The Parishes of Fife are listed below in alphabetical order. For each Parish the date spans for which some records of the old parish records exist are briefly summarised. The registers covered are those for Baptisms/Births, Proclamations/Marriages, and Burials/Deaths. Sometimes also Mortcloths etc. Please note that there may be other gaps in the dates given below. We are grateful to Mr. Ewan Collins(Hon. member of FFHS) for compiling the details below, and for giving his permission to publish the details here for the benefit of all Fife researchers.
Map of Fife showing the location of the parishes
Abbreviations:
B=Baptisms
M=Marriages
D=Burials.
RNE=Register of Neglected Entries.
(m)=Mortcloths
(sb)=Session Book
(ks)=Kirk Session
(bl)=Blotter Register
(:)(")(+)=events mixed or in same volume of register etc
(MR=Reference No.)
ABBOTSHALL -399
B 1650-1854 [ 1650-1785, 1784-1819, 1816-1855 (and index)]
M 1650-1854 [1650-1743, 1741-1762, 1764-1819, 1819-1855 (and index)]
D 1750-1860 [1750-1843, 1818-1832, 1843-1860]
[also miscellaneous church notes]
ABDIE -400
B 1620-1854 [1620-1786, 1786-1854(:)]
M 1691-1854 [1691-1713, 1720-1767, 1784-1785, 1786-1854(:)]
D 1784-1785 [1784-1785]
ABERCROMBIE -SEE ST.MONANCE -454
ABERDOUR -401
B 1663-1854 [1663-1854]
M 1650-1854 [1650-1682, 1702-1855]
D 1658-1854 [1658-1676, 1790-1817(m), 1817-1854]
ANSTRUTHER EASTER -402
B 1641-1854 [1641-1854] RNE
M 1678-1854 [1678-1827, 1796-1854, 1844-1847]
D 1746-1846 [1746-1798, 1833-1846
ANSTRUTHER WESTER -403
B 1577-1854 [1577-1601(sb:), 1601-1819, 1820-1854(")]
M 1577-1854 [1577-1601(sb:), 1601-1614, 1651-1685(sb), 1685-1699(sb), 1757-1819, 1820-1854(")]
D 1549-1854 [1549-1817(many gaps), 1549-1838(collection from many sources), 1577-1601(sbm:occasional), 1601-1603, 1747-1791, 1788-1818(m), 1820-1837(m), 1839-1854]
ARNGASK -404 (Perthshire)
B 1686-1854 [1686-1711(sb:), 1711-1782, 1783-1854]
M 1686-1854 [1686-1711(sb:), 1711-1747, 1711-1780(sb:), 1780-1829(sb:), 1829-1855(sb+)]
D 1686-1854 [1686-1711, 1711-1780(sbm"), 1748-1753, 1780-1829(sbm"), 1829-1855(sbm+)]
AUCHTERDERRAN -405
B 1664-1854 [1664-1667, 1684-1854, 1769-1805(Lochgelly)]
M 1681-1854 [1681-1771, 1783-1819, 1820-1854]
D Nil
Family Register [1820-18854]
AUCHTERMUCHTY -406
B 1649-1854 [1649-1667, 1700-1819, 1820-1854] RNE
M 1649-1854 [1649-1667, 1702-1786, 1794, 1701-1817(sb:), 1817-1854]
D 1649-1854 [1649-1667, 1701-1817(sb:), 1817-1851]
also [1797-1799(bl-ks cash book MR97 v.1), 1816-1833 (bl-ks cash book MR97 v.1)]
AUCHTERTOOL -407
B 1708-1854 [1708-1840, 1839-1854]
M 1708-1854 [1708-1839, 1839-1854]
D 1830-1855 [1830-1855]
BALLINGRY -408
B 1670-1854 [1670-1701, 1701-1721, 1755, 1722-1854]
