Graveyard Inventory Feasibility Study: User Questionnaire

Q1a: What sources of information on burial sites in Scotland were you aware of?:
 RCAHMS - National Monuments Record of Scotland - including Betty Willsher Collection, maps, photographic surveys and journals
 Carved Stone Adviser Project - www.scottishgraveyards.org.uk
National Archives of Scotland - e.g. census information, data used for National Burial Index
 Sites and Monuments Records - lists of sites maintained by Local Authority archaeologists
 Bereavement Services Portal - www.bereavement-services.org
 other:

Q1b: What sources of information on burial sites in Scotland have you used?:
RCAHMS - National Monuments Record of Scotland
Carved Stone Adviser Project
National Archives of Scotland
Sites and Monuments Records
Bereavement Services Portal
other:

Q2: Are you aware that no comprehensive database of all post-medieval burial sites in Scotland exists?
Yes:  No:

Q3: Do you agree that users carrying out research in the field require a national inventory?
Yes:  No:

Q4: In what format(s) would you expect to see the Inventory available?:
(you can tick more than one)
CD-Rom - distributed to users at cost
CD-Rom - accessible in libraries and RCAHMS Library etc
Internet based database - accessible from www.scottishgraveyards.org.uk and www.rcahms.gov.uk
Enhanced entries in online RCAHMS database (Canmore) - all applicable sites updated with additional information and searchable using keywords
Paper database - searchable manually in libraries and RCAHMS

Q5: Which site types would you expect to see included in the Inventory?:
(you can tick more than one)
Isolated burials
Covenanters' burial sites
Mausoleums
Mass graves - e.g. plague burials
Listed or significant memorial monuments
Community burial grounds - e.g. churchyards, cemeteries, burial grounds
Private burial grounds - i.e. on Country Estates
War Memorials
Ancient Burial Sites - i.e. pre-Christian and/or pre-medieval
Mort Safes
other:

Q6: Do you think it is important that all your selected site types in Q5 above are searchable separately?
(i.e. mort safes are normally included within the entry for the churchyard in which it is located, rather than listed separately)
Yes:   No:

Q7: Please tick all of the data fields that you think should be included in the Inventory:
Grid reference
Alternative names site known by
Administration area e.g. council and parish
Associated Church
Site size i.e. acreage
Research completed/in-progress
Address of graveyard/cemetery
Bibliography
Surrounding land use
Protection Status i.e. listed/scheduled
Site still in use for new burials
Site owner(s)
Site maintained and by whom
Significant dates i.e. earliest burial or closure
other:

Q8: About you:
This information (which will be kept confidential) will help identify user groups and the expectations they have of the Inventory. It is not compulsory and you may leave this blank if you prefer.
Have you used the NMRS before? Yes:   No:

Sex: Male:   Female:

Age: Under 18:   18-25:   26-35:   36-45:   46-65:   Over 65:

How would you describe your involvment in graveyards?

Your interest (s) in graveyards: Archaeological:   Architectural:   Family History:   Local History:

Thank you for your time.