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Church Records information for Elie and places above it in the hierarchy

Elie

Data provided by the Scottish Archive Network (SCAN)

The Parish Church (Established Church, Church of Scotland):

The original Old Parish Registers (of baptisms / births, proclamations / marriages, and deaths / burials) of the Church of Scotland, which cover the years up to 1854, are held in the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh, and they can all be consulted there at the National Records of Scotland. The baptisms / births, proclamations / marriages and deaths / burials indexes can be searched at the ScotlandsPeople website. Copies of the register entries may be purchased.

Parish reference number: 427

The Old Parish Registers (OPRs) span the following dates (although there are gaps within these ranges):

Elie OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
427/1 1639-1775 1639-1775 1736-1760
427/2 1773-1819 1774-1819 1783-1808
427/3 1820-1854 1820-1854 1822-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)

The Detailed List of the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland, published 1872, provides this information about the content of the OPRs, including the gaps within them:

B. Leaf imperfect at 1676 - 1677. Blank (exc. one entry) May 1681 - April 1701, and Sept. 1724 - May 1732. On the margin of a good many entries are short notes indicating the time and manner of death, etc. of the parties.
M. Blank June 1674 - Jan. 1678, and (exc. 12 entries of Contracts Sept. 1682 - Oct. 1684) Dec. 1678 - April 1701. Blank also Nov. 1718 - June 1732.
D. (Deaths and Burials.) Blank Nov. 1760 - Nov. 1783, from which date the entries are engrossed on alternate pp. of the Register of Baptisms. Many of the entries after 1783 contain interesting information respecting the parties deceased, in addition to the time and place of Death and Burial.
[Subsequent to publication of the Detailed List, Death records 1822 - 1854 were added to the OPR series (vol. 427/3).]

Copies of the registers on microfilm may be consulted in some local libraries and at LDS Family Search Centres around the world. The indexes to baptisms / births and proclamations / marriages can also be searched on the LDS Family Search website or on the IGI on microfiche in local libraries.

LDS Library Film Numbers:

1040110 Items 4 - 5 Baptisms, 1639-1681, 1701-1724, 1732-1820; Marriages, 1639-1684, 1701-1718, 1732-1820; Burials, 1736-1760, 1783-1808.
1040111 Item 1 Baptisms, Marriages, 1820-1855; Burials, 1822-1855
(Data provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints)

Deaths / burials are listed on Fife Family History Society's Pre-1855 Fife Deaths CD.

Further information on the main Fife page.

Kirk Session records are held at the Special Collections Dept. of St Andrews University Library, with digital copies at the National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh.

Heritors' Records (HR253) are at the National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh.

At the Special Collections Dept. of St Andrews University Library, with digital copies of the earlier volumes at the National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh:

Elie Kirk Session
CH2/1581
Kirk Session Minutes with Accounts, 1639-1653; Minutes, 1653-1949; Account Books and Cash Books, 1704-1972; Marriage Proclamation Register, 1932-1949; Misc. papers.

At the National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh:

GD1/27/40
Elie Church
Seat rents at Elie Church: (a) Empty cover endorsed ' Decreet: Mr James Wilson against the feuars of Elie for payment of their seat rents. 3d Aprile 1741'. (b) List of outstanding seat rents in the church of Elie, c 1744. (c) List of resting seat rents in the church of Elie for the period preceding Whitsunday 1749.

At the National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh:

HR/253
Elie parish heritors' records
Minutes, 1855-1930; Accounts, 1887-1930; Papers relating to buildings, 1905; Papers relating to transference to Church of Scotland, 1926-1929.

Other Churches:

At the Special Collections Dept. of St Andrews University Library:

Elie Free Church
CH3/1617
Free Kirk Session Minutes, 1844-1949; Deacons' Court minutes, 1896-1927; Account Book, 1901-1935; Communion Roll, 1853; Photographs, 1880-1886; Inventory, 1940, Disjunction certificate books, 1932, 1944; miscellaneous papers and correspondence; plans of church, 1899.

The Elie page of the LDS Family Search Research Wiki has more information about church history and records.

Fife

Data provided by the Scottish Archive Network (SCAN)

Information about the church records for each parish will be found on the parish pages.

The Established Church (the Parish Church, Church of Scotland):

The original Old Parish Registers, sometimes called the Old Parochial Registers, abbreviated to OPRs, comprise the registers of baptisms / births, proclamations / marriages, and burials / deaths of the parish Church of Scotland for the years up to 1854. They are held at the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh with online access at the ScotlandsPeople website. Copies of the original register entries may be purchased.
There is a list of the OPR parish reference numbers here.
Copies of the registers on microfilm may be consulted in LDS Family Search Centres around the world. The birth / baptism & proclamation / marriage records are indexed on the IGI (International Genealogical Index) on microfiche and online at the LDS website (see below). Copies of the films (not necessarily of all parishes) are also held by both the Fife Family History Society and the Tay Valley Family History Society; and in some local libraries. There is a list of the LDS library reference numbers for the OPR films here. Note that on September 1, 2017, FamilySearch will discontinue its microfilm distribution services. (The last day to order microfilm will be August 31, 2017.)
The Detailed List of the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland, published 1872, gives details of the coverage of the OPR volumes including the gaps within them. These pages list the information about the Fife parishes.
Deaths and burials are listed on Fife Family History Society's Pre-1855 Fife Deaths CD.
Some of the OPR entries can be searched on the FreeREG site.
The searchable LDS website - Family Search (and the IGI):
Note on using Family Search and IGI Batch Numbers:
It is not always easy to locate your ancestors in Family Search using the search mechanisms provided at the above LDS site. Manually typing the batch numbers into the search screen can be tedious. Hugh Wallis has made an exhaustive search of the likely ranges of batch numbers and created a database of those numbers and the source records that they apply to. A very powerful feature included is a hotlink from each batch number to the actual search engine provided at the Family Search site, including the ability to enter the surname you are looking for. This makes it very easy to search all the batches for a particular geographic location using just the last name you are searching for - something that is not possible directly from the LDS site without doing a lot of typing.
Hugh Wallis's site is at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Ehughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers.htm.

Another site, with updated and improved data, is Steve Archer's site.
The Kirk Session of a parish consists of the minister of the parish and the elders of the congregation. It looks after the general wellbeing of the congregation and, particularly in centuries past, parochial discipline. Kirk Session records for the Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy Presbyteries are held in the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh. Those for the Cupar and St Andrews Presbyteries are held in the Manuscript Department of the Special Collections Department of St Andrews University Library, but digital copies may be seen at the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh (and at some other archives in Scotland). Some Kirk Session material is often to be found amongst the Old Parish Registers. The Kirk Session records have been scanned with a view to making them more widely available soon.
Lists of Male Heads of Families, circa 1834, gathered as a result of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland's 1834 Veto Act have been transcribed for some parishes by Old Scottish Genealogy and Family History.
The Heritors were the landowners in each parish who were responsible (until 1925) for the maintenance of the church and manse and (before 1878) for the parochial school. They were also responsible, with the Kirk Session, for the Poor of the parish until 1845. Their records are also to be found in the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh.
Records of the Synods and Presbyteries are to be found in either the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh or the Manuscript Department of the Special Collections Department of St Andrews University Library.
For information about the ministers, see Occupations below.

Other Churches:

Records of many other churches, particularly Free Churches and United Presbyterian Churches, are also to be found in either the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh or the Manuscript Department of the Special Collections Department of St Andrews University Library. Some of these records include baptism and marriage registers and some are being made available on the ScotlandsPeople website. Many of these have been transcribed and published by the Fife Family History Society. Some of these records are also available on microfilm in LDS Family History Centres and there is a list of them and their library reference numbers here.
Records of the Catholic Church in Scotland are held by the Scottish Catholic Archives, in Edinburgh. Indexes to and images of the Roman Catholic registers of births and baptisms (1703-1908), banns and marriages (1794-1934), deaths and burials, and other events, are available at the National Records of Scotland and on the ScotlandsPeople website.
Photocopies of pre-1855 Roman Catholic registers of marriages at Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy are held by the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh. Roman Catholic marriages which took place in Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy and Edinburgh (St Mary's, Broughton Street) prior to 1855 have been transcribed and published by the Fife Family History Society in Publication 22 - Fife Roman Catholic Marriage Registers 1793 - 1854.
Records of the Synods and Presbyteries are to be found in either the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh or the Manuscript Department of the Special Collections Department of St Andrews University Library.
Records relating to Jews in Scotland from the eighteenth century are held by the Scottish Jewish Archives Centre, Glasgow.

Detailed List of the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland , Fife parishes A - C

The Detailed List of the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland, published 1872, provides information about the content of, and the gaps within, the Old Parish Registers (OPRs) of births / baptisms, marriages / proclamations, and deaths / burials.

It has two pieces of information for each parish in Scotland -

the number of volumes containing the Old Parish Registers and the dates they embraced. This was further broken down into those volumes in the custody of the Registrar-General (covering periods up to 1819), and those then in the custody of the Local Registrar (covering the period 1820 - 1854).
a list of 'Remarks relative to Blanks, Defects, Condition of Registers, etc.'

As an example, for Abdie parish:
No. Parish No. of Vols. In the custody of the Registrar-General
---------
Dates embraced No. of Vols. In the custody of the Local Registrar
---------
Dates embraced
400 Abdie
2
(1) B. 1620-1786; M. 1691-1785; D. 1784-85; (2) B. and M. 1786-1819.
1
B. and M. 1820-54
B. No entries between Dec. 1624 and Oct. 1625. Imperfect leaf at June 1680. Blank Jan. 1717 - May 1719. Leaves of Record 1660 - 1677 much frayed. Mothers' names not recorded till March 1783.
M. blank July 1713 - Oct. 1719, and (exc. entries of Contract or Proclamation Money 1759 - 1767) July 1759 - May 1784. No entry for 1787.
D. (Burials.)

The information contained in the Detailed List'stables showing the number of volumes and the embracing dates (1. above) has been superseded by more up-to-date information provided by the Registrar General. This current information is given here. It is also in the 'Church Records' section on each parish page and is available as Coverage of the Old Parish Registers in the "Research Guides" section of the National Records of Scotland website.

The 'Remarks relative to Blanks, Defects, Condition of Registers, etc.' (2. above) for the parishes in Fife is reproduced here in its entirety. Some later information has been provided by the National Records of Scotland. The later information and my editorial additions are given in [square brackets].

The original records have all been made available on microfilm, and the births / baptisms, marriages / proclamations, and deaths / burials are all available on the internet at the ScotlandsPeople website.

B. = Baptism / Birth; M. = Marriage; D. =Death. p. = page; pp. = pages; col. = column

Parishes A - C (this page) Parishes D - L Parishes M - W

Abbotshall

Abbotshall OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
399/1a 1650-1691 1651-1691
399/1b 1692-1711 1692-1712
399/2 1710-1785 1710-1744
399/3 1785-1819 1741-1819
399/4 1820-1854 (+ index) 1820-1855 (+ index)
399/5 1750-1806
399/6 1806-1843
399/7 1818-1850
399/8 1851-1860
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. Only one entry Oct. 1662 - Feb. 1664. Record, 1692 - 1705, tabulated. Irregular entries about 1763, and 11 leaves at end of Record for 1806, containing such entries, dated 1784 - 1808; they are also of frequent occurrence after 1807.
M. From 1710 - 1744 the entries occur among B. for same period. Separate Record of M., however, recommences June 1741. Blank June 1762 - Jan. 1764. After Record for 1806, are four leaves containing 'Clandestine Marriages', 1784 - 1807.
[Vol 399/1b contains handwriting samples on fly-leaf. Vol. 399/4 contains an index to B. 1841 - 1855 (surname followed by forename of child), and an index to M. 1843 - 1855 (both parties' surnames, bridegroom's first).]
[Subsequent to publication of the Detailed List, the 4 volumes with Death records were added (399/5, 399/6, 399/7, 399/8).]

Abdie

Abdie OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
400/1 1620-1786 1691-1785 1784-1785
400/2 1786-1819 1786-1819
400/3 1820-1854 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. No entries between Dec. 1624 and Oct. 1625. Imperfect leaf at June 1680. Blank Jan. 1717 - May 1719. Leaves of Record 1660 - 1677 much frayed. Mothers' names not recorded till March 1783.
M. blank July 1713 - Oct. 1719, and (exc. entries of Contract or Proclamation Money 1759 - 1767) July 1759 - May 1784. No entry for 1787.
D. (Burials.)

Aberdour

Aberdour OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
401/1 1663-1749 1650-1682
1702-1749 1658-1669
401/2 1749-1819 1749-1819 1790-1819
401/3 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. blank Jan. 1689 - Feb. 1691. Mothers' names not regularly recorded till about 1763.
M. only transcribed entries of Contracts, etc. prior to Dec. 1669; blank July 1682 - Oct. 1702.
D. (Burials.) Exc. entries of Earl of Morton's family, 1739 - 1848, on one page after M. for1819, the Record is blank from Oct. 1669 - April 1790. Mortcloth Dues, 1790 - Dec. 1816, after which Deaths and Burials are recorded.

Abernethy

Abernethy OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
326/1 1690-1733 1690-1727 1690-1727
326/2 1749-1819 1783-1794 1783-1794
326/3 1820-1854
326/4 ? 1845-1854 ?
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. M. and D. prior to1702 generally recorded in parallel columns of the Register. After 1702 Births recorded separately. Blank (exc. two entries) Jan. 1734 - Jan. 1749. Mothers' names not recorded.
M. and D. Proclamations and Mortcloth Dues till 1727. Blank 1727 - 1783, after which date Marriages and Burials are recorded. M. terminate March 1794, exc. one entry for 1823; and D. terminate Sept. 1794.

Anstruther Easter

Anstruther Easter OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
402/1 1641-1699 1641-1697
402/2 1699-1796 1699-1795 1746-1798
402/3 1796-1819 1796-1819
402/4 1820-1854 1820-1854 1833-1846
Register of Neglected Entries
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. and M. intermixed till May 1643. Separate Records of B. June 1643 - Dec. 1649. Blank Dec. 1649 - Jan. 1657, after which B. and M. are again intermixed till 1670. Blank June 1670 - July 1672. Separate Record of B. from July 1672. Only six entries July 1681 - Aug. 1684. Entries 1736 - 1773 tabulated. Exc. June 1643 - Dec. 1649, Mothers' names not recorded in B. till Jan. 1670, and sometimes omitted after that date.
M. blank March 1654 - Jan. 1657, May 1670 - April 1678, March 1681 - Oct. 1684, and July 1690 - Nov. 1691. One entry May 1696 - Oct. 1698. Blank Dec. 1718 - July 1720, Jan. 1724 - Oct. 1725, and Aug. 1795 - Oct. 1796. No entry 1810. Duplicate of Record 1796 - 1824. After 1773, fact of Marriage rarely added to the entry of Contract or Proclamation.
D. Deaths and Burials till June 1779, then Deaths only. Blank (exc. one entry for 1829) Sept. 1798 - 1833.

Anstruther Wester

Anstruther Wester OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
403/1 1577-1601 1577-1601 1549-1817
403/2 1601-1757 1601-1611 1601-1754
403/3 1757-1819 1757-1819 1783-1819
403/4 1651-1699
403/5 1820-1854 (+ index 1838-1854) 1820-1854 (+ index 1838-1854) 1820-1854 (+ index 1838-1854)
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. and M. intermixed till Feb. 1601, and entered in parallel cols. of the same Record 1601 - 1612. Imperfect leaf of B. after Dec. 1645. Blank Feb. 1683 - March 1684. Mothers' names seldom recorded Oct. 1587 - Oct. 1609. The early portion of the Register contains entries for the neighbouring parishes of Abercrombie or St Monance, Kilrenny, and Pittenweem.
M. blank (exc. three entries 1611 - 1612) Oct. 1609 - Oct. 1651, also Nov. 1699 - Nov. 1757; from which last date they are recorded among the B. Record for 1651 - 1699 generally embraces Contracts, with occasional entries of M. After 1757 the entries relate to Proclamations.
D. Exc. Burials for 1579, and 1585 - 1587 among B. and M., one p. of entries without year (circa 1600), and a few entries 1601 - 1603, there is no regular Record till Nov. 1747. Blank Oct. 1754 - Nov. 1783, and July 1794 - Jan. 1839. There are, however, Mortcloth Dues 1791 - 1837, exc. 1818 - 1820. Entries of D. 1783 - 1794 among B. and M. for same period. There is also a Record of D. of parishoners, collected from various sources by Rev. Hew Scott, D.D., embracing period 1549 - 1838.
[Vol. 403/5 contains indexes to B. M. and D. 1838 - 1854 (surname followed by forename).]

