Frequently Asked Questions

The questions are arranged according to topic. The topics follow their order in the main menu and quick links. Home Page. Services. Registering. Searching. Tributes and More. About Us. Objectives. Research. The Profile. Invitations. Timelines. Funding the Project.

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Services

Question. (D L, Dingwall)

Have you thought you might usefully be a place where families could announce the death of a loved one and notify the funeral arrangements.

Answer. Yes. It is something we could do. We feel there is potentially a demand for such a service given the ever-diminishing circulation figures of national and local papers people used to rely on for this. But in the absence of a patron coming forward to back it we will concentrate on Memories until we are financially comfortable.

Registering

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Searching

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Tributes and More

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About Us

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Objectives

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Research

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The Profile

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Invitations

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Timelines

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Funding the Project

Questions (P L M, Inverness)

Question. In Funding the Project you say Milestones is not aiming for profit. What does that mean?

Answer. Milestones is not a money-making venture. We want to generate enough income to pay our running costs, to refund advances received from supporters to set up the project and to offer payment to those presently volunteering. When that’s done and improvements suggested by our customers carried out monies not required – the bonus income – we plan to share out amongst good causes.

Question. What good causes will benefit from the bonus income ?

Answer. On starting with Milestones each of our volunteer team members nominated a good cause they want to see supported when the project makes a profit. Sustainers are invited to do so too. The list of Good Causes would be circulated to customers regularly. They include Age Scotland, Amnesty, British Red Cross, Macmillan Cancer Support, MSF, Parkinson’s UK, WaterAid. Distribution will be at the discretion of the board at Annual General Meeting.

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OLD HOMEPAGE CONTENT – 21/04/26

Welcome to Milestones Scotland

Milestones is for individuals and families who have someone they want to remember.

Milestones for Family Memories. Milestones offers every family in Scotland the opportunity to place their appreciation of a loved one on permanent record whether their death was recent, just a while back, or long ago.

Milestones for Tributes. We welcome Eulogies, Obituaries, Appreciations from family, colleagues, friends.

Milestones for Recollections. Milestones offers the opportunity to recall and celebrate the lives not only of family members and ancestors but of other people too. Such as colleagues at work, friends sharing an interest, or met on holiday, an admired individual from the past, be they unassuming souls or characters prominent in their time, now all but forgotten.

Milestones Memories Register is the platform we provide, where you will find, in the subject’s Profile, all the information we have about the person.

How we go about fulfilling our Objectives is outlined in the next main menu topic, Services. The following three topics expand on how to go about registering, searching and adding tributes. Further information is available in quick links.

Do you have a family member or someone else you admire who was ‘remarkable but unremarked’ who ‘led a life unsung’ or who does not deserve to drift into obscurity? Perhaps someone like Reginald W D Gilbertson, or Mora Munro,

You do not need to be a relative to register a Brief Profile of a person you feel should be remembered. See Mary McDonald or John P Mackintosh.

To check whether the person who you are interested in has already been registered with us consult the index.
To create a new entry (the 300 word Brief Profile) go to Registering where you will find the form you need and guidance for its completion.
In Tributes Explained you’ll find how these, and Notices, should be submitted.
and about what we call Agreed Content.
Find out more about Appreciations here.

There is no charge for Registration of your Brief Profile but you will be asked later, on your enhancing it, if you wish to make a one-off or a regular sustaining donation. Options will be suggested in our email advising you of your UMR (Unique Milestones Reference) and at the foot of the Enhance the Profile form. See also Funding the Project.)

If you have questions you may find them answered in FAQs. But if not please email us at: contact@milestonesscotland.co.uk, or use our Contact form.