Elie Churchyard, High Street, Elie (grid ref. NO 492001, GPS: 56.190563 -2.820748):

• The pre-1855 monumental inscriptions are listed in "Fifeshire Monumental Inscriptions (pre-1855) vol. 1 South east parishes" by John Fowler Mitchell & Sheila Mitchell, published by the Scottish Genealogy Society. ISBN 0901061948
• Another listing has been published by the Fife Family History Society in their Publication 18, Monumental Inscriptions.
• Transcripts of many of the older stones were made by Erskine Beveridge in the 1890s. They are included in Publication 37, Monumental Notes by Erskine Beveridge and Robert Monteith, published by the Fife Family History Society.
• Fife Family History Society have also produced Publication 39, Elie Churchyard Monumental Inscriptions which contains a listing of the inscriptions on the stones, together with notes made by Erskine Beveridge in 1894, and some made by James Clark, the gravedigger. There are also listings of the names on the war memorial; and others which were recorded in the Minute Book of the Anstruther Mortsafe Society, 1830-1874, held by the Special Collections Dept. of St Andrews University Library.
• Some stones are recorded in Graveyard Monuments in East, North and Central Fife, John di Folco, published in Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1969-70, vol. 102, pages 205-236, which deals largely with stones dated pre-1707. It can be downloaded from ARCHway.
• The current lair registers (dating from 1866) are administered by Fife Council, Bereavement Services East, County Buildings, St Catherine Street, Cupar, KY15 4TA. Tel. 01334 659336. Fax 01334 412896.
• A CD with photographs of the stones and transcriptions is available from Scottish Monumental Inscriptions or from The Parish Chest.
• War graves can be seen at the Scottish Wargraves Project and war memorials can be seen at the Scottish War Memorials Project.
• There are photographs and transcriptions of Elie and Earlsferry war memorials. The site also includes biographical details of the personnel.

The cemeteries page has a list of all Council-maintained burial places, and a few private ones. Records for cemeteries currently in use are held by various Fife Council offices. There are also a few older records held by Fife Council Archives. Details of all cemeteries and their records are given on the parish pages.

There are 2 crematoria in Fife - Kirkcaldy (opened in 1959) and Dunfermline (opened in 1973). Details on the parish pages. The crematoria at Dundee (opened in 1936) and at Perth (opened in 1962) are used by residents in north Fife.

The Scottish Genealogy Society has published three volumes of pre-1855 monumental inscription listings for Fife.

• "Fifeshire Monumental Inscriptions (pre-1855) vol. 1 South east parishes"
  John Fowler Mitchell & Sheila Mitchell
  ISBN 0901061948
• "Fifeshire Monumental Inscriptions (pre-1855) vol. 2 The western parishes"
  John Fowler Mitchell & Sheila Mitchell
  ISBN 0901061972
• Fifeshire Monumental Inscriptions (pre-1855) vol. 3 The north east parishes
  John Fowler Mitchell & Sheila Mitchell
  ISBN 0901061999

The older edition, in 2 volumes, "Monumental inscriptions (pre-1855) in West Fife" and "Monumental inscriptions (pre-1855) in East Fife", is available on microfilm at LDS Family History Centres around the world.

Some stones are recorded in Graveyard Monuments in East, North and Central Fife, John di Folco, published in Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1969-70, vol. 102, pages 205-236, which deals largely with stones dated pre-1707. It can be downloaded from the Archaeology Data Service.

Fife Family History Society have produced the Pre-1855 Fife Deaths CD which contains the details of over 250,000 deaths in Fife extracted from burial registers, kirk session records, monumental inscriptions, newspapers, wills and testamants, etc.

The Fife Family History Society, the Tay Valley Family History Society and the main local libraries have copies of many monumental inscriptions and burial registers.

War graves can be seen at Scottish Wargraves and war memorials can be seen at the Scottish War Memorials Project.

CDs with photographs of the stones and transcriptions of most Fife cemeteries are available from Scottish Monumental Inscriptions or from The Parish Chest. Some of these photographs are included in Deceased Online

• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemorates the 1,700,000 men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died in the two world wars. Their cemeteries, burial plots and memorials are a lasting tribute to those who died in some 154 countries across the world. Details of Commonwealth war dead are recorded so that graves or names on memorials can be located. Cemetery details are provided, including cemetery plans and photographs.
• The Scottish Genealogy Society has published many booklets of monumental inscriptions and also has a large collection of lists at its library in Edinburgh. Many local societies are publishing lists for their own areas. See individual counties for more details (where available).
• The Find-a-Grave page gives details of the graves of the rich and famous together with biographical information.
• The Carved Stones Adviser Project is to survey the condition of stones and burial grounds in Scotland, seeks volunteers to make surveys, and gives advice on recording the condition and information on grave stones. It is a project of The Council for Scottish Archaeology and Historic Scotland.
• The Scottish War Graves Project

• The National Burial Index is hosted by findmypast (subscription site).
• List of Registered Cemeteries from Historic England.
• Gravestone photograph resource: an "index of the names that appear on photos taken by the Gravestone Photographic Resource Project team". This valuable project provides email copies of any of its collection of grave monument images free of charge on request.
• The Deceased Online website -"the first central database of statutory burial and cremation registers for the UK and Republic of Ireland" (subscription site).
• The Church Monuments Society provides photographs of the more interesting monuments (NOT monumental inscriptions) in a limited number of church yards.
• Index for Burials at Sea - from Ancestry and FindaGrave.