Arngask

Arngask OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
404/1a 1688-1706 1688-1706 1702-1703
404/1b 1707-1726 1707-1726 1707-1726
404/2 1726-1747 1726-1748 1726-1748
404/3 1748-1782 1748-1780 1748-1780
404/4 1783-1819 1780-1819 1780-1819
404/5 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. (Baptisms), M. (Proclamations and Marriages), and D. (Burials and Mortcloth Dues) prior to 1711 intermixed with other matters. B. and M. blank Sept. 1699 - Dec. 1704. No entry of M. Nov. 1730 - July 1732. B. and M. intermixed 1711 - 1747. Separate Record of B. after Jan. 1748. Exc. Jan. 1748 - Jan. 1752, Mothers' names not recorded. From 1711 - 1748, Proclamations and Burials, and Mortcloth Dues, and from 1748, Proclamations and Mortcloth Dues, are intermixed with other matters. There is also, however, a separate Record of Deaths and Burials April 1748 - May 1753 on a leaf at end of vol. 3.

Auchterderran

Auchterderran OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
405/1 1664-1819 1681-1819
405/2 1820-1854 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. blank Dec. 1667 - Aug. 1684. Leaf at Sept. 1690 destroyed. No entries March 1696 - May 1697. Irregular about 1783 - 1793. Separate Record for Children of Dissenters at Lochgelly 1769 - 1805, the portion of which prior to 1779 is almost illegible.
M. blank May 1684 - Oct. 1697, from which date till 1760 the entries are mixed with B. for the same period. M. 1760 - 1790 occur on occasional pages of Record of B. Separate Record from No. 1791. The entries for 1793 are Contracts (exc. one M.). Only two entries Oct. 1795 - Feb. 1798. From 1797 - 1806 incl., the entries are chiefly Contracts, with the fact of Marriage sometimes added 1798 - 1800.

Auchtermuchty

Auchtermuchty OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
406/1 1649-1819 1649-1794 1649-1667
406/2 1795-1819 1744-1819
406/3 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1851
Register of Neglected Entries
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)

B. blank Dec. 1661 - Mar. 1663, and Aug. 1667 - Sept. 1702. After 1794, blank spaces occur, apparently intended for neglected registrations.
M. blank Dec. 1661 - Aug. 1663, and July 1667 - Oct. 1702. Record, 1702 - 1786, well kept. Blank (exc. five entries for 1794) June 1786 - April 1795, from which date till 1817 entries of Proclamations merely, and these defective till April 1797. Entries of sums 'mortified' by bridegrooms before Marriage 1701 - 1794 in vol. 2.
D. blank Feb. 1662 - Feb. 1663, and June 1667 - Nov. 1774. Mortcloth Dues from latter date till Jan. 1817, when a Record of Deaths again commences. From 1704 - 1799, occasional entries relating to funeral Expenses of Paupers, mixed up with other matters in vol. 2.

Auchtertool

Auchtertool OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
407/1 1708-1819 1708-1819
407/2 1820-1854 1820-1854
407/3 1830-1855
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. and M. intermixed throughout. Proclamations and Marriages often separately recorded.
[Subsequent to publication of the Detailed List, records were found within other Church of Scotland records (CH2/25/4) which contain Deaths 1830 - 1855. These are now included in the OPR Records as 407/3.]

Ballingry

Ballingry OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
408/1 1670-1819 1670-1819 1669-1793
408/2 1820-1854 1820-1854
408/3 (not on OPR microfilm) 1701-1721 1706-1721 1729-1798
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. M. and D. 1670 - 1701 are recorded in parallel cols. of the same pages. M. appear defective 1695 - 1701; but there are separate entries of Contracts, which to some extent supplement the Record. B. and M. blank 1701 - 1722, from which date till 1745 they are usually entered on alternate pp. of the same Register. Blank (exc. a few irregular entries) 1745 - 1754. No entry of M. for 1819.
D. Burials to Dec. 1684; Deaths 1685 - 1701 inclusive. Record wanting 1701 - 1783; there is, however, a leaf containing irregular entries1640 - 1717.
[Subsequent to publication of the Detailed List, records were found within other Church of Scotland records (CH2/382/2) which contain Baptisms 1701 - 1721, 1755 (1 entry), Marriages 1706 - 1721 and Deaths 1729 - 1798 (one leaf). These are now included in the OPR Records as 408/3.]

Balmerino

Balmerino OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
409/1 1632-1779 1632-1779
409/2 1779-1819 1779-1819 1747-1762
409/3 1820-1854 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. and M. intermixed till 1782; after which they occur on alternate pp. of the Register. Duplicate of Record 1652 - 1657, and 1690 - 1712. B. defective 1782 - 1784; M. defective 1782 - 1787. Not very carefully kept after 1782. Mothers' names not recorded in entries of B. till 1784, and frequently omitted even after that date.
D. (Burials.)

Beath

Beath OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
410/1 1643-1819 1643-1819 1802-1819
410/2 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1852
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. blank April 1649 - Feb. 1676, May 1683 - Jan. 1686, and Aug. 1714 - Feb. 1718.
M. Prior to 1649, entries among B. for same period. Blank May 1649 - Nov. 1673, from which date to 1678, only entries of Contracts. Blank Oct. 1678 - May 1692, June 1714 - Jan. 1720, and Aug. 1794 - Jan. 1796. No entry for 1805 nor 1815. After 1775, entries of Clandestine Marriages (chiefly celebrated at Edinburgh) not unfrequent.
D. (Burials.)

Burntisland

Burntisland OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
411/1 1672-1686 1653-1686
411/2 1701-1777 1701-1777 1734-1743
411/3 1778-1819 1778-1819 1806-1818
411/4 1820-1854 1820-1854 1825-1848
Register of Neglected Entries 1853-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. blank July 1686 - May 1701. Prior to 1733, the entries are tabulated. Only five entries Dec. 1743 - Jan. 1747. Not very carefully kept 1782 - 1806.
M. Contracts and Proclamations prior to 1686. Blank May 1686 - June 1701. Contracts and Marriages 1701 - 1762. Blank Dec. 1702 - July 1705. No entry Jan. 1743 - April 1744. Marriages after 1762, exc. a few entries of Contracts and Proclamations about 1770 - 1777.
D. Deaths prior to 1743. Blank May 1743 - April 1806, after which date generally Deaths and Burials. Only nine entries 1806 - 1818 incl., then none till 1825; five entries 1825 - 1828 incl.; again blank till 1838, and very defective to end of Record in 1848.

Cameron

Cameron OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
412/1 1695-1819 1695-1819
412/2 1820-1854 1820-1854 1832-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. and M. intermixed till 1709. Separate entries of Contracts and of Marriages prior to that date. Both Records blank June 1709 - 1717, after which separate Registers kept. The fact of Marriage very frequently omitted about 1782 - 1797 incl.

Carnbee

Carnbee OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
413/1 1646-1664 1646-1699 1677-1699
413/2 1662-1819 1726-1819 1782-1819
413/3 1705-1725 1706-1760
413/4 1820-1854 1820-1848 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. and M. intermixed till 1654. Four leaves imperfect at 1650, and four at 1660.
B. Blank Oct. 1654 - Jan. 1662, from which date there is a separate Record. Blank Oct. 1674 - Oct. 1692, Sept. 1698 - Jan. 1701, and Nov. 1704 - July 1705. Mothers' names not recorded till 1692.
M. Contracts prior to 1654. Blank (exc. entries of indirect reference to M.) June 1654 - July 1669. Contracts and Marriages 1669 - 1684. Blank June 1684 - May 1687, from which date Contracts till 1699. Blank Oct. 1699 - July 1705, and May 1752 - Sept. 1761. No entries Dec. 1781 - Nov. 1783, from which date the M. again occur among the B. Entries more full after 1786.
D. Mortcloth Dues intermixed with other matters till 1760. Blank 1699 - 1706, and 1760 - 1784. Burials 1784 - 1786, then blank till Dec. 1790, from which date Deaths.

Carnock

Carnock OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
414/1 1652-1756 1642-1721 1653-1721
414/2 1753-1819 1780-1819 1753-1819
414/3 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1854
Register of Neglected Entries
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. Duplicate of Record 1652 - 1679. Blank Jan. 1694 - Jan. 1706. Exc. Dec. 1660 - Feb. 1679 in one Record, and 1706 - 1713, Mothers' names seldom recorded till 1752.
M. Duplicate of Record 1652 - 1678. No entry for 1691. Blank March 1694 - March 1700, from which date till Aug. 1721 only entries of fees paid by persons when contracted. Blank Aug. 1721 - Oct. 1780. Proclamations and Marriages after 1780.
D. Deaths and Burials prior to 1678. Duplicate of Record 1653 - 1678. Blank Nov. 1688 - Dec. 1699. Transcribed entries of Mortcloth Dues 1699 - 1721. Blank Aug. 1721 - Dec. 1753, after which Burials.

Ceres

Ceres OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
415/1 1620-1700 1620-1700 1620-1655
415/2 1700-1763 1700-1763 1707-1763
415/3 1763-1819 1763-1819 1763-1819
415/4 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1854
Register of Neglected Entries
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. M. and D. (Burials) intermixed till 1644, and recorded in parallel cols. of the same pp. from 1645 - 1817, after which three separate Records are kept. Blank Jan. 1644 - March 1645, and Dec. 1646 - March 1649. Margins of leaves 1642 - 1680 much wasted, rendering many entries of M. imperfect, and some altogether illegible. Blank in Record of Burials May 1655 - Jan. 1708. After Jan. 1817, Deaths.

Collessie

Collessie OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
416/1 1696-1819 1696-1819 1727-1819
416/2 1696-1773 1723-1773
416/3 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1854
Register of Neglected Entries
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. and M. intermixed till 1757. Upper portion of leaves of Record 1724 - 1757 very much wasted. and many entries partially, some entirely, destroyed. Mothers' names seldom recorded in entries of B. till 1817.
M. blank Dec. 1757 - Nov. 1783. There is, however, a separate Record containing Proclamations Dec. 1696 - April 1773, the leaves of which (1723 - 1734) are partially destroyed by damp.
D. (Burials.) Entries May 1727 - Jan. 1817, recorded on alternate pp. of the Register of B., after which date there is a separate Record. Mortcloth Dues 1723 - 1773 recorded among the Proclamations of M.

Crail

Crail OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
417/1 1684-1745 1655-1745 1684-1693
417/2 1745-1819 1745-1819
417/3 1685-1721
417/4 1722-1751 1750-1752
417/5 1752-1779 1753-1793
417/6 1820-1854 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
From 1685 till 1693 B. M. and D. are entered in parallel cols. of the same pages.
M. Contracts and Marriages, 1655 - 1684 inclusive, separately recorded. M. and D. are recorded in parallel cols. after 1693. Separate Record containing Contracts of M. 1685 - 1779.
D. (Burials.) Blank Nov. 1693 - Jan. 1750. After Jan. 1753, the entries occur on occasional pp. of the Record containing Contracts for same period.

Creich

Creich OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
418/1 1695-1819 1694-1819 1783-1819
418/2 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. and M. intermixed 1694 - Dec. 1711, and Jan. 1720 - Nov. 1806. Entries prior to 1703 irregular. Only one entry of B. Aug. 1704 - June 1706. Mothers' names not recorded in entries of B. till Dec. 1743. Only one entry of M. July 1783 - Nov. 1785. There are also separate Records of B. and M. commencing 1797.
D. Burials intermixed with B. and M. Oct. 1783 - Sept. 1794, then blank till April 1817, after which a separate Record of Deaths and Burials.

Culross

Culross OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
343/1 1641-1687 1640-1687 1640-1685
343/2 1687-1791
343/3 1797-1819 1687-1819
343/4 1820-1854 1820-1854 1824-1854
343/5 Index 1687-1819
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. Record appears to have been regularly kept. Mothers' names not recorded till Oct. 1667, and not unfrequently omitted 1672 - 1700 incl.
M. Portion of second leaf lost. Record 1653 - 1661 very much wasted, large portions of the leaves being decayed, and from 1661 to Aug. 1670, it is entirely lost. Only three entries Nov. 1698 - July 1700. Blank Jan. 1734 - April 1746, and only one entry, 1811, Dec. 1807 - Dec. 1812. No entry June 1818 - May 1820. After 1706 (exc. 1746 - 1754 incl.) the fact of Marriage is seldom added to the entries of Proclamation or Contract.
D. Blank Dec. 1641 - May 1647, and Nov. 1648 - Aug. 1667. Only one entry July 1674 - Nov. 1679.

Cults

Cults OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
419/1 1693-1819 1693-1819 1704-1819
419/2 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. and M. intermixed 1693 - 1748, and D. (Mortcloth Dues) also included from Feb. 1704. United Record blank July 1709 - Sept. 1726, and no entries of M. Dec. 1708 - Jan. 1727. From Feb. 1751, the B. M. and D. (Burials) for each year are recorded by turns in the same Register, exc. that the Burials are blank Oct. 1765 - 1773. There are, however, Mortcloth Dues for this last period. From 1751 - 1764 inclusive, both Contracts and Marriages are recorded. Mothers' names inserted in entries of B. after Dec. 1696.

Cupar

Cupar OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
420/1 1654-1715 1654-1716 1654-1716
420/2 1717-1777 1719-1777 1719-1777
420/3 1778-1819 1778-1819 1778-1819
420/4 1820-1854
420/5 1820-1854 1820-1854
Register of Neglected Entries 1801-1850
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
From 1654 - 1817, B. M. and D. occur in the same Register book:- B. on left hand pages; M. and D. on right hand pages.
B. defective 1696 - 1701, and blank (exc. three entries) Feb. 1716 - Nov. 1718. Mothers' names seldom recorded in entries of B. 1688 - July 1769.
M. blank Jan. 1697 - Nov. 1703, and Dec. 1715 - June 1719; defective 1738 - 1740.
D. (Burials.) Blank March 1697 - Dec. 1702.
Separate Records of B. M. and D. after Jan. 1817.

Parishes D - L

Parishes M - W

Detailed List of the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland , Fife parishes D - L

It has two pieces of information for each parish in Scotland -

the number of volumes containing the Old Parish Registers and the dates they embraced. This was further broken down into those volumes in the custody of the Registrar-General (covering periods up to 1819), and those then in the custody of the Local Registrar (covering the period 1820 - 1854).
a list of 'Remarks relative to Blanks, Defects, Condition of Registers, etc.'

As an example, for Kennoway parish:
No. Parish No. of Vols. In the custody of the Registrar-General
---------
Dates embraced No. of Vols. In the custody of the Local Registrar
---------
Dates embraced
434 Kennoway
3
(1) B. and M. 1638-54; (2) B. and M. 1691-1770; (3) B. and M. 1771-1819; D. 1730-1819.
1
B. M. and D. 1820-54
B. and M. prior to 1654 intermixed with other matters. Both blank Sept. 1654 - Feb. 1691; then recorded in parallel cols. till Nov. 1724. M. blank 1724 - April 1737, from which date to Jan. 1740 there is a separate Record of M. after B. for June 1737. B. and M. again recorded in parallel cols. 1740 - 1770; but blank June 1751 - April 1756. Separate records of B. and M. from Jan. 1771. After July 1765, entries of Contracts or proclamations only.
D. (Burials) blank Jan. 1755 - Feb. 1762, Dec. 1773 - Jan. 1776.

Since the publication of the book, all the Old Parish Registers have been taken into the care of the Registrar General in Edinburgh and some more information has been found, particularly in Kirk Session records, which adds to and has been included in the current known OPR records. p>The information contained in the Detailed List'stables showing the number of volumes and the embracing dates (1. above) has been superseded by more up-to-date information provided by the Registrar General. This current information is given here. It is also in the 'Church Records' section on each parish page and is available as Coverage of the Old Parish Registers in the "Research Guides" section of the National Records of Scotland website.

B. = Baptism / Birth; M. = Marriage; D. =Death. p. = page; pp. = pages; col. = column

Parishes A - C Parishes D - L (this page) Parishes M - W

Dairsie

Dairsie OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
421/1 1645-1819 1666-1819 1727-1819
421/2 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. blank March 1656 - Jan. 1666, Dec. 1675 - Feb. 1699 (exc. two entries 1694 - 1695). Leaves of Record 1700 - 1708 much wasted, and many of the entries partially destroyed. Duplicate of Record 1727 - 1765, and a more modern transcript commencing Feb. 1705, which is continued after 1770 as the principal Register. Mothers' names not recorded till 1774.
M. blank (exc. one entry for 1695) Nov. 1675 - Nov. 1727, Nov. 1749 - Jan. 1753, Nov. 1763 - Nov. 1783, Nov. 1794 - Nov. 1804. No entry for 1809. Blank Nov. 1812 - May 1815.
D. (Burials.) Blank 1729 - 1734, Dec. 1739 - July 1744, Dec. 1753 - Sept. 1755, Nov. 1769 - Oct. 1783, Sept. 1794 - Feb. 1803.