M 1670-1854 [1670-1701, 1685-1701(sb:), 1706-1722, 1722-1745, 1758-1854]
D 1669-1793 [1670-1701, 1685-1701(m), 1729-1761, 1783-1793]
BALMERINO -409
B 1632-1854 [1632-1674(sb:), 1690-1799(sb:), 1779-1820, 1832, 1835, 1820-1854]
M 1632-1854 [1632-1672(sb:), 1690-1779(sb:), 1779-1820, 1820-1855]
D 1747-1762 [1747-1762]
BEATH -410
B 1643-1854 [1643-1649(sb:), 1676-1854]
M 1643-1854 [1643-1649(sb:), 1673-1678(sb), 1692-1854]
D 1802-1854 [1802-1854]
BURNTISLAND -411
B 1672-1854 [1672-1686, 1701-1854] RNE[B 1853-1854]
M 1672-1854 [1672-1680(sb), 1680-1686(sb), 1701-1854]
D 1734-1848 [1734-1742, 1806-1818, 1825-1828, 1838-1848
CAMERON -412
B 1695-1854 [1695-1820, 1819-1854]
M 1695-1854 [1695-1819, 1820-1854]
D 1832-1854 [1832-1854]
CARNBEE -413
B 1646-1854 [1646-1670(sb:), 1662-1674, 1693-1819, 1820-1854]
M 1646-1848 [1646-1699(sb:), 1705-1726(sb"), 1726-1752, 1761-1818, 1820-1848]
D 1672-1854 [1672-1699(m:), 1706-1760(sbm"), 1782-1792(m), 1790-1819, 1820-1854]
CARNOCK -414
B 1650-1854 [1650-1661(sb:some, and see footnote), 1652-1792, 1792-1854] RNE
M 1642-1854 [1642-1661(sb:), 1652-1694, 1700-1721, 1780-1854]
D 1650-1854 [1650-1661(sb:some), 1654-1688, 1699-1721(m), 1753-1854]
Footnote- There are two or three irregular entries on register of births prior to 1650
CERES -415
B 1620-1854 [1620-1727, 1727-1854(:)] RNE
M 1620-1854 [1620-1727, 1727-1854(:)]
D 1620-1854 [1620-1655, 1708-1727, 1727-1854(:)]
COLLESSIE -416
B 1696-1854 [1696-1794, 1794-1854(:)] RNE
M 1696-1854 [1696-1733, 1696-1773(sb"), 1750, 1756, 1783-1854]
D 1727-1854 [1727-1773(sbm"), 1727-1794, 1794-1854(:)]
CRAIL -417
B 1684-1854 [1684-1725, 1725-1820, 1820-1854(:)]
M 1655-1854 [1655-1725, 1685-1736(sb), 1736-1779(sb"), 1725-1820, 1820-1854(:)]
D 1684-1793 [1684-1693, 1739-1741, 1783, 1750-1758, 1752-1779(sbm"), 1769-1793]
CREICH -418
B 1694-1854 [1694-1819(:), 1820-1854(")]
M 1694-1854 [1694-1819(:), 1820-1854(")]
D 1783-1854 [1783-1794, 1817-1820, 1820-1854(")]
CULROSS -343(perthshire)
B 1641-1819 [1641-1687, 1687-1819, 1687-1819(surname index), 1820-1854(ks:)]
M 1640-1854 [1640-1686, 1687-1820, 1820-1854(ks:)]
D 1667-1854 [1667-1685(years missing), 1820-1854(ks:)]
CULTS -419
B 1693-1854 [1693-1709(sb:), 1726-1751(sb:), 1752-1854(")]
M 1693-1854 [1693-1709(sb:), 1726-1751(sb:), 1752-1854("), 1752-1811(pawns+)]
D 1704-1854 [1704-1709, 1720-1854, 1752-1811(m+)]
CUPAR -420
B 1654-1854 [1654-1739, 1739-1854(:)] RNE
M 1654-1854 [1654-1738, 1739-1854(:)]
D 1654-1854 [1654-1739, 1739-1854(:)]
DAIRSIE -421
B 1645-1854 [1645-1655, 1666-1675, 1694-1770, 1727-1765, 1705-1854]
M 1666-1854 [1666-1675, 1695, 1705, 1714-1763, 1749-1769, 1783-1794, 1804-1854]
