to the present day.

Photopolis Dundee Central libraries online photographic collection of old Dundee.

Dundee Howff Conservation Group Home page for the Howff conservation group.

Abertay Historical Society promotes interest in the history of Dundee, Angus, Fife & Perthshire.

Diggingup1800 A blog and website about body snatching, worth a visit, if you dare! 

National Library of Scotland A superb resource and worth a visit.

The Cemetery Club - is first and foremost a free resource for people who appreciate cemeteries.

Genealogysites.net Contains over 50,000 genealogy links.

Dundee Central Library Local History section, this is where the Lamb collection is kept, along with a card index of the city archives. A terrific resource and recommended for anyone locally.

Robert Reinhardt - Rest in Pixels Some superb photographs from cemeteries around the world including the Howff.

Tay Valley Family History Society A great resource for information with regards to genealogy for the Perthshire, Angus, Fife and Kinross area.

Dundee Parish Church (St. Mary's) An interesting site with lots of information both recent and historical about St Marys church.

Gravestone Photographic Resource Project

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet

GravestonesHQ The definitive guide to choosing a gravestone.

http://www.monikie.org.uk/ A local site which has photographs and transcriptions from Fisher Street burial ground in Broughty Ferry, Dundee.

Due to the repetitive nature of tombstone inscriptions we decided to develop a quick shorthand system, I've seen similar and more complex systems in the past. So have been basically making up my own as I go along. When I started working on this site, I decided to try and keep the online inscriptions as close to the originals as possible, in layout and in content.

So as an example I have below a copy of the text that was written down for the inscription on the right hand side, the layout can also be compared the the photograph at the top.

1829/E/B/JOHN FENTON/Farmer at Logie, and/ELIZABETH SWARD/ his spouse/IMO their S/DAVID/WD 6th November 1827/A27Y/Also their D/AGNES/D 6th February 1859/TA/ELIZABETH SWARD/D 1st April 1859 A84Y/And TA/JOHN FENTON/D Lawside 15th Decr 1859/At the same age

Below I've made a list of some of the more common lettering I use.

/ = New line

IMO = In memory of

D = died or daughter depending on context

WDTL = Who departed this life

WDIN = who died in infancy

F = Father

S = Son

B = Brother

A??Y = Aged ?? Years

TAM = The above mentioned

There are many others that can be used, I seem to make up more as I go along. Below I have a copy of the same inscription from an excellent reference book I have been using, Angus Memorial Inscriptions Volume 4, and have found it invaluable. Details are on the resources page.

1829. John Fenton fr Logie & w Eliz Sward imo s David 6.11.1827 27.Above John Fenton d Lawside 15.12.1859 84, w Eliz Sward 1.4.1859 84, da Agnes Agnes 6.2.1859

 1829

Erected

by

JOHN FENTON

Farmer at Logie, and

ELIZABETH SWARD

his spouse,

In memory of their son

DAVID

who died 6th November 1827,

Aged 27 years.

Also their daughter

AGNES Died 6th February 1859

The above

ELIZABETH SWARD

Died 1st April 1859 aged 84 years

And the above

JOHN FENTON

died Lawside 15th Dec'r 1859

At the same age

"Angus, Dundee & Broughty Ferry Monumental inscriptions pre 1855", published by The Scottish Genealogy Society 1995  Edited by Alison Mitchell  ISBN 0 901061 25 5

"Witches Blood" by William Blain. It is a fictional story about the English family of Dundee from the 15th century through to the 19th century. It has a lot of interesting detail about the history of Dundee and is highly recommended. ISBN 0 552 14979 9

"The Howff - A Guide to an Old Graveyard" by Nancy Davey published by Dundee Art Galleries & Museums.  ISBN 0 900344 56 3

Dundee Central Library, local studies section, many thanks to David Kett and staff.

Dundee City Archives, thanks go to Iain Flett the City Archivist and staff.

"Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions Chiefly in Scotland" (1834 reprint and update of An Theatre of Mortaility 1704) Robert Monteith

"Memorials of Angus & Mearns: An Account Historical, Antiquarian and Traditionary"
Andrew Jervise, ed & corr by James Gammack, 1885

The following inscriptions have details taken from c1880 Guide to Howff Tombstones By A.C. Lamb & ; The History of Dundee 1847 by James Thomson and are reproduced with kind permission of Dundee City Archives 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 14, 15, 19, 22-24, 31, 32, 34-37, 63, 66, 71, 81, 85, 93, 99, 101, 107, 112, 117, 119, 120, 135, 138, 140, 142, 155, 156, 167, 168, 174, 187, 188, 192, 194, 197, 205, 210, 227, 244, 245, 262, 264, 271, 278, 315, 328, 335, 361, 379, 383, 419, 421, 435-437, 444, 454, 461, 481, 546, 548, 551, 560, 587, 588, 590, 613, 622, 631, 632, 638, 667, 684-686, 694, 695, 705, 715, 723-726, 736, 810-812, 819, 896, 897, 973, 978, 992.

The following headstone inscriptions were obtained from R. Monteiths Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions Chiefly in Scotland 3, 6, 19, 34-36, 63, 65, 68, 80, 85, 100, 107, 117, 130, 172, 192, 202, 214, 303, 317, 432, 435, 461, 561, 622, 634, 638, 684, 708, 816, 992, 1213, 1215, 1452-1479.

Codes used on some pages:

1 or DD, Dundee Delineated.

2 or RT: Register of Tombs and Monuments in Dundee Burial Ground, 1832. (Reproduced with kind permission of Dundee City Archive).

3: Eminent Burgesses of Dundee.

4: Dundee Celebrities of the 19th Century.