Dalgety

Dalgety OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
422/1 1644-1650 1644-1707 1697-1709
422/2 1717-1819 1709-1819 1710-1785
422/3 1820-1854 1820-1854 1833-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. blank May 1650 - March 1717. One leaf headed 'Seceders' containing entries 1777 - 1783, after Record for 16th Dec. 1778.
M. blank 1662 - 1698, from which date there are only entries of Proclamation Fees till Oct. 1717. Only one entry for 1726. Blank July 1794 - May 1797, and July 1804 - May 1811. There are, however, entries relating to irregular Marriages, dated 1741 - 1813, a number of which are applicable to the period blank in the regular Record.
D. Mortcloth Dues till June 1717, then Deaths to end of Record. Blank March 1748 - March 1750. After Nov. 1785, only nine entries, viz. one for 1817, and eight for period 1833 - 1852.

Dunbog

Dunbog OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
423/1 1695-1819 1705-1819
423/2 1820-1854 1820-1854 1829-1853
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. blank Dec. 1698 - Jan. 1705. Three entries (1823, 1828 and 1830) after Dec. 1817. Mothers' names not recorded till 1818.
M. Intermixed with B. till Dec. 1817. No entry Nov. 1719 - June 1721.

Dunfermline

Dunfermline OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
424/1 1561-1611 1561-1611
424/2 1612-1652 1612-1651
424/3 1652-1715 1652-1715
424/4 1715-1747 1715-1745
424/5 1748-1755 1745-1755
424/6 1756-1775
424/7 1776-1791
424/8 1792-1806
424/9 1807-1819
424/10 1750-1819
424/11 1617-1657
424/12 1820-1825
424/13 1825-1834
424/14 1834-1854
424/15 1820-1854
424/16 1820-1842
424/17 1842-1854
424/18 1825-1854
424/19 Index 1834-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. and M. recorded on parallel cols. 1561 - 1745. Both Records blank Feb. 1591 - July 1598. Imperfect leaf at 1650. Blank (exc. a few entries of B.) June 1701 - March 1703. Two separate Records Oct. 1687 - Dec. 1714. Two leaves imperfect at Dec. 1747. After 1772 a large number of entries occur in the margin of the Register. Early Record beautifully kept.
M. blank Aug. 1745 - May 1750, from which latter date there is a separate Record of Proclamations and Marriages.
D. Blank March 1657 - Jan. 1745, and June 1755 - 1825.
[Vol. 424/9 contains an index to B. 1816 - 1825. Vol. 424/19 is an index to B. 1834 - 1854 (in vol. 424/14). Vol. 424/15 also contains an index to B. 1820 - 1854.]

Dunino

Dunino OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
425/1 1643-1771 1643-1771 1750-1771
425/2 1771-1819 1771-1819 1771-1819
425/3 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. and M. intermixed throughout. Record blank (exc. one entry of B.) Nov. 1646 - Feb. 1648, also June 1692 - Sept. 1694.
D. (Deaths and Burials.) No entry for 1797. Only one entry Nov. 1811 - March 1813.

Dysart

Dysart OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
426/1 1582-1662 1582-1662 1582-1596
426/2 1609-1662 1612-1629 1721-1821
426/3 1662-1734 1662-1734
426/4 1735-1819
426/5 1735-1819
426/6 1820-1854 1849-1850 (3 entries)
426/7 1820-1854
426/8 1756-1863
426/9 1818-1838
426/10 1838-1854
426/11 1825-1854
Register of Neglected Entries 1844-1853
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. blank May 1596 - Nov. 1609, April 1610 - Nov. 1611; defective 1623. Many leaves before 1662 considerably wasted, and many entries imperfect. Blank Oct. 1679 - Dec. 1682, and (exc. 11 irregular entries) Dec. 1694 - Jan. 1708. Mothers' names not recorded till 1645, and often omitted till March 1662.
M. (Contracts and Marriages.) Blank July 1592 - Jan. 1612, Feb. 1648 - Jan. 1650, Feb. 1653 - Dec. 1654, July 1677 - Dec. 1682, Dec. 1694 - Jan. 1708 (exc. one entry 1698).
D. (Burials.) Record much wasted by damp.
[Vol. 426/6 contains an index to B. 1820 - 1854 "Appendix" (surname followed by forename of child). It also has 3 M. 1849 - 1850 (Herd / Adamson, Davis / Westwater and Crawford / Hetherton).]
[Subsequent to publication of the Detailed List, vol. 426/2 - B. 1609 - 1662, M. 1612 - 1629, D. 1721 - 1821 has been added. Also added is vol. 426/8 - D. 1756 - 1863 (Burials - Sinclairtown Burial Ground). In addition, there were records found in the Kirk Session records (CH2/390/24-26): vol. 426/9 - D. 1818 - 1838 (Burials - Burying Ground opposite Lord Rosslyn's (St. Denis)); vol. 426/10 - D. 1838 - 1854 (Burials - West Burial Yard (St. Denis)); vol. 426/11 - D. 1825 - 1854 (Burials - New Church Burying Ground (Barony Churchyard)).]

Elie

Elie OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
427/1 1639-1775 1639-1775 1736-1760
427/2 1773-1819 1774-1819 1783-1808
427/3 1820-1854 1820-1854 1822-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. Leaf imperfect at 1676 - 1677. Blank (exc. one entry) May 1681 - April 1701, and Sept. 1724 - May 1732. On the margin of a good many entries are short notes indicating the time and manner of death, etc. of the parties.
M. Blank June 1674 - Jan. 1678, and (exc. 12 entries of Contracts Sept. 1682 - Oct. 1684) Dec. 1678 - April 1701. Blank also Nov. 1718 - June 1732.
D. (Deaths and Burials.) Blank Nov. 1760 - Nov. 1783, from which date the entries are engrossed on alternate pp. of the Register of Baptisms. Many of the entries after 1783 contain interesting information respecting the parties deceased, in addition to the time and place of Death and Burial.
[Subsequent to publication of the Detailed List, Death records 1822 - 1854 were added to the OPR series (vol. 427/3).]

Falkland

Falkland OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
428/1 1669-1674 1661-1706 1670-1706
428/2 1702-1819 1702-1819 1737-1819
428/3 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1855
Register of Neglected Entries 1826-1852
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. blank July 1674 - Feb. 1702; Jan. 1746 - June 1748. Defective March 1755 - July 1758. Blank (exc. four entries) May 1759 - March 1767. From 1772 - July 1780, the entries are made alphabetically, according to the baptismal names of the children, in the form of an index. Six pp. of irregular entries 1789 - 1817 recorded in 1817.
M. Chiefly Proclamations, intermixed with other matters, prior to 1669, and from 1687 - 1705. No entries Nov. 1688 - Oct. 1691, nor (exc. entries of Pledges) May 1703 - Jan. 1705, after which the Record is pure. Blank May 1746 - May 1748, Dec. 1755 - April 1772, and April 1780 - April 1786. The fact of Marriage is rarely recorded after 1687.
D. Blank Sept. 1706 - March 1737, April 1780 - Oct. 1784, and June 1795 - Jan. 1817.

Ferryport on Craig

Ferryport on Craig OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
429/1 1634-1772 1640-1772
429/2 1772-1819 1772-1819 1783-1819
429/3 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. blank Dec. 1694 - June 1697.
M. From 1640 - 1674 intermixed with B. for the same period. Separate record from 1674 - 1708 which contains only four entries Nov. 1701 - March 1704, and is blank Dec. 1704 - Nov. 1706. Blank also Dec. 1708 - Oct. 1710, after which date Record again intermixed with B., and so continued throughout. In general there are separate entries of Contracts and Proclamations, and of Marriages, before 1757.
D. (Deaths and Burials.)

Flisk

Flisk OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
430/1 1697-1819 1697-1819 1775-1815
430/2 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. and M. intermixed throughout. Both Records defective 1803 - 1810. Up to 1708, Proclamations and Marriages separately entered.
D. (Deaths and Burials.) Blank (exc. one entry) Sept. 1791 - Jan. 1796. Defective after Aug. 1797. Blank Nov. 1815 - June 1820.

Forgan

Forgan OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
431/1 1695-1819 1703-1819 -
431/2 1820-1854 1820-1854 1833-1835
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. blank Oct. 1700 - Jan. 1704. Mothers' names not recorded till Nov. 1723.
M. After Jan. 1782, the Record is one of Proclamations only.
[D. Two pages of Mortcloth Dues 1833 - 1835 at the end of M. record.]
[Subsequent to publication of the Detailed List, Mortcloth Dues for 1696 - 1835 (incomplete; blank Mar. 1741 - Mar. 1767), have been found in the Kirk Session records (CH2/160). A transcript of these Mortcloth Dues has been published in "Forgan Kirkyard - Monumental Inscriptions and Mortcloth Records" by William Owen, published Dundee, 1997 (Tay Valley Family History Society) ISBN 1 87303 216 1.]

Inverkeithing

Inverkeithing OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
432/1 1675-1774 1676-1710 1702-1710
432/2 1772-1819 1748-1819 1783-1784
432/3 1698-1749 1698-1843
432/4 1820-1854 1820-1854
432/5 (not on microfilm or fiche index) 1710-1744 1711-1718 1711-1717
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. and M. intermixed till Dec. 1697. No entries March 1684 - March 1685. The Records of B. and M. 1698 - 1710, and of D. 1702 - 1710, bear to be for 'the United parishes of Inverkeithing and Rosyth'.
B. blank Jan. 1711 - April 1725, Dec. 1734 - May 1737, and (exc. one entry) Nov. 1738 - July 1744.
M. Separate Record from April 1698. Blank Dec. 1710 - Dec. 1748, exc. entries of Proclamations 1710 - 1718, and of Contract or Proclamation fees 1734 - 1749.
D. Burials till 1708. Blank April 1708 - 1710. Deaths till Dec. 1710, then blank till Nov. 1783, after which date Burials. Occasional entries of payments, for ringing the bell at funerals, bet. 1698 - 1815 in vol. 3.
[Subsequent to publication of the Detailed List, a Register was found within the Court of Session records (CS96/3152) which contains, for 'the united parishes of Inverkeithing and Rosyth', Baptisms 1710 - 1744, Marriages 1711 - 1718 and Deaths 1711 - 1717. This is now included in the OPR Records as 432/5.]

Kemback

Kemback OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
433/1 1649-1819 1648-1819 1700-1819
433/2 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. and M. intermixed till 1678. Both blank March 1650 - March 1657.
B. blank Dec. 1678 - Oct. 1700, and (exc. one entry) Jan. 1704 - July 1735. Irregular 1792 - 1798. Mothers' names not recorded till Oct. 1700.
M. blank 1678 - Dec. 1700 and Dec. 1703 - Oct. 1783. After last mentioned date the Record is one of Contracts.
D. (Burials) blank Nov. 1703 - June 1736, Oct. 1736 - March 1738, and (exc. four entries) Dec. 1738 - March 1754, also July 1797 - March 1799.

Kennoway

Kennoway OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
434/1 1638-1654 1638-1654
434/2 1691-1770 1691-1770
434/3 1771-1819 1771-1819 1730-1819
434/4 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. and M. prior to 1654 intermixed with other matters. Both blank Sept. 1654 - Feb. 1691; then recorded in parallel cols. till Nov. 1724. M. blank 1724 - April 1737, from which date to Jan. 1740 there is a separate Record of M. after B. for June 1737. B. and M. again recorded in parallel cols. 1740 - 1770; but blank June 1751 - April 1756. Separate records of B. and M. from Jan. 1771. After July 1765, entries of Contracts or proclamations only.
D. (Burials) blank Jan. 1755 - Feb. 1762, Dec. 1773 - Jan. 1776.

Kettle

Kettle OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
435/1 1633-1721 1633-1721
435/2 1723-1787
435/3 1787-1819 1723-1819
435/4 1700-1723
435/5 1719-1819
435/6 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1842
Register of Neglected Entries 1843, 1849
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. and M. intermixed. B. Only one entry for 1639. Separate Record of B. till July 1645, and of M. till June 1635. M. blank 1635 - April 1640. B. blank July 1645 - July 1646 after which intermixed with M. Both records blank May 1658 - Feb. 1682. At Feb. 1714 are two leaves containing irregular entries of B. (four families) 1705 - 1826. Records blank Sept. 1717 - June 1719.
B. blank July 1721 - Jan. 1723, after which a separate Record. Blank Aug. 1748 - Dec. 1752. Exc. May 1682 - Feb. 1699, mothers' names not recorded till Oct. 1731, and sometimes omitted during the period above stated.
M. blank June 1721 - Jan. 1723, Dec. 1751 - Dec. 1752, and Oct. 1755 - May 1760, after which several leaves imperfect. Leaf at 1794 partially burnt.
D. (Burials) blank June 1723 - Dec. 1735. Separate Records for West and South Divisions of the Churchyard 1735 - 1799; for East Division, 1735 - 1797, and for Burials in the Church, and in Forther's Burial-place, 1721 - 1791. Record blank (exc. one entry for 1808) Jan. 1799 - Feb. 1817.
[The Old Statistical Account (written in 1790) states "The barrow in Forthar is said to have been a regular place of burial, and to have had a church or chapel near it. But of this no vestiges are now extant." This would appear to imply a place of antiquity, rather than one until recently used for burials. The "Forther's Burial-place" referred to in the OPR therefore possibly refers to a part of the church or churchyard.]

Kilconquhar

Kilconquhar OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
436/1 1637-1709 1637-1709
436/2 1719-1793 1719-1770 1737-1787
436/3 1781-1819 (+ some indexes) 1770-1819 1787-1819 (+ index 1787-1812)
436/4 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. Two leaves Nov. 1646 - March 1648 very much wasted, and all the entries partially illegible. Blank May 1709 - Aug. 1719. Duplicate of Record 1781 - 1793. Index to B. 1781 - 1805.
M. blank Feb. 1669 - May 1673, June 1709 - Sept. 1719.
D. Burials till 1754; after that date Deaths and Burials. From 1793, entries generally recorded on alternate pp. of the Register of B. Index to D. 1787 - 1812.
[Vol. 436/3 contains an index to B. 1781 - 1788 (surname followed by forename of child); an index to B. 1793 - 1809 (as previous but only letter 'R'); and an index to D. 1787 - 1812 (surname followed by forename).]

Kilmany

Kilmany OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
437/1 1706-1819 1706-1819 1735-1819
437/2 1820-1854 1820-1854 1831-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. and M. intermixed till June 1777. Blank July 1710 - Nov. 1711, Oct. 1718 - Nov. 1721, and 1727 - Jan. 1730. Leaves prior to 1727 imperfect.
B. separately recorded after 1777. Mothers' names not inserted till Jan. 1730.
M. blank June 1777 - March 1817. There is, however, a separate Record of Contract Dues 1749 - 1819, which is blank Jan. 1778 - Nov. 1780. The fact of Marriage is frequently omitted from the entries of Contract after 1754, in the regular Record.
D. (Mortcloth Dues.) Blank Feb. 1819 - 1837, after which date Deaths.

Kilrenny

Kilrenny OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
438/1 1647-1783 1647-1783 1755-1782
438/2 1783-1819 1783-1819 1783-1819
438/3 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1854
Register of Neglected Entries 1845 (2 entries)
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. and M. intermixed throughout. Leaves of Record prior to 1696 very much wasted, and many entries partially or entirely destroyed. Blank Nov. 1660 - Aug. 1677, Sept. 1680 - Nov. 1688; and circa 1696 - July 1712. Portion circa 1688 - 1696 very much wasted.
D. Exc. a few entries of Burials, circa 1688 - 1696, among the B. and M., no Record till May 1753. No entries Nov. 1782 - Nov. 1783, from which date till Oct. 1791, D. recorded among the B. and M. Separate Record after Nov. 1791, in which particulars connected with the last illness of the deceased are frequently stated.
[The early portion of the B. and M. Register for Anstruther Wester contains entries for the neighbouring parishes of Abercrombie or St Monance, Kilrenny, and Pittenweem.]

Kinghorn

Kinghorn OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
439/1 1576-1689
439/2 1689-1724 1683-1724 1685-1716
439/3 1725-1782 1725-1782
439/4 1782-1819 1782-1819
439/5 1820-1854 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. blank Aug. 1581 - June 1601, April 1623 - Feb. 1640. Mothers' names recorded after June 1601.
M. Two leaves imperfect at 1783 - 1784.
D. Only one entry dated prior to June 1698.

Kinglassie

Kinglassie OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
440/1 1627-1701 1627-1699 1671-1694
440/2 1701-1819 1702-1813 1709-1714
440/3 1629-1763 1630-1790
440/4 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. and M. intermixed till June 1647. Blank Dec. 1630 - July 1632.
B. blank June 1731 - June 1734. Irregular entries 1796 - 1810 recorded in family groups on several leaves after 1796. Many blank spaces occur on the pages of this Record. Mothers' names seldom recorded till 1780.
M. (Contracts) 1715 - 1731 recorded on alternate pp. with the B. Blank May 1731 - Nov. 1748, from which date ti July 1784, there are occasional entries of sums paid by persons when contracted for Marriage mixed with the entries of Mortcloth Dues for same period. A Record of M. commences Aug. 1780. After May 1782 (exc. Jan. 1787 - Feb. 1790, and 1797) it is one of Contracts only, till Jan. 1834. Defective 1788 - 1796 incl. Blank Jan. 1798 - Aug. 1820. There is, however, also a Record of Proclamations and Marriages from Feb. 1822. Separate Record of Contracts of M., etc., 1629 - 1647.
D. Exc. a few entries among Contracts of M. from 1630, there is no Record prior to July 1671; then Mortcloth Dues till 1694. Blank July 1694 - Nov. 1709. Burials from last date till Jan. 1714. Blank again till Feb. 1721, after which Mortcloth Dues, intermixed with other matters.

