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Burial Administration Service

East Ayrshire's Bereavement Services are located at Western Road, Kilmarnock, KA3 1LL. The main purpose of the service is to administer current burials - so staff may not have time to search records immediately for family history researchers. There is a cost for searching public records per hour or part thereof although the first 15 minutes are free.

For further information, to make an appointment, or to request a search please telephone (01563) 554775 or (01563) 5547776, or e-mail bereavementservices@east-ayrshire.gov.uk

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Note - the records held by the Burial Administration Service are fairly patchy and some have major gaps in coverage - therefore the start dates below are for guidance only. The inclusion of a town in the list below does not mean that East Ayrshire Council holds burial records for all the cemeteries/churchyards in the town. The records held for most of the towns are kept up to the present day. Some of the records are indexed - but normally you will need a date of death if you request a search in the records. If an entry is found it usually includes details of everyone buried in the grave, when they died, and their age at death.

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