D 1727-1854 [1727-1739, 1749-1769, 1744-1769(m), 1783-1784, 1803-1854]
DALGETY -422
B 1644-1854 [1644-1650, 1717-1854]
M 1644-1854 [1644-1662(sb), 1698-1707, 1718-1817, 1784-1840, 1709-1717(sb:), 1839-1854]
D 1697-1854 [1697-1709(m), 1709-1717(sb:), 1718-1785, 1833, 1843-1854]
DUNBOG -423
B 1695-1854 [1695-1698, 1705-1854]
M 1705-1854 [1705-1854]
D 1829-1853 [1829-1853]
DUNFERMLINE -424
B 1561-1854 [1561-1652(:), 1652-1714, 1687-1756, 1756-1797, 1797-1819, 1819-1849(and index of fathers incomplete), 1821-1847(transcript), 1836-1854, 1834-1854(index)] also [1821-1845(bl-births/bapts MR45 v.1&2)] RNE [B 1833-1854
M 1561-1854 [1561-1652(:), 1652-1710, 1687-1745, 1791(1page), 1750-1814, 1814-1819, 1820-1848, 1848-1854]
D 1617-1854 [1617-1643, 1653-1657, 1745, 1745-1755, 1825-1854] also [1790-1800 and 1815-1833(bl-MR45 v. 1&2]
DUNINO -425
B 1643-1854 [1643-1690, 1689-1854(:)]
M 1643-1854 [1643-1689, 1689-1854(:)]
D 1750-1854 [1750-1854]
DYSART -426
B 1582-1854 [1582-1596, 1609-1662, 1609-1662(transcript), 1662-1819, 1762-1813, 1820-1854(with appendix)] RNE [B 1844-1853]
M 1582-1854 [1582-1592, 1612-1662, 1612-1629(transcript), 1662-1694, 1708-1734, 1735-1854]
D 1582-1863 [1582-1596, 1721-1753, 1731-1778, 1731-1775, 1796-1821, 1756-1863, 1818-1855, 1825-1855]
ELIE -427
B 1639-1854 [1639-1681, 1701-1724, 1732-1820, 1820-1855(:)]
M 1639-1854 [1639-1684, 1701-1718, 1732-1820, 1820-1855(:)]
D 1736-1808 [1736-1760, 1783-1808]
FALKLAND -428
B 1669-1854 [1669-1674, 1702-1854] RNE [B 18826-1852]
M 1661-1854 [1661-1706, 1669-1682, 1702-1755, 1772-1849, 1661-1667(sb:), 1682-1706(sb:), 1849-1854]
D 1661-1853 [1670-1706, 1666-1683(m), 1737-1758(m), 1777-1795, 1817-1819, 1820-1853, 1661-1667(sbm:), 1682-1706(sbm:)]
FERRY PORT ON CRAIG -429
B 1634-1854 [1634-1697, 1697-1710(sb), 1710-1854]
M 1640-1854 [1640-1674, 1674-1692(sb), 1693-1854]
D 1783-1854 [1783-1854]
FLISK -430
B 1697-1854 [1697-1854(:)]
M 1697-1854 [1697-1854(:)]
D 1775-1854 [1775-1815, 1820-1854]
FORGAN -431
B 1695-1854 [1695-1854, 1833-1835(:)]
M 1703-1854 [1703-1854, 1833-1835(:)]
D 1833-1835 [1833-1835(m)]
INVERKEITHING (AND ROSYTH) -432
B 1676-1854 [1676-1711, 1711-1744(see footnote), 1725-1774, 1772-1805, 1805-1854]
M 1676-1854 [1676-1710, 1698-1721(sb:), 1711-1744(see footnote), 1748-1819, 1734-1749, 1736-1743, 1770-1854]
D 1702-1784 [1702-1710, 1698-1721(sbm:), 1783-1784, 1740-1760]
Footnote: The registers for Baptisms 1711-1744 and Marriages 1711-1718 of Inverkeithing and Rosyth United Parishes are to be found in the custody of The Scottish Record Office, Court of Session Productions. These registers are not known to be on microfilm.