Kingsbarns

Kingsbarns OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
441/1 1642-1739 1650-1760 1663-1760
441/2 1740-1819 1760-1819 1760-1819
441/3 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. Duplicate of portion Sept. 1701 - Feb. 1717. After Jan. 1805, B. M. and D. are entered in separate cols. of the same Register. Exc. Aug. 1663 - Nov. 1679, and July 1713 - Feb. 1717 in one Duplicate, Mothers' names not recorded till No. 1760.
M. Several leaves at commencement much wasted, and entries partially illegible. Blank March 1658 - Oct. 1663. No entries Nov. 1679 - Oct. 1681. Blank Nov. 1760 - Dec. 1788.
D. (Deaths and Burials.) Blank Nov. 1678 - Jan. 1688, Nov. 1693 - April 1713. Two leaves (1740 - 1748) partially destroyed.

Kirkcaldy

Kirkcaldy OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
442/1 1614-1691 1615-1688
442/2 1696-1743 1732-1743 1732-1743
442/3 1743-1783 1743-1783 1743-1783
442/4 1783-1819 1783-1819
442/5 1820-1854
442/6 1820-1854
Register of Neglected Entries 1842-1851
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. blank Jan. 1630 - March 1638, March 1662 - Nov. 1673, April 1691 - April 1696 and Nov. 1730 - Jan. 1732, from which date to 1743, B. M. and D. are entered in parallel cols. of the same Record. This last portion not carefully kept. Separate Record of B. after 1743. Indices to B. and M. 1743 - 1783.
M. blank Jan. 1666 - Nov. 1673, Aug. 1688 - Jan. 1732. Record 1733 - 1739 incl. is one of persons contracted for Marriage. Not carefully kept 1732 - 1743.
D. Deaths prior to 1752; after that date, Deaths and Burials. From 1732 - 1752 entries recorded in cols. of the Register of M. Separate Record after 1752.
[Vol. 442/3 contains an index to B. 1743 - 1783 (surname plus abbreviated form of father's forename, followed by full first name of child); and an index to M. 1743 - 1783 (parties' surnames and forenames, bridegroom's first). Vol. 442/5 contains an index to B. 1839 - 1854 (surname plus abbreviated form of father's forename, followed by full first name of child). Vol. 442/6 contains an index to M 1841 - 1854 (both parties' surnames, bridegroom's first; entry number as well as page number.)

Largo

Largo OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
443/1 1636-1656 1636-1656
443/2 1670-1754 1670-1756
443/3 1754-1819 1757-1819
443/4 1767-1854
443/5 1820-1854 1820-1854
Register of Neglected Entries 1834-1846
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. and M. intermixed till Dec. 1688.
B. blank Dec. 1644 - Jan. 1647 and July 1656 - Sept. 1670. No entries Aug. 1689 - Jan. 1691. After 1766, irregular and interpolated entries are of frequent occurrence. Mothers' names not recorded till Jan. 1723.
M. blank Dec. 1645 - Jan. 1647, Aug. 1656 - Dec. 1670, and Dec. 1688 - March 1693. No entry Dec. 1756 - Dec. 1757.
D. (Burials.) It being impossible to separate the portion 1820 - 1854 from the earlier part of the Record, in consequence of the manner in which it has been kept, the whole has been retained by the Registrar-General.

Leslie

Leslie OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
444/1 1673-1767 1729-1761
444/2 1764-1819
444/3 1779-1819 1761-1819
444/4 1820-1854 1838-1854
444/5 1820-1837 1820-1837
444/6 1600-1645 1613-1645
Register of Neglected Entries
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. blank Aug. 1678 - March 1682. Early leaves much injured by damp. Record 1718 - 1763 kept in the form of a small Memorandum Book. Irregular entries throughout. Mothers' names not recorded till Feb. 1685.
M. Prior to 1761 kept in form of a Memorandum Book. Blank (exc. one entry 1755, and two entries 1761) Dec. 1750 - March 1779, from which date till 1838 entries of Proclamations only.
D. (Mortcloth Dues.)
[Subsequent to publication of the Detailed List, records were found at Worcester College, Oxford, containing B. 1640 - 1645 and M. 1613 - 1645. These have now been included in the OPR series (vol. 444/6).]

Leuchars

Leuchars OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
445/1 1665-1819 1665-1819
445/2 1820-1854 1820-1854 1720-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. blank Dec. 1692 - Nov. 1695, Oct. 1699 - Feb. 1705. Entries prior to Aug. 1761 tabulated. Mothers' names omitted bet. March and Sept. 1665 incl.
M. (Contracts.) Only two entries Sept. 1665 - Jan. 1678, and one Dec. 1692 - Nov. 1695. Blank Jan. 1699 - Oct. 1714. Entries prior to April 1792 tabulated.
[Subsequent to publication of the Detailed List, Death records 1720 - 1854 were added to the OPR series (vol. 445/2).]

Logie

Logie OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
446/1 1660-1819 1660-1819 1780-1819
446/2 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1851
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. and M. intermixed till 1817, and D. (Burials) also mixed up with them 1780 - 1817. After 1817, separate Records of B. M. and D. Mothers' names seldom recorded in entries of B. till Dec. 1799. The fact of Marriage often not added to the entries of Contract 1793 - 1817 incl.

Parishes M - W

Detailed List of the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland , Fife parishes M - W

It has two pieces of information for each parish in Scotland -

the number of volumes containing the Old Parish Registers and the dates they embraced. This was further broken down into those volumes in the custody of the Registrar-General (covering periods up to 1819), and those then in the custody of the Local Registrar (covering the period 1820 - 1854).
a list of 'Remarks relative to Blanks, Defects, Condition of Registers, etc.'

As an example, for Saline parish:
No. Parish No. of Vols. In the custody of the Registrar-General
---------
Dates embraced No. of Vols. In the custody of the Local Registrar
---------
Dates embraced
455 Saline
1
B. 1746-1819; M. 1747-1819; D. 1747-1810.
1
B. and M. 1820-54
B. No blanks, but irregular entries occasionally occur.
M. Blank (exc. one entry) May 1783 - March 1794. No entries Dec. 1798 - Feb. 1800. The Record 1794 - 1817 is, with a few exceptions, one of Proclamations merely.
D. (Mortcloth Dues.)

The information contained in the Detailed List's tables showing the number of volumes and the embracing dates (1. above) has been superseded by more up-to-date information provided by the Registrar General. This current information is given here. It is also in the 'Church Records' section on each parish page and is available as Coverage of the Old Parish Registers in the "Research Guides" section of the National Records of Scotland website.

B. = Baptism / Birth; M. = Marriage; D. =Death. p. = page; pp. = pages; col. = column

Parishes A - C Parishes D - L Parishes M - W (this page)

Markinch

Markinch OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
447/1 1635-1777 1697-1777 1635-1723
447/2 1780-1819 1779-1805
447/3 1649-1686 1649-1819
447/4 1799-1819
447/5 1820-1854
447/6 1834-1854 1820-1854
447/7 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. and D. entered in parallel cols. of the same Record till 1647. At pp. 22 - 25 are four cols. of entries of Deaths which bear to be 'Ane roll off thois quho wer killed at Tibbermure 1 Septemb. 1644, and at Kilsyth 15 August 1645'.
B. blank July 1642 - Sept. 1697, July 1702 - Jan. 1712, Oct. 1777 - Oct. 1780. Mothers' names seldom recorded in entries of B. till 1701. [In vol. 447/1, pages 336 and 337 (B. 1762) have been placed at the end of the Burial entries for 1723.]
M. blank June 1686 - May 1697, Nov. 1701 - April 1712, Aug. 1777 - March 1779, and March 1805 - 1834.
D. Deaths prior to 1647. Blank May 1647 - April 1649, after which Mortcloth Dues, exc. 1713 - 1723, when Deaths and Burials are recorded. Blank June 1695 - April 1713, and June 1723 - Aug. 1796.
[Subsequent to publication of the Detailed List, Death records 1799 - 1819, and 1820 - 1854 were added to the OPR series (vols. 447/4 and 447/7.]

Monimail

Monimail OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
448/1 1656-1725 1656-1725 1677-1720
448/2 1725-1819 1725-1819 1738-1819
448/3 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. and M. intermixed till 1687. Records prior to 1725 very much wasted. Blank Feb. 1657 - Sept. 1658, July 1679 - July 1682, July 1684 - Nov. 1686, Aug. 1689 - Aug. 1690, Aug. 1696 - Jan. 1698. After May 1747, entries of children of Seceders, 1738 - 1748. Duplicate of Record of B. 1725 - 1749. Page of irregular entries 1799 - 1810, at June 1806; also entries 1823 - 1854, on four pp. at end of 1814. Mothers' names seldom recorded till 1666, and occasionally omitted till about 1682.
M. Prior to 1687 intermixed with B. Blank Dec. 1687 - Aug. 1690. No entries June 1696 - Nov. 1697. Blank Nov. 1754 - July 1761. Record before 1725 much injured by damp.
D. Four entries for 1685. Regular Record commences Oct. 1697. Blank April 1720 - Jan, 1738, June 1751 - Jan. 1753, and (exc. three entries) Oct. 1754 - March 1784. Only two entries Aug. 1786 - Jan. 1817.

Moonzie

Moonzie OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
449/1 1713-1819 1741-1819
449/2 1820-1854 1820-1854 1821-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. No entry Sept. 1782 - June 1784. Duplicate of Record 1799 - 1820.
M. No entries for 1770, 1774, 1782, or 1785. Blank Oct. 1794 - Nov. 1799. No entries for 1801, 1813, or 1818. The fact of Marriage is frequently omitted after 1770.

Newburgh

Newburgh OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
450/1 1654-1819 1654-1819
450/2 1820-1854 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. and M. intermixed till Dec. 1785. Blank July 1690 - May 1702, exc. one entry of B. 1692, seven entries for 1697 - 1698, and two entries of Contracts of M. 1697 - 1698. After 1750, occasional entries of children baptized by Mr Alexander Moncrieff, Minister of the Associate Congregation at Abernethy. Separate Records of B. and M. after Jan. 1786.

Newburn

Newburn OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
451/1 1628-1678 1628-1678 1630-1669
451/2 1678-1819 1678-1819 1760-1819
451/3 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. and M. intermixed from 1645 till Nov. 1704. No entries of B. Aug. 1690 - Aug. 1692, nor of M. Oct. 1689 - Sept. 1692. Separate Records of B. and M. from May 1705. Mothers' names not recorded till 1678. No entry of M. for 1731. Blank Nov. 1754 - Oct. 1756. No entry for 1775. Blank (exc. one entry) Aug. 1777 - Jan 1783. No entry for 1790.
D. (Deaths and Burials) blank Feb. 1638 - Feb. 1643. No entry March 1650 - Aug. 1655. Blank (exc. one entry for 1669) March 1658 - Jan. 1760.

Pittenweem

Pittenweem OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
452/1 1611-1745 1692-1745 1685-1690
452/2 1750-1819 1750-1819 1782-1819
452/3 1612-1652
452/4 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1854
452/5 Accounts for marriages 1650-1662
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. The entries on the lower half of the first three leaves of the Record either partially or entirely illegible through damp. Blank 1615 - Nov. 1628. From latter date to 1639 mothers' names not recorded. Blank Nov. 1655 - Jan. 1685. Three leaves at 1688 - 1690 imperfect. Blank (exc. four irregular entries) Aug. 1690 - May 1692. Portion 1732 - 1742 has also been injured by damp and moths. Five leaves imperfect at 1742 - 1745. Entries for 1746 on pp. 92, 94, 95 of Record. Blank (exc. one entry) Sept. 1746 - Aug. 1750. Portion of leaf cut off at April 1789. Irregular entries of occasional occurrence.
M. After 11 entries (Feb. to May 1612), Record blank until Dec. 1619. Leaves from 1619 - 1621 partially destroyed by mice, and from 1728 - 1740 injured by damp. From 1619 - 1652 separate entries of Contracts and of Marriages mixed up with other matters. Blank Dec. 1652 - Oct. 1692. From June 1704 the entries generally bear the dates of the Contract, the Proclamation, and the Marriage of the parties. Blank Nov. 1746 - July 1750, and (exc. four entries 1770, and three entries 1777 - 1778) March 1766 - March 1779. Record of 1750 - 1759 incl. in parallel cols. with the Baptisms for the same period.
D. (Burials.) Record prior to 1690 in parallel cols. with Baptisms for same period. Blank Dec. 1690 - March 1782, after which Deaths. Blank also (exc. one entry) Feb. 1791 - Jan. 1793, and (exc. four entries) July 1807 - Feb. 1811.
[The early portion of the B. and M. Register for Anstruther Wester contains entries for the neighbouring parishes of Abercrombie or St Monance, Kilrenny, and Pittenweem.]
[Subsequent to publication of the Detailed List, records were found within other Church of Scotland records (CH2/833/1) which contain Marriages 1650 - 1662. These are now included in the OPR Records as 452/5.]
[Vol. 452/4 contains an index to B. 1838 - 1854 (surname followed by forename of child); an index to M. 1838 - 1854 (both parties' surnames, bridegroom's first); and an index to D. 1832 - 1854 (surname followed by Christian name).]

St. Andrews and St. Leonards

St Andrews OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
453/1 1627-1680
453/2 1680-1738
453/3 1739-1803
453/4 1803-1819
453/5 1638-1659
453/6 1659-1670
453/7 1670-1679
453/8 1679-1698
453/9 1698-1706
453/10 1706-1719
453/11 1719-1729
453/12 1729-1740
453/13 1740-1750
453/14 1750-1762
453/15 1763-1771
453/16 1770-1819
453/17 1732-1819
453/19 1820-1854
453/20 1820-1854
453/21 1820-1854
Register of Neglected Entries 1844-1845
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
St. Andrews: B. With the exception that it is defective Dec. 1737 - April 1740, Record carefully kept throughout; the portion prior to 1680, in particular, being beautifully written. After Record for June 1712, three pp. of entries of children baptized by an Episcopal Minister 1712 - 1741; and at the beginning of vol. 2, two pp. of irregular entries of children baptized by Seceders 1738 - 1757. After Record for 1819 there are 17 slips of paper containing the dates of Births of children born bet. 1803 and 1844.
M. Record of Contracts and Marriages prior to 1770 mixed up with other matters. Blank 1685 - 1694. Separate Record after 1770. Irregular Marriages occasionally recorded.
D. Greater part of first leaf destroyed. Prior to Feb. 1735 the entries record not only the date of Death and Burial, but generally also the hour of both. After Feb. 1735 the date of Death only recorded.
St Leonards OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
453/18 1667-1819 1668-1819
453/22 1820-1854 1820-1855
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
St. Leonards: B. blank Aug. 1695 - June 1696. Only one entry May 1799 - May 1800.
M. blank Jan. 1677 - April 1678, and March 1690 - Nov. 1691. Only one entry Nov. 1692 - Aug. 1694, and one April 1695 - Aug. 1696. No entry for 1717. Blank March 1739 - June 1740. No entry for 1769. Blank Sept. 1797 - Nov. 1800. No entry for 1821.

St. Monance

St Monans OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
454/1 1628-1691 1628-1690 1674-1681; 1691-1704
454/2 1707-1819 1707-1819 1736-1817
454/3 1820-1854 1820-1854 1827-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. Three entries for 1682 and one for 1690 on first leaf. Margin of Record 1747 - 1773 injured by want of care, and a number of entries thereby rendered imperfect. Entries occasionally occur a few years out of the order of time. At 1817, six irregular entries dated 1807 - 1848. Duplicate of Record 1719 - 1747.
M. blank (exc. a few entries of Proclamation fees, etc.) Aug. 1691 - May 1707, and Nov. 1756 - March 1758. Occasional entries of Irregular and Clandestine Marriages. Duplicate of Record 1712 - 1740, and 1746 - 1747.
D. Only Mortcloth Dues prior to 1747. Blank 1681 - 1690, and 1704 - 1736. Deaths Aug. 1747 - Nov. 1756, and Jan. 1773 - July 1781. Burials are recorded after Oct. 1783. There are, however, transcribed entries of Mortcloth Dues applicable to the blanks in the regular Record 1756 - 1773 and 1781 - 1783. Blank also Nov. 1817 - Jan. 1827. Duplicate of portion 1827 - 1844.
[The early portion of the B. and M. Register for Anstruther Wester contains entries for the neighbouring parishes of Abercrombie or St Monance, Kilrenny, and Pittenweem.]

