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Record: Montrose Terrace branch office funeral day books (FRAS 919)

Title: Montrose Terrace branch office funeral day books
Date: 1892-1961
Reference: FRAS 919
Former reference: HF 92/2  
Physical description: 4 volumes  
Origination Paulin & Dunbar Ltd
W T Dunbar & Sons Ltd

Scope and content:

The day books contain details of individual orders for funerals. Details recorded include date, name and address or person paying for funeral, name and age of deceased and details of hearse, coffin, shroud, stationery and funeral dues.

Additional information:

A series of indexes to these day books was maintained separately (ref: FRAS 918).

System of arrangement: The orders are in chronological order.

Record type: Order books

Function: Financial accounting

Records held within this series:

Title: Montrose Terrace branch office funeral day book
Date: June 1892-June 1910
Reference: FRAS 919/1
Former reference: HF 92/2/2  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination Paulin & Dunbar Ltd
W T Dunbar & Sons Ltd

Title: Montrose Terrace branch office funeral day book
Date: July 1910-March 1920
Reference: FRAS 919/2
Former reference: HF 92/2/3  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination W T Dunbar & Sons Ltd

Title: Montrose Terrace branch office funeral day book
Date: March 1920-March 1941
Reference: FRAS 919/3
Former reference: HF 92/2/4  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination W T Dunbar & Sons Ltd

Some lists of outstanding funeral accounts, 1920-1928 (ref: FRAS 920), were found loose inside this order book.

Records linked to this file:

Title: Lists of outstanding funeral accounts
Date: 1920-1928
Reference: FRAS 920
Company: W T Dunbar & Sons Ltd    
Connection: These lists were found loose inside the day book.

Title: Montrose Terrace branch office funeral day book
Date: April 1941-March 1961
Reference: FRAS 919/4
Former reference: HF 92/2/5  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination W T Dunbar & Sons Ltd

Records related to this series:

Title: Indexes to Montrose Terrace branch office funeral day books
Date: 1902-1961
Reference: FRAS 918
Company: Paulin & Dunbar   W T Dunbar & Sons Ltd    
Connection:

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