KEMBACK -433
B 1649-1854 [1649-1677, 1700-1704, 1732-1854]
M 1648-1854 [1648-1677, 1700-1703, 1783-1854]
D 1700-1854 [1700-1703, 1736-1738, 1750-1854]
KENNOWAY -434
B 1638-1854 [1638-1654(sb:), 1691-1819, 1817-1854]
M 1638-1854 [1638-1654(sb:), 1691-1724, 1737, 1756-1819, 1819-1854]
D 1730-1854 [1730-1819, 1820-1854]
KETTLE -435
B 1633-1854 [1633-1646, 1636-1658(sb:), 1682-1797, 1773-1819(listed by family), 1797-1854 RNE [B 1843 & 1849 2 entries]
M 1633-1854 [1633-1635, 1636-1658(sb:), 1682-1721, 1701-1705(sb"), 1723-1854
D 1700-1842 [1700-1723(sbm"), 1719-1722, 1734-1793(years repeat), 1793-1799, 1808, 1817-1842]
KILCONQUHAR -436
B 1637-1854 [1637-1709, 1719-1793, 1781-1788, 1793-1796, 1796-1854]
M 1637-1854 [1637-1709, 1719-1770, 1770-1854]
D 1737-1854 [1737-1796, 1787, 1796-1854]
KILMANY -437
B 1706-1854 [1706-1821, 1817-1854]
M 1706-1854 [1706-1777, 1735-1798(sb:), 1799-1819(sb"), 1817-1854]
D 1735-1854 [1735-1798(sbm:), 1799-1819(sb"), 1831-1854]
KILRENNY -438
B 1647-1854 [1647-1660(sb:), 1677-1696(sb:), 1712-1854(")] RNE [B 1845 2 entries]
M 1647-1854 [1647-1660(sb:), 1677-1696(sb:), 1712-1854(")]
D 1755-1854 [1755-1854]
KINGHORN -439
B 1577-1854 [1577-1581, 1601-1623, 1640-1724, 1725-1854(:)] RNE
M 1683-1854 [1683-1724, 1725-1854(:)]
D 1685-1716 [1685, 1698-1716]
KINGLASSIE -440
B 1627-1854 [1627-1819, 1804-1818, 1820-18544(:)]
M 1627-1854 [1627-1734, 1629-1647(sb"some), 1703(sb"), 1721-1774(sb"some), 1748-1813, 1820-1854(:)]
D 1629-1854 [1671-1694(m), 1629-1647(sbm"some), 1703,(sbm"), 1721-1774(sbm"some), 1709-1714, 1754, 1820-1854
KINGSBARNS -441
B 1642-1854 [1642-1819, 1817-1854, 1820-1854(:)]
M 1650-1854 [1650-1788, 1760-1819, 1817-1854, 1820-1854(:)]
D 1663-1854 [1663-1714(m), 1688-1693, 1714-1854]
KIRKCALDY -442
B 1614-1854 [1614-1630, 1638-1662, 1673-1783, 1783-1854, 1732-1854(supplement)] RNE [B 1842-1851 3 entries] also [1750-1769(bl-bapts MR21 v.1)] & {1790-1795(bl-births MR21 v.1)]
M 1615-1867 {1615-1666, 1673-1688, 1732-1783, 17883-1867]
D 1732-1783 [1732-1752, 1752-1783]
LARGO -443
B 1636-1854 [1636-1643(sb:), 1643-1656(sb"), 1670-1820, 1820-1854(+)]
M 1636-1854 [1636-1643(sb:), 1643-1656(sb"), 1670-1820, 1820-1854(+)]
D 1636-1858 [1636-1643(sb:), 1643-1656(sb"), 1767-1858(mostly arranged alphabetically)]
LESLIE -444
B 1600-1854 [1600-1644(with some miscellaneous notes), 1673-1819, 1820-1854]
M 1613-1854 [1613-1644, 1729-1750, 1761, 1779-1786(sb:), 1787-1819(sb"), 1820-1839, 1848-1854]
D 1761-1837 [1761-1786(sbm:), 1787-1819(sbm"), 1820-1837]
LEUCHARS -445
B 1665-1854 [1665-1699, 1705-1781, 1781-1854]
M 1665-1854 [1665, 1677-1699, 1714-1854]
D 1720-1854 [1720-1765(m), 1766-1854]
LOGIE -446
B 1660-1861 [1660-1710(sb:), 1710-1861(sb")]