Saline

Saline OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
455/1 1746-1819 1747-1819 1747-1810
455/2 1820-1854 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. No blanks, but irregular entries occasionally occur.
M. Blank (exc. one entry) May 1783 - March 1794. No entries Dec. 1798 - Feb. 1800. The Record 1794 - 1817 is, with a few exceptions, one of Proclamations merely.
D. (Mortcloth Dues.)

Scoonie

Scoonie OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
456/1 1675-1786 1667-1766 1765-1766
456/2 1770-1792 1770-1792 1770-1792
456/3 1783-1819 1793-1819 1817-1819
456/4 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1854
Register of Neglected Entries 1842, 1851
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. Defective 1716 - 1718. After Record for May 1760, there are six pp. of irregular entries dated 1740 - 1786. Then follows a copy of the Record of B. Dec. 1755 - March 1760, with continuation. Blank March 1761 - Oct. 1765, and Dec. 1768 - March 1770, from which date to 1792, B. M. and D. are mixed up in one Record, and all blank July 1783 - Sept. 1788. There is, however, a separate Register of B. from 1783, which is continuous. Irregular entries frequent 1792 - 1804 incl. After 1819, are six entries (one family) 1814 - 1827.
M. Only entries of Marriage Pledges, etc. before Feb. 1676. Entries Feb. 1676 - Oct. 1677 among B. Separate Record Nov. 1677 - Nov. 1702. Blank Nov. 1702 - Oct. 1718, from which date to April 1760, entries again recorded among B. There is also a Record of Contracts or Proclamations Oct. 1755 - April 1760. Blank from latter date till Nov. 1765, when the Record of Contracts is resumed. Again blank May 1766 - March 1770, from which date till Jan. 1783, and Sept. 1788 - Nov. 1792, the entries of Contracts are intermixed with Baptisms and Burials for the same period. [Blank 1783 - 1788.] Separate Register of Contracts and Marriages from June 1794. The title-page of this Record bears that it began Oct. 1783, but the early leaves have probably been destroyed or lost.
D. (Burials.) Blank April 1766 - Jan. 1770, Feb. 1783 - Feb. 1788, and May 1792 - Jan. 1817. Deaths and Burials after 1817. [There are 7 entries of D. for 1817 between B. 1825 - 1826.]

Strathmiglo

Strathmiglo OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
457/1 1719-1819 1719-1819 1817-1819
457/2 1702-1743 1714-1743
457/3 1748-1819 1742-1819
457/4 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. Prior to 1747, and again 1756 - 1800, each entry consists of a date and three words, viz. name and surname of father, and baptismal name of child. Mothers' names added after 1800.
M. blank June 1753 - Feb. 1817, but there are entries of Contract Money 1702 - 1743, and 1748 - 1819, mixed up with Mortcloth Dues, etc.
D. Only Mortcloth Dues prior to 1817. Burials after Jan. 1817.

Torryburn

Torryburn OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
458/1 1663-1682 1629-1665
458/2 1680-1819 1702-1819
458/3 1768-1819
458/4 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1854
458/5 1629-1641 1696-1773
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. First leaf of volume 2 contains entries (1688 - 1695) of children of Seceders, most of them baptized in other parishes. Corner of three leaves (1755 - 1756) torn off. Exc. that a few interpolated entries occur after 1783, this Record appears to have been regularly kept.
M. blank (exc. four entries 1675 - 1681) Nov. 1665 - Jan. 1702, and Oct. 1710 - Dec. 1711. After 1723 the Record is one of persons who gave up their names to be proclaimed. The fact or the date of Marriage, however, is not unfrequently added to the entries after 1800.
D. (Mortcloth Dues.) Blank Nov. 1817 - Dec. 1820.
[Subsequent to publication of the Detailed List, records were found within other Church of Scotland records (CH2/355/1) which contain Baptisms 1629 - 1641 and Deaths 1696 - 1773. These are now included in the OPR Records as 458/5.]

Tulliallan

Tulliallan OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
397/1 1673-1819
397/2 1673-1819 1680-1781
397/3 1820-1854 1820-1854 1824-1848
Register of Neglected Entries
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. Duplicate of record March 1692 - Nov. 1702.
M. Duplicate of record April 1692 - July 1698.
D. Mortcloth Dues till 1740. Blank Nov. 1740 - Jan. 1747, after which Deaths, with specification of disease, and frequently age of deceased.

Wemyss

Wemyss OPR Births / baptisms Proclamations / marriages Deaths / burials / mortcloths
459/1 1660-1691
459/2 1692-1734
459/3 1735-1779
459/4 1779-1819 1779-1819
459/5 1662-1779 1707-1819
459/6 1820-1854 1820-1854 1820-1854
(Data supplied by the National Records of Scotland)
B. This Register appears to have been originally kept with great care and regularity, but it has subsequently suffered much from damp and neglect, and the corners of the leaves 1660 - 1667, 1698 - 1718, and 1729 - 1733 have been more or less destroyed - at the last date apparently by mice. The original is wanting March - Sept. 1744, but there are four leaves of transcribed entries Sept. 1743 - Sept. 1744, which embrace the missing entries. There are also three leaves of transcribed entries May 1771 - Oct. 1771, and July 1774 - Feb. 1775, the originals of which have been lost.
M. Record originally kept with care, but has since suffered much from damp. Greater part of leaf Oct. 1678 - May 1679 destroyed. Four leaves of transcribed entries May 1744 - Oct. 1746, of which the originals are lost. Between 1775 and 1783, date of Marriage seldom given, but date of 'Booking' only.
D. (Mortcloth Dues.)

Fife - Other Church Records - LDS Film Numbers

The LDS have filmed some other church records held by the National Records of Scotland (usually those containing births / baptisms, proclamations / marriages, and deaths / burials). These films can be ordered in to LDS Family History Centres. More information is available at the LDS website under 'Library' --> 'Family History Library Catalog'.

Film details for the Old Parish Registers are given here.

Parish	LDS Film number	Film contents		Location of originals
Abernethy	1068238 Item 2	Parish Church of Abernethy	Blotter registers, 1732-1736, includes Kirk Session Minutes 1732-1736.	MR44/1, National Records of Scotland
Auchterderran	1068237 Item 7	Lochgelly Associate Congregation	Blotter registers, 1773-1778; record of sermon texts preached, 1773-1778.	MR52/1, National Records of Scotland
Auchterderran	104154 Item 12	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Lochgelly Branch	Record of members, 1842-1854	-
Auchtermuchty	1068242 Item 11	Parish Church of Auchtermuchty	Blotter registers, 1797-1833: contains kirk session cash book, 1797-1799, 1816-1833.	MR97/1, National Records of Scotland
	889482 Item 3	Auchtermuchty Associate Session Church	Baptisms, 1748-1806 and account book, 1839-1850.	CH3/436 St Andrews University Library
	1485042 Item 2	Auchtermuchty North United Presbyterian Church	Baptismal register, 1867-1909	CH3/603/3 St Andrews University Library
Ballingry	304667 Item 8	Parish Church of Ballingry	Kirk sessions records, baptisms, 1701-1721, marriages, 1706-1722, deaths, 1729-1798 (fragmentary)	CH2/382 National Records of Scotland
Beath	104150 Item 5	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Cowdenbeath Branch	Branch records, early to 1883.	-
Beath	104154 Item 1	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Kelty Branch	Record of members, 1880-1883	-
Carnock	104156 Item 6	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. West Fife Branch	Record of members, 1881-1887	-

Parish	LDS Film number	Film contents		Location of originals
Ceres	1484199 Items 2-6	Ceres Free Church	Session minutes, 1844-1903 Communion roll, 1852-1903 Deacons' court minutes, 1846-1909 Deacons' court account book, 1847-1876	CH3/55/1-2, 4, 6, 11-12 St Andrews University Library
	1485042 Item 1	Ceres Free Church	Baptismal register, 1877-1894	CH3/55/1-2, 4, 6, 11-12 St Andrews University Library
	304670 Item 6	Ceres Associate Congregation	Baptisms, 1738-1806, 1808, 1836-1837	CH3/54 St Andrews University Library
	1482999	Ceres Associate Congregation	Session minutes, 1738-1748 (includes account, 1738-1771), 1781-1863. Baptisms, 1738-1806, 1808, 1836-1837, 1858-1891.	CH3/54 St Andrews University Library
Collessie	1482991 Items 4-5	Collessie Free Church	Session minutes, 1843-1885; Deacon's court minutes, 1843-1895.	CH3/61/1-2 National Records of Scotland
Cupar	1484197 Items 1-3	Boston United Free Church	Relief session minutes, 1813-1871 (includes some christenings and marriages); Managers' minutes, 1828-1866.	CH3/66/1-2,6 St Andrews University Library
Cupar	1068235 Item 10	Cupar Free Church	Blotter registers: Baptisms, 1843-1854; Communicants, 1837-1853.	MR30/1, National Records of Scotland
Dalgety	104150 Item 6	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Crossgate Branch	Record of members, 1885-1886	-
Dunbog	304660 Item 6	Dunbog Parish Church	Kirk sessions records, baptisms and marriages, 1666-1855	CH2/102 St Andrews University Library
Dunfermline	889489 Item 1	Queen Anne St. Burgher Associate Church	Baptisms, 1797-1823.	CH3/568 National Records of Scotland
	889488 Item 3	Dunfermline Associate Session Church	Baptisms, 1739-1799.	? CH3/568 National Records of Scotland
	889489 Item 10	Dunfermline Parish Church [actually Dunfermline North Church]	Baptisms, 1851-1920 and marriages, 1851-1902.	CH2/641 National Records of Scotland
	1068237 Item 1	Dunfermline Parish Church	Blotter registers: Burials, 1790-1800, 1815-1833	MR45/1-2, National Records of Scotland
	1068239 Item 2	Limekilns Burgh Seceders and United Associate Congregation	Blotter registers: Baptisms, 1782-1832; Baptisms (United Association Congregation), 1832-1857	MR65/1-2, National Records of Scotland
	1068240 Item 1	Limekilns Burgh Seceders and United Associate Congregation	Blotter registers: Baptisms (United Association Congregation), 1857-1865	MR65/1-2, National Records of Scotland
	104150 Item 12	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Dunfermline Branch	Record of members, early to 1889	-
	104156 Item 6	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Dunfermline Branch	Records, 1887-1889.	-

Parish	LDS Film number	Film contents		Location of originals
Dysart	1484196 Items 3-5	Relief Presbytery of Dysart	Presbytery meeting minutes, 1803-1867	CH3/105/1-3 National Records of Scotland
Dysart	104150 Item 13	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Dysart Branch	Record of members, early to 1875	-
Falkland	104151 Item 4	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Freuchie Branch	Record of members, 1851-1854	-
Inverkeithing	889483 Item 5	Inverkeithing Associate Congregation	Minutes and marriages, 1756-1852 and baptisms, 1764-1852.	CH3/452 National Records of Scotland
Kettle	1886226	Kettle United Presbyterian Church	Session minutes, 1832-1868.	CH3/188 National Records of Scotland
Kirkcaldy	1068235 Item 1	Parish Church of Kirkcaldy	Blotter registers: Baptisms, 1750-1769; Births, 1790-1795.	MR21/1, National Records of Scotland
	1562922 Items 3 - 6	Kirkcaldy Second Associate Congregation (United Presbyterian Church)	Minutes, 1821-1882. Account books, 1821 - Dec. 1876.	CH3/197/1-2, 16-18, 22-24 National Records of Scotland
	1562923 Items 1 - 5	Kirkcaldy Second Associate Congregation (United Presbyterian Church)	Account book, 1821-1882. Account book, 1824-1863. Baptisms, 1866-1918; deaths, 1880-1918.	CH3/197/1-2, 16-18, 22-24 National Records of Scotland
	104154 Item 6	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Kirkcaldy Branch	Record of members, 1842-1849	-
	104155 Item 4	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Pathhead Branch	Branch records, 1881	-
Leslie	889477 Item 2	Leslie Associate Congregation Church	Baptisms, 1742-1806.	? CH3/319 National Records of Scotland
Leslie	304672 Item 3	Leslie Associate Congregation Church	Baptisms, 1748-1808	CH3/319 National Records of Scotland

Parish	LDS Film number	Film contents		Location of originals
Leuchars	1484199 Item 1	Leuchars Parish Church	Kirk session minutes and accounts, 1762-1807, 1829-1869	CH2/1209/8 St Andrews University Library
Newburgh	304671 Item 22	Newburgh Associate Congregation	Baptisms, 1785-1812, 1821-1849; marriages, 1785, 1821-1848, 1850-1860	CH3/242 St Andrews University Library
Pittenweem	104155 Item 7	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Pittenweem Branch	Record of members, 1842-1853	-
Saline	1886474	Saline Free Church	Session minutes, 1843-1869 (with scroll minutes, 1848-1852); Deacons court minutes, 1844-1875; Account book, 1843-1858; Communion roll, 1848-1866.	CH3/277/1, 4, 6, 13 National Records of Scotland
Saline	1068234 Item 12	Saline Free Church	Baptisms, 1843-1883; Marriages, 1844-1865; Burials, 1844-1866.	MR18/1, National Records of Scotland
St Andrews & St Leonards	844777 Item 1	St Andrews Episcopal Congregation	Register of births and marriages, 1722-1787	Book: Scottish Record Society (Series) : v. 49
Torryburn	304666 Item 11	Torryburn Parish Church	Kirk sessions records, baptisms, 1629-1641, deaths, 1696-1773	? CH2/355 National Records of Scotland
Torryburn	1886481 Items 2-6	Torryburn Free Church later United Free and Newmills Church of Scotland.	Session minutes, 1843-1888; Deacon's court minutes (with accounts), 1843-1855; Account book, 1843-1847; Communion roll, 1858-1875; Baptisms, 1874-1924	CH3/297/1, 3, 6, 9, 11 National Records of Scotland
Wemyss	104156 Item 7	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. West Wemyss Branch	Record of members, 1841-1847	-

Data provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Fife Old Parish Registers & Censuses - Reference Numbers

This table gives the reference numbers used by the National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh when referring to the pre-1855 Old Parish Registers (OPRs) and the censuses for the Fife parishes. The numbers are also used on the microfilms used in libraries and the LDS Family History Centres.

The numbers are for Parishes up to 1854 and for Registration Districts from 1855 onwards.

The 1841 and 1851 censuses were organised on a parish basis. The census reference number will be the same as the Old Parish Register (OPR) reference number.

In 1855 Registration Districts were created, initially with the same reference numbers as the parishes. However the registration districts and their numbers changed frequently as the towns grew. The parish pages give the registration districts which covered the area of each parish over the years.

From 1861, censuses were organised on a registration district basis. Because there were some differences between the two different administrative areas, some addresses will therefore appear in a different area, under a different reference number, from one census to another. Differences are noted in the table below and on the relevant parish pages.

