Record:
Morningside Road branch office funeral day books (FRAS 926)
Title: Morningside Road branch office funeral day books
Date: 1907-1957
Reference: FRAS
926
Former reference: HF 92/1
Physical description: 2 volumes
Origination:
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 dues.
Additional information:
The orders in these branch office funeral day books were copied into the head office funeral day books (ref: FRAS 906).
System of arrangement: The orders are in chronological order.
Record type: Order books
Function: Financial accounting
Records held within this series:
Title: Branch funeral day book
Date: May
1907-January 1926
Reference: FRAS 926/1
Former reference: HF 92/1/23
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination:
W T Dunbar & Sons
Ltd
Scope and content:
At the back of the volume is a table of monthly sales totals, 1910-1924.
Title: Branch funeral day book
Date: February
1926-March 1957
Reference: FRAS 926/2
Former reference: HF 92/1/25
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination:
W T Dunbar & Sons
Ltd
Scope and content:
There is an index of names of the deceased in the front of the volume.
Records related to this series:
Title: Head office funeral day books
Date: 1882-1951
Reference: FRAS 906
Company:
Paulin & Dunbar
W T Dunbar & Sons Ltd
Connection: The orders in the branch office funeral day books were copied into the head
office funeral day books.
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