M 1660-1861 [1660-1710(sb:), 1710-1861(sb")]
D 1780-1851 [1780-1851]
MARKINCH -447
B 1635-1854 [1635-1642, 1697-1702, 1712-1819, 1761-1762, 1820-1854]
M 1670-1854 [1670-1701, 1670-1686(sb:), 1717-1805, 1834-1854
D 1635-1854 [1635-1647, 1649-1695(sbm:), 1796-1819(sbm:), 1713-1723, 1799-1854, 1820-1852(m)]
MONIMAIL -448
B 1656-1854 [1656-1685(sb:), 1685-1854]
M 1656-1861 [1656-1685(sb:), 1685-1754, 1761-1861]
D 1685-1854 [1685, 1697-1720, 1738-1754, 1780-1790, 1817-1835, 1844, 1853-1854]
MOONZIE -449
B 1713-1854 [1713-1854]
M 1741-1854 [1741-1854]
D 1821-1854 [1821-1854]
NEWBURGH -450
B 1654-1854 [1654-1782(:), 1782-1854(")]
M 1654-1854 [1654-1782(:), 1782-1854(")]
D Nil [-]
NEWBURN -451
B 1628-1854 [1628-1644(:), 1645-16788(sb"), 1678-1854(+)]
M 1628-1854 [1628-1644(:), 1645-1678(sb"), 1678-1854(+)]
D 1630-1854 [1630-1658, 1669, 1760-1854]
PITTENWEEM -452
B 1611-1854 [1611-1614, 1628-1655, 1685-1819, 1819-1854(:)]
M 1650-1854 [1650-1660(pands), 1692-1820, 1612-1652(sb), 1819-1854(:)]
D 1685-1854 [1685-1690, 1782-1821, 1820-1854]
ROSYTH -SEE INVERKEITHING -432
ST.ANDREWS & ST.LEONARDS -453(SEE SEPERATE DETAILS
BELOW)
ST.ANDREWS -453
B 1627-1854 [1627-1667, 1667-1819, 1820-1843(miscellaneous baptisms), 1820-1854(:)] RNE [B 1844-1845]
M 1638-1854 [1638-1679(sb), 1679-1685(sb), 1694-1720(sb), 1720-1754(sb), 1754-1771(sb), 1770-1819, 1820-1854(:)]
D 1732-1854 [1732-1819, 1820-1854(:)]
ST.LEONARDS -453
B 1667-1853 [1667-1819("), 1820-1853(+)]
M 1668-1853 [1668-1819("), 1820-1853(+)]
D Nil [-]
ST.MONANCE(AND ABERCROMBIE) -454
B 1628-1854 1628-1691, 1682, 1707-1854, 1719-1747]
M 1628-1854 [1628-1854, 1711-1738]
D 1674-1854 [1674-1704(m), 1736-1749(m), 1747-1817, 1790-1806(m), 1827-1854]
SALINE -455
B 1746-1854 [1746-1782, 1782-1854]
M 1747-1854 [1747-1784, 1794-1854]
D 1747-1810 [1747-1810(m)]
SCOONIE -456
B 1675-1854 [1675-1786, 1783-1819, 1770-1792(sb:), 1819-1854(")] RNE [B 1842 & 1851 2 entries]
M 1667-1854 [1667-1702, 1755-1766, 1770-1792(sb:), 1793-1819, 1820-1854]
D 1765-1854 [1765-1766, 1673-1682, 1770-1792(sbm:), 1817-1819, 1819-1854("), 1837-1843(Leven)]
STRATHMIGLO -457
B 1719-1854 [1719-1819, 1819-1854]
M 1714-1854 [1719-1753, 1817-1820, 1714-1810(sb:some years missing), 1810-1819(sb"), 1820-1854(+)]
D 1714-1854 [1714-1810(sbm:), 1810-1819(sbm"), 1820-1854(+)]
TORRYBURN -458
B 1629-1854 [1629-1641(ks), 1663-1819, 1819-1854(:)]
M 1629-1854 [1629-1665(sb), 1702-1819, 1819-1854(:)]
D 1696-1835 [1696-1773, 1696-1773(deaths ks), 1768-1816(m), 1773-1835]
WEMYSS -459
B 1660-1854 [1660-1691, 1692-1820, 1820-1854]
M 1662-1854 [1662-1779, 1779-1819, 1820-1854]
D 1707-1854 [1707-1854(m)]
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