Parish	Parish reference numbers for:	Registration district reference numbers for:
Parish	OPRs and 1841 / 1851 censuses	1861 census	1871 census	1881 / 1891 censuses	1901 census	1911 census
Abbotshall	399	399, part in 442	399, part in 442	included with Kirkcaldy 442	included with Kirkcaldy 442	included with Kirkcaldy 442
Abdie	400	400, part in 423	400, part in 423	400, part in 423	400	400
Aberdour	401	401	401	401	401	401
Abernethy (the part in Fife)	326 (Perthshire)	326 (Perthshire)	326 (Perthshire)	326 (Perthshire)	all now in 326 (Perthshire)	all now in 326 (Perthshire)
Anstruther Easter	402	402	402	402	402	402
Anstruther Wester	403	403	403	403	403	403, part in 417
Arngask	404	404	404	404	328c (Perthshire)	328c (Perthshire)
Auchterderran	405	405	405	405	405	Auchterderran 405/1; Lochgelly 405/2
Auchtermuchty	406	406	406	406	406	406
Auchtertool	407	407	407	407	407	407
Ballingry	408	408	408	408	408	Lochore 408/1; Lumphinnans 408/2
Balmerino	409	409	409	409	409	409
Beath	410	410	410	410	410	Cowdenbeath 410/1; Kelty 410/2
Burntisland	411	411	411	411	411	411
Cameron	412	412	412	412	412	412
Carnbee	413	413	413	413	413	413
Carnock	414	414	414	414	414	414
Ceres	415	415	415	415	415	415
Collessie	416	416	416	416	416	416
Crail	417	417	417	417, part in 425	417, part in 425	417, part in 425
Creich	418	418	418	418	418a	418a
Culross	343 (Perthshire)	343 (Perthshire)	343 (Perthshire)	343 (Perthshire)	418b	418b
Cults	419	419	419	419	419	419
Cupar	420	420	420	420	420	420
Dairsie	421	421	421	421	421	421
Dalgety	422	422	422	422	422	422
Dunbog	423	423	423	423	423	423
Dunfermline	424	Dunfermline Burgh 424/1; Dunfermline Landward 424/2, part in 432	Dunfermline Burgh 424/1; Dunfermline Landward 424/2, part in 432	424, part in 432	424	424
Dunino	425	425	425	425	425	425
Dysart	426	426	426	426	426	426; see also Kirkcaldy & Abbotshall 442
Elie	427	427	427	427	427	427
Falkland	428	428	428	428	428	428
Ferryport on Craig	429	429	429	429	429	429
Flisk	430	430, part in 423	430, part in 423	430, part in 423	430, part in 423	430, part in 423
Forgan	431	431	431	431	431	431
Inverkeithing	432	432, part in 424	432, part in 424	432, part in 424	432	432
Kemback	433	433	433	433	433	433
Kennoway	434	434	434	434	434	434
Kettle	435	435	435	435	435	435
Kilconquhar	436	436	436	436	436	436
Kilmany	437	437	437	437	437	437
Kilrenny	438	438	438, part in 402	438, part in 402	438, part in 402	438, part in 402
Kinghorn	439	439, part in 442	439, part in 442	439, part in 442	439, part in 442	439, part in 442
Kinglassie	440	440	440	440	440	440
Kingsbarns	441	441	441	441	441	441
Kirkcaldy	442	442	442	Kirkcaldy & Abbotshall 442	Kirkcaldy & Abbotshall 442	Kirkcaldy & Abbotshall 442, part in 426 Dysart, part in 457b Thornton
Largo	443	443	443	443	443	443
Leslie	444	444	444	444	444	444
Leuchars	445	445	445	445	445	445
Logie	446	446	446	446	446	446
Markinch	447	447	447	447	Markinch 447/1; Windygates 447/2	Markinch 447/1; Windygates 447/2; part in Thornton 457b
Monimail	448	448	448	448	448	448
Moonzie	449	449	449	449	449	449
Newburgh	450	450	450	450	450	450
Newburn	451	451	451	451	451	451
Pittenweem	452	452	452	452	452	452
Saline	455	455	455	455	455	455
Scoonie	456	456	456	456	456	456
St Andrews & St Leonards	453	453	453	453	453	453
St Monans	454	454	454	454	454	454
Strathmiglo	457	457	457	457	457	457a
Torryburn	458	458	458	458	458a	458a
Tulliallan	397 (Perthshire)	397 (Perthshire)	397 (Perthshire)	397 (Perthshire)	458b	458b
Wemyss	459	459	459	Wemyss 459/1; Buckhaven 459/2	Wemyss 459/1; Buckhaven 459/2	Wemyss 459/1; Buckhaven 459/2

Old Parish Registers - LDS Film Numbers

The LDS have filmed the Old Parish Registers (of births / baptisms, proclamations / marriages, and deaths / burials). These films can be ordered in to LDS Family History Centres. The content of each film reel is given below. More information is available at the LDS website under 'Library' --> 'Family History Library Catalog'.

The LDS have also filmed the records of some other churches - their film details are given here.

Parish	Parish number	LDS Film number	Film contents
Abbotshall	399	1040142 Items 2 - 4	Baptisms, 1650-1819; Marriages, 1650-1743, 1741-1762.
		1040143 Items 1 - 5	Marriages, 1764-1819; Burials, 1750-1843, 1818-1832, 1843-1860.
		993525	Baptisms and Index, 1816-1855; Misc. church notes; Marriages and Index, 1819-1855.
Abdie	400	1040143 Item 6	Baptisms, 1620-1786; Marriages, 1691-1713, 1720- 1767, 1784-1785; Burials, 1784-1785.
Abdie	400	1040144 Items 1 - 2	Baptisms, Marriages, 1786-1854.
Aberdour	401	1040144 Items 3 - 5	Baptisms, 1663-1854; Marriages, 1650-1682, 1702-1855; Burials, 1658-1676, 1817-1854; Mortcloth dues (burial records), 1790-1817.
Anstruther Easter	402	1040145	Baptisms, 1641-1854; Marriages, 1678-1827, 1796-1854, 1844-1847; Burials, 1746-1798, 1833-1854; Neglected entries.
Abernethy	326	993511	Baptisms, 1690-1733, marriages, 1690-1727, burials, 1690-1727; baptisms, 1749-1819, marriages, 1783-1794, burials, 1783-1794; baptisms, 1820-1854.
Anstruther Wester	403	1040146	Session book (includes Baptisms, Marriage proclamations, occasional Mortcloth dues [Burial records]) 1577-1601; Burial extracts (many gaps), 1549-1817; Baptisms, 1601-1819; Marriages, 1601-1614, 1757-1819; Burials, 1601-1603, 1747- 1791; Mortcloth dues, 1788-1818; Session book (includes Marriage proclamations), 1651-1685.
Anstruther Wester	403	1040147 Items 1 - 2	Session book (includes Marriage proclamations), 1685-1699; Baptisms, Marriages, 1820-1854; Mortcloth dues, 1820-1837; Burials, 1839-1854; Burials (collection from many sources), 1549- 1838.
Arngask	404	1040148 Item 1	Session book (includes Marriage proclamations, Mortcloth dues), 1829-1855.
Arngask	404	1040147 Items 3 - 7	Session book (includes Baptisms, Marriage proclamations), 1686-1711; Baptisms, 1711-1854; Marriages, 1711-1747; Session book (includes Marriage proclamations, Mortcloth dues [burial records]), 1711-1829; Burials, 1748-1753.
Auchterderran	405	1040148 Items 2 - 3	Baptisms, 1664-1667, 1684-1854; Marriages, 1681-1771, 1783-1819; Baptisms (Lochgelly), 1769-1805; Marriages, 1820-1854; Family Register, 1820-1854.
Auchtermuchty	406	1040148 Item 4	Baptisms, 1649-1667, 1700-1819; Marriages, 1649-1667, 1702-1786, 1794; Burials, 1649-1667.
Auchtermuchty	406	1040149 Items 1 - 2	Session book (includes Marriage proclamations and Mortcloth dues [burial records]), 1701-1817; Marriages, 1817-1854; Burials, 1817-1851; Baptisms, 1820-1854.
Auchtertool	407	1040149 Items 3 - 4	Baptisms, 1708-1840; Marriages, 1708-1839.
Auchtertool	407	1040194 Items 1 - 2	Baptisms, 1839-1855; Marriages, 1839-1854; Burials, 1830-1855.
Ballingry	408	1040194 Items 3 - 5	Baptisms, 1670-1701, 1722-1854; Marriages, 1670-1701, 1722-1745, 1758-1856; Burials, 1670-1701, 1783-1793; Session book (includes Marriage proclamations and Mortcloth dues [burial records]), 1685-1701; Baptisms, 1701-1721, 1755; Marriages, 1706-1722; Burials, 1729- 1761.

Balmerino	409	1040194 Items 6 - 7	Session book (includes Baptisms and Marriage proclamations), 1632-1674, 1690-1779; Baptisms, 1779-1820, 1832, 1835; Marriages, 1779-1820; Burials, 1747-1762.
Balmerino	409	1040150 Item 1	Baptisms, 1820-1854; Marriages, 1820-1855.
Beath	410	1040150 Items 2 - 3	Session book (includes Baptisms and Marriage proclamations) 1643-1649; Baptisms 1676-1854; Session book (includes Marriage proclamations) 1673-1678; Marriages 1692-1861; Burials 1802-1852.
Burntisland	411	1040150 Item 4	Baptisms, 1672-1686; Session book (includes Marriage proclamations), 1672-1680.
Burntisland	411	1040151 Items 1 - 4	Session book (includes Marriage proclamations), 1680-1686; Baptisms, 1701-1854; Marriages 1701-1854; Burials, 1734-1742, 1806-1818, 1825-1828, 1838-1852; Neglected entries (baptisms), 1853- 1854.
Cameron	412	1040151 Item 5	Baptisms, 1695-1820; Marriages, 1695-1819.
Cameron	412	1040152 Item 1	Baptisms, 1819-1854; Marriages, 1820-1854; Burials, 1832-1853.
Carnbee	413	1040152 Items 2 - 3	Session book (includes Baptisms, 1646-1670, Marriage proclamations, 1646-1699, Mortcloth dues [burial records], 1672-1699); Baptisms, 1662-1674, 1693-1819; Marriages, 1726-1752, 1761-1819; Mortcloth dues, 1782-1792; Burials, 1790-1819.
Carnbee	413	1040153 Items 1 - 2	Session book (includes Marriage proclamations, 1705-1726, Mortcloth dues, 1706-1760); Baptisms, 1820-1855; Marriages, 1820-1848; Burials, 1820- 1854.
Carnock	414	1040153 Items 3 - 4	Baptisms, 1652-1792; Marriages, 1652-1694, 1700-1721; Burials, 1654-1688; Mortcloth dues (burial records), 1699-1721; Session book (includes Marriage proclamations and some baptisms and Mortcloth dues after 1650), 1642-1661.
Carnock	414	1040154 Items 1 - 2	Baptisms, 1792-1854; Marriages, 1780-1854; Burials, 1753-1854.
Ceres	415	1040154 Items 3 - 4	Baptisms, 1620-1727; Marriages, 1620-1727; Burials, 1620-1655, 1708-1727.
Ceres	415	1040155 Items 1 - 3	Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, 1727-1854.
Collessie	416	1040155 Item 4	Baptisms, 1696-1794; Marriages, 1696-1733, 1750, 1756; Burials, 1727-1794.
Collessie	416	1040156 Items 1 - 3	Baptisms, burials, 1794-1854; Marriages ,1783-1854; Session book (includes Mortcloth dues [burial records], 1723-1773 and Marriage proclamations), 1696-1773.
Crail	417	1040156 Item 4	Baptisms, 1684-1725; Marriages, 1655-1725; Burials, 1684-1693.
		1040157	Baptisms, 1725-1820; Marriages, 1725-1820; Burials, 1739-1741, 1783; Session book (includes Marriage proclamations) 1685-1736.
		1040099 Items 1 - 3	Session book (includes Mortcloth dues [burial records], 1752-1779 and Marriage proclamations), 1736-1779; Burials, 1750-1758, 1769-1793; Baptisms, Marriages, 1820-1857.

Creich	418	1040099 Item 4	Baptisms, Marriages, 1694-1819; Burials, 1783-1794, 1817-1820.
Creich	418	1040100 Item 1	Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, 1820-1854.
Culross	343	1040076 Item 5	Baptisms 1641-1687, marriages 1640- 1686, and burials 1667-1685
Culross	343	1040077	Baptisms 1687-1819, marriages 1687- 1820; kirk sessions which contain baptisms, marriages and burials 1820-1854; and surname index to baptisms 1687-1819.
Cults	419	1040100 Items 2 - 3	Session book (includes Baptisms, Marriage proclamations), 1693- 1709, 1726-1751; Baptisms, Marriages, 1752-1854; Burials, 1704-1709, 1726-1854; Marriage pawns, Mortcloth dues (burial records), 1752-1811.
Cupar	420	1040100 Items 4 - 5	Baptisms 1654-1739; Marriages 1654-1738; Burials 1654-1739.
Cupar	420	1040101	Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, 1739-1854; Neglected entries (Baptisms), 1801-1850.
Dairsie	421	1040127 Items 1 - 2	Baptisms, 1645-1655, 1666-1675, 1694-1770, 1727-1765, 1705- 1854; Marriages, 1666-1675, 1695, 1705, 1714-1763, 1749-1769, 1783- 1794, 1804-1854; Mortcloth dues (burial records), 1744-1769; Burials, 1727-1739, 1749-1769, 1783-1794, 1803-1854.
Dalgety	422	1040127 Items 3 - 5	Baptisms, 1644-1650, 1717-1854; Session book (includes Marriage proclamations), 1644-1662; Marriages, 1698-1707, 1718-1817, 1784-1840; Mortcloth dues (burial records), 1697-1709; Session book (includes Marriage proclamations and Mortcloth dues), 1709-1717; Burials, 1718- 1785.
Dalgety	422	1040126 Item 1	Marriages, 1839-1855; Burials, 1833, 1843-1854.
Dunbog	423	1040126 Items 2 - 3	Baptisms, 1695-1698, 1705-1855; Marriages, 1705-1855; Burials, 1823-1853.
Dunfermline	424	1040126 Items 4 - 5	Baptisms, Marriages, 1561-1652
		1040102	Baptisms, 1652-1714, 1687-1756; Marriages, 1652- 1710, 1687-1745; Burials, 1745.
		1040103	Burials, 1745-1755; Marriages, (1 page) 1791; Baptisms, 1756-1797.
		1040104	Baptisms, 1797-1819; Marriages, 1750-1814.
		1040105	Marriages, 1814-1819; Burials, 1617-1643, 1653-1657; Baptisms and Index of fathers (incomplete), 1819-1849.
		1040106	Baptisms, 1836-1854; Baptisms (transcript,) 1821-1847; Marriages, 1820-1848.
		1040107 Items 1 - 3	Marriages, 1848-1854; Burials, 1825-1854; Neglected entries (baptisms), 1833-1854; Index (baptisms), 1834-1854.
Dunino	425	1040107 Item 4	Baptisms, 1643-1690; Marriages, 1643-1689
Dunino	425	1040108 Items 1 - 3	Baptisms, Marriages, 1689-1855; Burials, 1750-1854
Dysart	426	1040108 Item 4	Baptisms, 1582-1596, 1609-1662; Marriages, 1582- 1592, 1612-1662; Burials, 1582-1596
		1040109	Transcripts (Baptisms, 1609-1662, Marriages, 1612- 1629); Burials, 1721-1753, 1731-1778, 1796-1821, 1731-1775; Baptisms, 1662-1819, 1762-1813; Marriages, 1662-1694, 1708-1734
		1040110 Items 1 - 3	Burials, 1818-1855, 1825-1855; Neglected entries (baptisms), 1844-1853
		1040195	Marriages, 1735-1854; Baptisms with Appendix, 1820-1854; Burials, 1756-1863
		304667 Item 9	Burials, v. 23. 1795-1817; v. 24. 1818-1838; v. 25. West burials yard, 1838-1861; v. 26. New Church burial ground, 1825-1861.

Elie	427	1040110 Items 4 - 5	Baptisms, 1639-1681, 1701-1724, 1732-1820; Marriages, 1639-1684, 1701-1718, 1732-1820; Burials, 1736-1760, 1783-1808.
Elie	427	1040111 Item 1	Baptisms, Marriages, 1820-1855; Burials, 1822-1855
Falkland	428	1041475	Baptisms, 1669-1674; Marriages, 1661-1706; Burials, 1670-1706.
		1040111 Items 2-4	Baptisms, 1669-1674, 1702-1855; Marriages, 1669- 1682, 1702-1755, 1772-1849; Mortcloth dues (burials records), 1666-1683, 1737-1758; Burials, 1777-1795, 1817-1819; Session book (includes Marriage Proclamations, Mortcloth dues), 1661- 1667, 1682-1706.
		1040337 Item 1	Marriages, 1849-1855; Burials, 1820-1853; Neglected entries (baptisms), 1826-1852
Ferryport on Craig	429	1040337 Items 2 - 4	Baptisms, 1634-1697, 1710-1854; Marriages, 1640-1674, 1693-1854; Session book (includes Baptisms), 1697-1710; Session book (includes Marriage proclamations), 1674-1692; Burials, 1783-1854.
Flisk	430	1040337 Items 5-6	Baptisms, Marriages 1697-1854; Burials 1775-1815, 1820-1854.
Forgan	431	1040384 Items 1-2	Baptisms 1695-1854; Marriages 1703-1855; mortcloth dues (burial records) 1833-1835.
Inverkeithing	432	1040384 Items 3 - 4	Baptisms, 1676-1711, 1725-1774, 1772-1805; Marriages, 1676-1710; Burials, 1702-1710.
Inverkeithing	432	1040112 Items 1 - 3	Baptisms, 1805-1854; Marriages 1748-1819, 1734- 1749. 1736-1743, 1770-1855; Burials, 1783-1784, 1740-1760, 1803-1843; Session book (includes Marriage proclamations and Mortcloth dues [burial records]), 1698-1721.
Kemback	433	1040112 Items 4 - 5	Baptisms, 1648-1677, 1700-1704, 1732-1854; Marriages, 1648-1677, 1700-1703, 1783-1854; Burials, 170-1703, 1736-1738, 1750-1854.
Kennoway	434	1040113	Session book (includes baptisms, marriage proclamations), 1638-1654; Baptisms, 1691-1819; Marriages, 1691-1724, 1737, 1756-1819; Burials, 1730-1819.
Kennoway	434	1040114 Item 1	Baptisms, 1817-1854; Marriages, 1819-1855; Burials, 1820-1855.
Kettle	435	1040114 Items 2 - 4	Session book (includes baptisms, marriage proclamations), 1636-1658; Baptisms, 1633-1646, 1682-1797; Marriages, 1633-1635, 1682-1721.
Kettle	435	1040336	Baptisms (listed by family), 1773-1819; Baptisms, 1797-1854; Marriages, 1723-1854; Session book (includes Marriages, 1701-1705 and Mortcloth dues [burial records]), 1700-1723; Burials, 1719-1722, 1734-1793 (years repeat), 1793-1799, 1808, 1817-1842; Neglected entries (2 baptisms), 1843, 1849.
Kilconquhar	436	1040385	Baptisms, 1637-1709, 1719-1793, 1781-1788, 1793- 1796; Marriages, 1637-1709, 1719-1770; Burials, 1737-1796.
Kilconquhar	436	1040165 Items 1 - 2	Baptisms, 1796-1854; Burials, 1787, 1796-1851; Marriages, 1770-1855.
Kilmany	437	1040165 Item 3	Baptisms, 1706-1821; Marriages, 1706-1777; Session book (includes Marriage proclamations and Mortcloth dues [burial records]), 1735-1798.
Kilmany	437	1040166 Items 1 - 2	Session book (includes Marriage proclamations, Mortcloth dues), 1799-1819; Baptisms, 1817-1854; Marriages, 1817-1857; Burials, 1831-1854.
Kilrenny	438	1040166 Items 3 - 5	Session book (includes baptisms, marriage proclamations), 1647- 1660, 1677-1696; Baptisms, Marriages, 1712-1854; Burials, 1754-1854; Neglected entries (2 baptisms), 1845.

