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** Fife RESOURCES **
« on: Thursday 05 June 03 12:37 BST (UK) »
Some links to Fife resources to aid research:
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Archives
Fife Council Archive Centre
http://www.fifedirect.org.uk/atoz/index.cfm?fuseaction=facility.display&facid=ADDA2ECD-9AE8-46FF-8541E4C1F4FA3B36
and
http://www.scan.org.uk/directory/fife/fifeleafletpop.htm
(list of contents)


Birth , Marriage , and Death records
Some guides here on RootsChat to help you:
Where to start with Scottish Research? - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,24468.0.html
Getting the best out of Scotlands People  - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,562668.0.html
The Scottish Way of Birth and Death...(1855-1939)  www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,578172.0.html

Anstruther Free Church Births & Baptisms 1843-47  http://fifefhs.org/Records/anstfreech.htm
Auchtermuchty Free church Baptisms and Marriages http://fifefhs.org/Records/amfreech.htm
Dunfermline. North Parish Church Baptisms, 1851-1854
http://fifefhs.org/Records/Baptisms/dunfnthbapt.htm
Kirkcaldy - Bethelfield U P Church, Baptisms 1852-1854
http://fifefhs.org/Records/Baptisms/bethelfieldup.htm


Burials and Monumental Inscriptions
Anstruther Easter Burials 1836 -1854  http://fifefhs.org/Records/Burials/aneastburials.htm
Topic: Cupar Parish Church MIs  http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,296148.0.html

Topic: Link: Headstone Readings from Various Fife Cemeterys
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,6601.0.html

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Re: ** RESOURCES for Fife **
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 05 June 03 12:38 BST (UK) »
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Re: ** Fife RESOURCES **
« Reply #2 on: Monday 21 May 12 17:20 BST (UK) »
Maps
National Library of Scotland maps -  http://maps.nls.uk/
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genmaps/genfiles/COU_Pages/SCO_pages/fif.htm


Miscellaneous
Links , Cemeteries , Censuses , Directories etc.-  http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/scotland/fife/
Aberdour Jurors 1851  http://fifefhs.org/Records/Jurors/aberdourjurors.htm
Auchtertool Jurors 1851  http://fifefhs.org/Records/Jurors/auchtertooljurors.htm
Ballingry Jurors 1851  http://fifefhs.org/Records/Jurors/ballingryjurors.htm
Dunfermline Sheriff Court, Aliment Decrees, 1830-1854  http://fifefhs.org/Records/dunfaliments.htm
Pittenweem  Topic: Link - Horsburgh surname (from Anstruther and Pittenweem)
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,16141.0.html


Newspapers
Fife newspapers
http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results?sortorder=score&frontpage=false&county=fife%2c%20scotland

Some UK libraries give access to this site - http://gale.cengage.co.uk


Workhouses
Dumfermline , Dysart , Kirkcaldy
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/
Left Hand Side of Page - Workhouse Locations, Scottish Poorhouses, Fife


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