Kinghorn	439	1040167	Baptisms, 1577-1581, 1601-1623, 1640-1724; Marriages, 1683-1724; Burials, 1685, 1698-1716.
Kinghorn	439	1040168	Baptisms, Marriages, 1725-1854.
Kinglassie	440	1040177	Baptisms, 1627-1819, 1804-1818; Marriages, 1627- 1734, 1748-1813; Mortcloth dues (burial records), 1671-1694; Burials, 1709-1714, 1754; Session book (includes some Marriage proclamations and Mortcloth dues), 1629-1647, 1703, 1721-1774.
Kinglassie	440	1040196 Item 1	Baptisms, Marriages, 1820-1854; Burials, 1820-1855.
Kingsbarns	441	1040196 Items 2 - 3	Baptisms, 1642-1819, 1817-1854; Marriages, 1650- 1788, 1760-1819, 1817-1854; Mortcloth dues (burial records), 1663-1714; Burials, 1688-1693, 1714-1854; Baptisms, Marriages, 1820-1854.
Kirkcaldy	442	1040186	Baptisms, 1614-1630, 1638-1662, 1673-1783; Marriages, 1615-1666, 1673-1688, 1732-1783; Burials, 1732-1752.
Kirkcaldy	442	1040187 Items 1 - 4	Burials, 1752-1783; Baptisms, 1783-1854; Baptisms (supplement), 1820-1854; Marriages, 1783-1867; Neglected entries (3 baptisms), 1842-1851.
Largo	443	1040187 Item 5	Session book (includes Baptisms, Marriage proclamations) 1636-1643.
		1040180	Session book (includes Baptisms, Marriage proclamations), 1643-1656; Baptisms, 1670-1820; Marriages, 1670-1820.
		1040188 Items 1 - 2	Burials (most are arranged alphabetically), 1767- 1858; Baptisms, Marriages, 1820-1854; Neglected entries (5 baptisms), 1834-1846.
Leslie	444	1040188 Items 3 - 5	Baptisms, 1673-1819; Marriages, 1729-1750, 1761; Session book (includes Marriage proclamations after 1779 and Mortcloth dues [burial records]), 1761-1786.
Leslie	444	1040386 Items 1 - 4	Session book (includes Marriage proclamations and Mortcloth dues), 1787-1819; Baptisms, 1820-1854, 1600-1644 (with some misc. notes); Marriages, 1820-1839, 1848-1854, 1613-1644; Burials, 1820- 1837.
Leuchars	445	1040189 Items 1 - 2	Baptisms, 1781-1854; Marriages, 1665, 1677-1699, 1714-1855; Mortcloth dues (burial records), 1720-1765; Burials, 1766-1854.
Leuchars	445	1040386 Item 5	Baptisms, 1665-1699, 1705-1781.
Logie	446	1040189 Items 3 - 4	Session book (baptisms, marriage proclamations), 1660-1710; Baptisms, marriages, 1710-1861; Burials, 1780-1851.
Markinch	447	1040178	Baptisms 1635-1642, 1697-1702, 1712-1819; Marriages 1670-1701,717-1805; Burials 1634- 1647, 1713-1723; Baptisms 1761-1762; Session book (includes Marriage proclamations 1670- 1686, and Mortcloth dues [burial records] 1649- 1695, 1796-1819)
Markinch	447	1040179	Burials 1799-1854; Baptisms 1820-1854; Marriages 1834-1855; Mortcloth dues 1820-1852
Monimail	448	1040338 Items 1 - 3	Session book (includes baptisms, marriage proclamations), 1656- 1685; Baptisms, 1685-1854; Marriages, 1685-1754, 1761-1861; Burials, 1685, 1697-1720, 1738-1754, 1780-1790, 1817-1835, 1844, 1853-1854.
Moonzie	449	1040338 Items 4 - 5	Baptisms, 1713-1854; Marriages, 1741-1855; Burials, 1821-1854.

Newburgh	450	1040338 Item 6	Baptisms, Marriages, 1654-1782.
Newburgh	450	1040169 Items 1 - 2	Baptisms, Marriages, 1782-1855.
Newburn	451	1040169 Items 3 - 5	Baptisms, Marriages, 1628-1644; Session book (includes Baptisms, Marriages), 1645-1678; Burials, 1630-1658, 1669, 1760-1854; Baptisms, Marriages, 1678-1854.
Pittenweem	452	1040170	Baptisms, 1611-1614, 1628-1655, 1685-1819; Marriages, 1692-1820; Burials, 1685-1690, 1782- 1821; Session book (includes Marriages proclamations), 1612-1652.
Pittenweem	452	1040171 Items 1 - 2	Baptisms, Marriages, 1819-1854; Burials, 1820-1854; Marriage banns, 1650-1660.
Saline	455	1040181 Item 5	Baptisms, 1746-1782.
Saline	455	1040339 Items 1 - 2	Baptisms, 1782-1854; Marriages, 1747-1784, 1794-1854; Mortcloth dues (burial records), 1747-1810.
Scoonie	456	1040339 Items 3 - 5	Baptisms, 1675-1786, 1783-1819; Marriages, 1667- 1702, 1755-1766, 1793-1819; Burials, 1673-1682, 1765-1766, 1817-1819; Session book (includes baptisms, marriage proclamations, mortcloth dues [burial records]), 1770-1792.
Scoonie	456	1040190 Item 1	Baptisms, Burials, 1819-1854; Marriages, 1820-1854; Burials (Leven), 1837-1843; Neglected entries (baptisms), 1842, 1851.
St Andrews & St Leonards	453	1040171 Item 3	Baptisms 1627-1667
		1040172	Baptisms 1667-1819; Misc. Baptisms 1820-1843
		1040173	Session book (includes Marriages) 1638-1679
		1040174	Session book (includes Marriages) 1679-1685, 1694- 1720
		1040175	Session book (includes Marriages) 1720-1754
		1040176	Session book (includes Marriages) 1754-1771; Marriages 1770-1819; Burials 1732-1819
		1040388	Baptisms, Marriages (St. Leonards) 1667-1819; Baptisms, Marriages, Burials (St. Andrews) 1820-1854
		1040181 Item 1	Baptisms, Marriages (St. Leonards) 1820-1855; Neglected Entries (Baptisms - St. Andrews) 1844-1845
St Monans	454	1040181 Items 2-4	Baptisms 1628-1691, 1682, 1707-1854; Marriages 1627-1854; Mortcloth dues (burial records) 1674-1704, 1736-1749, 1790-1806; Baptisms 1719-1747; Marriages 1711-1738; Burials 1747-1817, 1827- 1854.
Strathmiglo	457	1040182 Items 1-2	Session book (includes Marriage proclamations and Mortcloth dues) 1810-1819; Baptisms 1819-1854; Marriages, burials 1820-1854
Strathmiglo	457	1040190 Items 2-4	Baptisms 1719-1819; Marriages 1719-1753, 1817- 1820; Burials 1817-1820; Session book (includes Marriage proclamations (some years missing) and Mortcloth dues (burial records) after 1714) 1700-1810
Torryburn	458	1040182 Items 3-5	Baptisms 1663-1819; Session book (includes Marriage proclamations) 1629-1665; Marriages 1702-1819; Mortcloth dues (burial records) 1768-1816
		1040387 Items 1-3	Burials 1773-1854; Baptisms, Marriages 1819-1854; Baptisms 1629-1641; Burials 1696-1773
		304666 Item 11	Kirk sessions records, baptisms, 1629-1641, deaths, 1696-1773
Tulliallan	397	1040141 Item 5	Baptisms 1673-1777; Mortcloth dues (burial records) 1698
Tulliallan	397	1040193 Items 1-3	Baptisms 1777-1854; Marriages 1673-1854; Burials (part Mortcloth dues) 1680-1781, 1807, 1820- 1853
Wemyss	459	1040184 Items 1-2	Marriages 1662-1779, 1820-1854; Mortcloth dues (burial records) 1707-1854; Baptisms 1820-1855
		1040183	Baptisms 1692-1820; Marriages 1779-1819
		1040387 Item 4	Baptisms 1660-1691

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Synod & Presbytery Records

The Established Church (Church of Scotland)

Other Churches

Records for the Synods of Fife and the Presbyteries are held as follows:

The Established Church (Church of Scotland)

At the National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh:
CH2/154
Synod of Fife
Minutes, 1610-1636, 1639-1657, 1662-1687 and 1690-1992, Miscellaneous papers and letters, 1690-1691 and 1742; Roll Book, 1929-1962; Sederunt book, 1929-1992; Accounts, 1948-1965 and 1976-1992.
The The Synod of Fife - Selections from the Minutes, MDCXI - MDCLXXXVII [1611-1687] was printed in 1837 and is online at the Internet Archive texts.

CH2/224
Presbytery of Kirkcaldy
Minutes, 1630-1653, 1688-1884 and 1893-1964; Collection of MS. Sermons, 1701; Separate register, 1757.
The Presbytrie Book of Kirkcaldie, the record of the proceedings of the Presbytery of Kirkcaldy, from 15 April 1630 - 14 September 1653, is available through the web archive.

CH2/105
Presbytery of Dunfermline
Minutes, 1647-1672, 1689 and 1696-1929; Index to volume 18; Index to volume 20; Scroll index to volume 20; Separate register, 1744-1918; Benefice register, nd; Subscriptions to Confesion of Faith and Formula, 1697-1929.
CH2/1408
Church of Scotland, Churches in Dunfermline District
Proclamation register, 1932-1968.
At the Special Collections Dept. of St Andrews University Library:
CH2/82
Presbytery of Cupar
Minutes, 1646-1660 and 1693-1807; Separate register, 1761-1771, 1792-1797 and 1900-1947; Scroll minutes, 1761, 1779-1785, 1792-1797, 1815-1861and 1928-1944; Sederunt book, 1950-1958 and 1966-1975; Minute book of the examination of students in divinity, 1854-1867.
CH2/1132
Presbytery of St Andrews
Minutes, 1585-1605, 1641-1687 and 1693-1907; Scroll minutes, 1765-1774; Separate register, 1745-1932; Register of parochial benefices, 1801.

Ecclesiastical records : selections from the minutes of the Presbyteries of St. Andrews and Cupar MDCXLI - MDCXCVIII [1641-1698] was published in 1837. It is available at the Open Library

Other Churches

At the National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh:
CH3/129
Free Synod of Fife
Minutes, 1844-1900.
CH3/130
United Free Synod of Fife and Angus
Minutes, 1901-1929.
CH3/196
Presbytery of Kirkcaldy (United Secession, Free and United Free Churches)
United Secession Presbytery minutes, 1831-1847; Free Presbytery minutes, 1843-1900; United Presbyterian Presbytery minutes, 1847-1900.
CH3/96
Presbytery of Dunfermline and Kinross (United Presbyterian and United Free Churches)
United Presbyterian Presbytery Minutes, 1891-1900; United Free Presbytery minutes, 1900-1929; Formula book, 1909-1929; Roll book, 1905-1918.
At the Special Collections Dept. of St Andrews University Library:
CH3/65
Presbytery of Cupar (Secession, Free, United Presbyterian and United Free Churches)
United Secession Church presbytery minutes, 1820-1847; Free Church presbytery minutes, 1843-1900; Free Church presbytery ordinations, 1873-1899; Uunited Presbyterian Church presbytery minutes, 1847-1900; Free Church presbytery, scroll minutes, 1856-1869; United Free Church presbytery minutes, 1900-1929.
CH3/274
Presbytery of St Andrews (Free and United Free Churches)
Free Church Presbytery minutes, 1843-1900; United Free Church Presbytery minutes, 1900-1913.

Scotland

Scotland - Church Records - links and information.

Ecclegen is a website which deals with ecclesiastical genealogy. It contains the whole of the text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843-1900, along with supplementary material on a good number of the ministers. It also has a digital General Index of Scottish Presbyterian ministers. This contains the names of all the ministers listed in the Hew Scott’s Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae (Vols.1-8), Ewing’s Annals, David Scott’s Annals of the Original Secession Church; Small’s History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church (Vols.1 and 2); and other lesser reference works. It is, I think, easy to search and a click will then take you to the appropriate page of these reference works. Only online material is listed in the Index and a link is provided in each case. This makes searching these works much easier.

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Church Records in Scotland

Registers of the Church of Scotland prior to 1855 are held at the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh (see also the GRO tutorial). Copies can also be seen at LDS family history centres around the world.
Church of Scotland records after that date, as well as records of a number of non-conformist churches (e.g. Catholic, Episcopalian, Free Church) are usually held at the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh. Baptisms and marriages in the Church of Scotland parish registers before 1855 have been indexed and these indexes may be consulted at the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh, in LDS family history centres around the world, and also online through ScotlandsPeople, which also provides digitised images of records (for a fee).
Old Parish Registers of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1553-1854 can be consulted as digital images, either by visiting the ScotlandsPeople Centre in Edinburgh or through the pay-per-view website ScotlandsPeople.
List of the Old Parochial Registers. This list is based on the printed Detailed List of the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland which was first published in 1872. It provides a basic reference guide for identifying the dates for the births/baptisms, marriages/proclamations of marriage and deaths/burials in the Old Parish Registers (OPRs) held by the National Records of Scotland. Three appendices are also provided which list: (1) Church of Scotland records in the National Records of Scotland (formerly the Scottish Record Office and the National Archives of Scotland) containing pre-1855 birth, death and marriage entries. (2) Kirk session and other material found in the OPRs. (3) Miscellaneous records containing entries from Non-Conformist churches relevant to the OPRs. For a printed guide to the above see The Parishes, Registers & Registrars of Scotland edited by S.M. Spiers and published by the Scottish Association of Family History Societies. This also contains parish maps for each county and a list of addresses for local Register Offices (see also the Civil Registration section).
See the Excerpt from Jock Tamson's bairns: a history of the records of the General Register Office for Scotland by Cecil Sinclair Edinburgh, 2000, provided by the National Records of Scotland.
The Kirk Session of a parish consists of the minister of the parish and the elders of the congregation. It looks after the general wellbeing of the congregation and, particularly in centuries past, parochial discipline. Most Kirk Session records are held in the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh and can be fascinating. For more information on this see Anne Gordon's Candie for the Foundling published by the Pentland Press in 1992. ISBN 1 872795 75 7 (720 pages).
Church Court Records Online In partnership with several local authority and university archives in Scotland, National Records of Scotland (NRS) look after the records of Scotland's presbyterian church courts. The records consist of the minutes and accounts of kirk sessions, presbyteries, synods and the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. They also contain a wide variety of other documents.
To assist in the identification of the different entities that have existed during the turbulent history of the Church of Scotland, there is a diagram and set of notes, based on those originally compiled by Linda Merle, which may be of assistance.
Quaker Records in Scotland.
Notes on Quaker ancestors in Scotland provided by the Quaker FHS.
Scottish Catholic Archives at Columba House, Edinburgh holds some church records and has information about others. Most dioceses have deposited their historical records at Columba House, and retain only current records. Much material from Scots Catholic Colleges overseas is at Columba House. The Archdiocese of Glasgow and the Diocese of Paisley retain their historic records. At Columba House are Status Animarum from the early 19th Century (e.g. Glasgow 1808) - lists of all Catholics and in some counties (mainly in North East Scotland, e.g. Morayshire) lists of everyone. The National Records of Scotland has photocopies of all pre-1855 Roman Catholic parish registers.
The LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) have now provided online search facilities for the IGI (International Genealogical Index). Hugh Wallis has provided a search facility which greatly simplifies searching by batch number. See also Finding LDS Batch Numbers. Note that on September 1, 2017, FamilySearch discontinued its microfilm distribution services.
Scottish Jewish Archive Centre is centralising Jewish records, building databases, and recording burials in Jewish cemeteries (or sections of cemeteries). Numbers of records are quite small.
Methodist records are in a number of archives. Generally records of rural churches went to university archives, records of city churches went to local authority archives.
Episcopal Church records also are in a variety of archives. It is best to search at the National Register of Archives to locate them. Some are at the National Records of Scotland.
After 1753, when English law forbad irregular marriages, a number of people who objected to marrying in a church wed in border centres where the couple's own consent to marriage before witnesses was legal under Scottish Law. Gretna is the most famous of these. Marriages were conducted by self appointed ministers at the border Toll booths along the few roads into Scotland.
Irregular Border and Scottish Runaway Marriages are addressed on the National Records of Scotland website.

UK and Ireland

UK & Ireland - Church Records - links and information.

Finding L.D.S. Batch Numbers

Batch numbers are used to identify the sources of records included on the I.G.I. (International Genealogical Index). Now that the L.D.S. (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) have provided online search facilities to this unparalleled resource, but without as yet providing means of limiting name searches to particular localities, batch numbers have become a valuable search aid because they can be used on the >Custom Search page to restrict searches to a particular parish. Unfortunately the L.D.S. have not provided an online index to batch numbers, and unofficial listings, while useful, are very far from complete and are not completely accurate. However, by following the steps below, it is possible to use the existing L.D.S. place search facility to determine batch numbers yourself:-

Please note: batch numbers for entries extracted from Scottish Civil Registration records (1855-1875) do not appear to be available online.

1	Go to the L.D.S. Place Search page.	You can also reach this page from the initial search page at http://www.familysearch.org - just select the "Custom" tab, then the "Family History Catalogue" link, and finally select "Place Search".
2	Enter the name of the parish or place in the Place Textbox and press the Search Button (or hit "Enter" on your keyboard").	You can limit the place search to a county or country by completing the optional "Part of" text box , but it is much safer to leave this blank and select from the resulting matches (step 3).
3	Select the appropriate location from the displayed list of place-name matches.	A "No Match" does not necessarily mean that the place or parish you are seeking is not included on the I.G.I. The indexes are apparently listed under "old" parish names only, and there are many places (e.g. villages and hamlets, which are not parishes and there are many parishes which are too modern to be included. In both cases indexes for your place/parish may well be included as a "title" within an "old" parish entry. For "places" you need to find which "old" parish included that place, and for modern parishes you need to identify its "mother parish". (Many GENUKI county pages now include gazetteers and/or church/parish indexes which may help identify the appropriate parish name to use.)
4	Select "... - Church Records -Indexes" from the list of available topics.	If this topic does not appear then unfortunately the parish is not included on the I.G.I. Please Note - the topic must be "Church Records - Indexes", NOT "Church Records".
5	Select the appropriate "Computer Printout" from the list of displayed titles.	The list of displayed titles may include non-conformist churches located within the parish and also "daughter" parishes of the parish you originally specified. Where no denomination is given, the church may be assumed to belong to the Church of England/Church of Scotland. The term "Computer Printout" seems rather inappropriate as it does not refer to a hard-copy, but to a set of electronic records in the L.D.S. database.
6	Note the Batch Numbers (in the first row of the "Notes" section).	If the term "Batch Number" does not appear, the selected records are not included on the I.G.I.
7	Produce a series of six digit numbers by combining each five digit number with each of the digits which follow the hyphen.	For example, 15565-1,2 would give you 155651 and 155652.
8	Where prefix letter(s) is/are specified, prefix each 6-digit number with those letters. The resulting "letter + 6-digit" strings are the batch numbers for the desired records. Otherwise, if no prefix is given, prefix each 6-digit number with M or E (for marriages), or P, C, I or J (for christenings). The resulting strings are potential batch numbers for the records in question and one or more of them will be valid.	In cases where the prefix is not specified, this step can only be a matter of trial and error - prefixes C, P and M are the most common prefixes and should be tried first, but E, I and J do occur quite regularly. Putative batch numbers can often be verified by making test searches using a very common surname. (Other prefix letters do exist but these relate to material submitted by L.D.S. members rather than to records resulting from the Church's record extraction programme.)

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UK and Ireland: Church Records

General

Find a Church - a Directory of Christian Churches in the UK and Ireland, providing basic location and contact information, details of services, etc.
Free searches of parish and nonconformist registers are provided by FreeReg.
FamilySearch's page on IGI Batch Numbers for the British Isles and North America
Hugh Wallis provides a batch number search facility, which greatly simplifies the task of searching the I.G.I. for records from particular churches (useful, for example, in case of strangely-spelled names). A further batch number site is provided by Archer Software.
The LDS also supply additional church baptism and marriage records on their British Vital Records Index (2nd Edition) CD. A breakdown of the number of records included on the BVRI from each county and parish is provided on the Genoots website.(archived copy)
Glossary of terms related to church records, by Martyn Parsons.
The Official Non-Parochial BMD Records Service - a free index search facility for various unpublished registries from 1534 to 1865, from National Archives Refrences RG4 and RG5, with a pay-per-view access to the original records.
The National Archives provides a Research Guide on Nonconformists - advice on TNA's holdings

Lyon-Turner, G. Original Records of Early Nonconformity Under Persecution and Indulgence - 3 vols. T. Fisher Unwin, London (1911) [Online copies: Vol 1, Vol 2, Vol 3]

Anglican

Two major marriage licence indexing projects: the Faculty Office Marriage Licence Index (of licences issued by the Master of Faculties of the Archbishop of Canterbury for the period 1714 to 1850), and the Vicar-General Marriage Licence Index (of licences issued by the Vicar-General of the Archbishop of Canterbury for the period 1701 to 1850 undertaken by the SoG are now on www.findmypast.co.uk.

Free searches of parish registers are provided by FamilySearch.
Commercial register search sites include Ancestry, TheGenealogist, and www.findmypast.co.uk.
An article on clandestine marriages - by Jennifer M. Payne.

M.W. Foster. "A Comedy of Errors" or "The Marriage Records of England and Wales, 1837-1899", 19 Khouri Avenue, Wellington 6005, New Zealand, (1998) 223 p. [ISBN 0 473 05581 3]

Baptist

The Baptist Historical Society - general information.
The Catholic Archive Society website provides information about the Society and a full Catalogue of its publications.
The Catholic Central Library has moved to Durham University library.
Catholic Heritage - website of a project to provide a centralised access point to an online collection of Archive and Library catalogues within the Catholic Church

Breed, Geoffrey. My Ancestors were Baptists (4th ed.). Society of Genealogists (2002) 135 pp. [ISBN: 1903462525]
[". . . a history of the church plus valuable information on what records can be obtained. A complete listing of all Baptist churches and dates by county and appendices showing for instance the important collection in Dr Williams Library.."]

Congregationalists

Surnam Index Online - a biographical index to the names of 32,000 Congregational Ministers from the mid-seventeenth century to 1972, with "where known, their dates, details of their education, ministries or other employment", provided by the Queen Mary Centre for Religion and Literature in English.

Clifford, David J.H. My ancestors were Congregationalists in England and Wales: how can I find out more about them?, Society of Genealogists (1997) 77 pp. [ISBN: 0946789460]
["Following a useful introduction this book comprises a location list by county of Independent and Congregationalist registers to 1850. Many exist outside the Public Record Office. Details of chapels where no registers have been located are also included."]

Huguenot

Randolph Vigne. Huguenot Family Research Made Easier, Genealogist's Magazine 27, 10 (June 2003) pp. 447-449.

Inghamites

Oates, P.J. My Ancestors Were Inghamites, Society of Genealogists (2003) 149 pp. [ISBN 1 903462 77 0]
["Includes a brief history of the Inghamites, sections on chapels and their records, index of people referred to in the conference books of the Inghamites Societies, various baptism and lists of members."]

Jewish

Joseph, Austen. My Ancestors were Jewish (3rd ed.), Society of Genealogists (2002) 60 pp. [ISBN: 1903462630]
["Covers the emancipation of Jews in Europe, marriage, death and burials, census, secular records, surname information, information on repositories, internet and more."]

Methodist

The Methodist Archives and Research Centre is located at John Rylands University Library of Manchester, and provides the page Researching Methodist History.
Information about Wesleyan Methodist ministers 1847-9 supplied by Bob Bester.

Leary, William. My Ancestors were Methodists (3rd ed.), Society of Genealogists (1997) 116 pp. [ISBN: 1859514030]
["The main text [of this 3rd edition] has not changed but the appendixes detailing holdings in the SoG have been revised and updated thoroughly. The book explains the records of Methodism and what to expect from these records."]

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Elie

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Elie OPR	Births / baptisms	Proclamations / marriages	Deaths / burials / mortcloths
427/1	1639-1775	1639-1775	1736-1760
427/2	1773-1819	1774-1819	1783-1808
427/3	1820-1854	1820-1854	1822-1854

No.	Parish	No. of Vols.	In the custody of the Registrar-General --------- Dates embraced	No. of Vols.	In the custody of the Local Registrar --------- Dates embraced
400	Abdie	2	(1) B. 1620-1786; M. 1691-1785; D. 1784-85; (2) B. and M. 1786-1819.	1	B. and M. 1820-54

Abbotshall OPR	Births / baptisms	Proclamations / marriages	Deaths / burials / mortcloths
399/1a	1650-1691	1651-1691
399/1b	1692-1711	1692-1712
399/2	1710-1785	1710-1744
399/3	1785-1819	1741-1819
399/4	1820-1854 (+ index)	1820-1855 (+ index)
399/5			1750-1806
399/6			1806-1843
399/7			1818-1850
399/8			1851-1860

Abdie OPR	Births / baptisms	Proclamations / marriages	Deaths / burials / mortcloths
400/1	1620-1786	1691-1785	1784-1785
400/2	1786-1819	1786-1819
400/3	1820-1854	1820-1854

Aberdour OPR	Births / baptisms	Proclamations / marriages	Deaths / burials / mortcloths
401/1	1663-1749	1650-1682 1702-1749	1658-1669
401/2	1749-1819	1749-1819	1790-1819
401/3	1820-1854	1820-1854	1820-1854

Abernethy OPR	Births / baptisms	Proclamations / marriages	Deaths / burials / mortcloths
326/1	1690-1733	1690-1727	1690-1727
326/2	1749-1819	1783-1794	1783-1794
326/3	1820-1854
326/4 ?		1845-1854 ?

Anstruther Easter OPR	Births / baptisms	Proclamations / marriages	Deaths / burials / mortcloths
402/1	1641-1699	1641-1697
402/2	1699-1796	1699-1795	1746-1798
402/3	1796-1819	1796-1819
402/4	1820-1854	1820-1854	1833-1846
Register of Neglected Entries

Anstruther Wester OPR	Births / baptisms	Proclamations / marriages	Deaths / burials / mortcloths
403/1	1577-1601	1577-1601	1549-1817
403/2	1601-1757	1601-1611	1601-1754
403/3	1757-1819	1757-1819	1783-1819
403/4		1651-1699
403/5	1820-1854 (+ index 1838-1854)	1820-1854 (+ index 1838-1854)	1820-1854 (+ index 1838-1854)

Arngask OPR	Births / baptisms	Proclamations / marriages	Deaths / burials / mortcloths
404/1a	1688-1706	1688-1706	1702-1703
404/1b	1707-1726	1707-1726	1707-1726
404/2	1726-1747	1726-1748	1726-1748
404/3	1748-1782	1748-1780	1748-1780
404/4	1783-1819	1780-1819	1780-1819
404/5	1820-1854	1820-1854	1820-1854

Auchterderran OPR	Births / baptisms	Proclamations / marriages	Deaths / burials / mortcloths
405/1	1664-1819	1681-1819
405/2	1820-1854	1820-1854

Auchtermuchty OPR	Births / baptisms	Proclamations / marriages	Deaths / burials / mortcloths
406/1	1649-1819	1649-1794	1649-1667
406/2		1795-1819	1744-1819
406/3	1820-1854	1820-1854	1820-1851
Register of Neglected Entries

Auchtertool OPR	Births / baptisms	Proclamations / marriages	Deaths / burials / mortcloths
407/1	1708-1819	1708-1819
407/2	1820-1854	1820-1854
407/3			1830-1855

Ballingry OPR	Births / baptisms	Proclamations / marriages	Deaths / burials / mortcloths
408/1	1670-1819	1670-1819	1669-1793
408/2	1820-1854	1820-1854
408/3 (not on OPR microfilm)	1701-1721	1706-1721	1729-1798

Balmerino OPR	Births / baptisms	Proclamations / marriages	Deaths / burials / mortcloths
409/1	1632-1779	1632-1779
409/2	1779-1819	1779-1819	1747-1762
409/3	1820-1854	1820-1854

Beath OPR	Births / baptisms	Proclamations / marriages	Deaths / burials / mortcloths
410/1	1643-1819	1643-1819	1802-1819
410/2	1820-1854	1820-1854	1820-1852

Burntisland OPR	Births / baptisms	Proclamations / marriages	Deaths / burials / mortcloths
411/1	1672-1686	1653-1686
411/2	1701-1777	1701-1777	1734-1743
411/3	1778-1819	1778-1819	1806-1818
411/4	1820-1854	1820-1854	1825-1848
Register of Neglected Entries	1853-1854

Cameron OPR	Births / baptisms	Proclamations / marriages	Deaths / burials / mortcloths
412/1	1695-1819	1695-1819
412/2	1820-1854	1820-1854	1832-1854

Carnbee OPR	Births / baptisms	Proclamations / marriages	Deaths / burials / mortcloths
413/1	1646-1664	1646-1699	1677-1699
413/2	1662-1819	1726-1819	1782-1819
413/3		1705-1725	1706-1760
413/4	1820-1854	1820-1848	1820-1854

Carnock OPR	Births / baptisms	Proclamations / marriages	Deaths / burials / mortcloths
414/1	1652-1756	1642-1721	1653-1721
414/2	1753-1819	1780-1819	1753-1819
414/3	1820-1854	1820-1854	1820-1854
Register of Neglected Entries

Ceres OPR	Births / baptisms	Proclamations / marriages	Deaths / burials / mortcloths
415/1	1620-1700	1620-1700	1620-1655
415/2	1700-1763	1700-1763	1707-1763
415/3	1763-1819	1763-1819	1763-1819
415/4	1820-1854	1820-1854	1820-1854
Register of Neglected Entries

Collessie OPR	Births / baptisms	Proclamations / marriages	Deaths / burials / mortcloths
416/1	1696-1819	1696-1819	1727-1819
416/2		1696-1773	1723-1773
416/3	1820-1854	1820-1854	1820-1854
Register of Neglected Entries

Crail OPR	Births / baptisms	Proclamations / marriages	Deaths / burials / mortcloths
417/1	1684-1745	1655-1745	1684-1693
417/2	1745-1819	1745-1819
417/3		1685-1721
417/4		1722-1751	1750-1752
417/5		1752-1779	1753-1793
417/6	1820-1854	1820-1854

Creich OPR	Births / baptisms	Proclamations / marriages	Deaths / burials / mortcloths
418/1	1695-1819	1694-1819	1783-1819
418/2	1820-1854	1820-1854	1820-1854

Culross OPR	Births / baptisms	Proclamations / marriages	Deaths / burials / mortcloths
343/1	1641-1687	1640-1687	1640-1685
343/2	1687-1791
343/3	1797-1819	1687-1819
343/4	1820-1854	1820-1854	1824-1854
343/5	Index 1687-1819

Cults OPR	Births / baptisms	Proclamations / marriages	Deaths / burials / mortcloths
419/1	1693-1819	1693-1819	1704-1819
419/2	1820-1854	1820-1854	1820-1854

Cupar OPR	Births / baptisms	Proclamations / marriages	Deaths / burials / mortcloths
420/1	1654-1715	1654-1716	1654-1716
420/2	1717-1777	1719-1777	1719-1777
420/3	1778-1819	1778-1819	1778-1819
420/4	1820-1854
420/5		1820-1854	1820-1854
Register of Neglected Entries	1801-1850

Dairsie OPR	Births / baptisms	Proclamations / marriages	Deaths / burials / mortcloths
421/1	1645-1819	1666-1819	1727-1819
421/2	1820-1854	1820-1854	1820-1854

Dalgety OPR	Births / baptisms	Proclamations / marriages	Deaths / burials / mortcloths
422/1	1644-1650	1644-1707	1697-1709
422/2	1717-1819	1709-1819	1710-1785
422/3	1820-1854	1820-1854	1833-1854

Dunbog OPR	Births / baptisms	Proclamations / marriages	Deaths / burials / mortcloths
423/1	1695-1819	1705-1819
423/2	1820-1854	1820-1854	1829-1853

Dunfermline OPR	Births / baptisms	Proclamations / marriages	Deaths / burials / mortcloths
424/1	1561-1611	1561-1611
424/2	1612-1652	1612-1651
424/3	1652-1715	1652-1715
424/4	1715-1747	1715-1745
424/5	1748-1755		1745-1755
424/6	1756-1775
424/7	1776-1791
424/8	1792-1806
424/9	1807-1819
424/10		1750-1819
424/11			1617-1657
424/12	1820-1825
424/13	1825-1834
424/14	1834-1854
424/15	1820-1854
424/16		1820-1842
424/17		1842-1854
424/18			1825-1854
424/19	Index 1834-1854