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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Fife => Topic started by: RootsChat on Thursday 05 June 03 12:37 BST (UK)
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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
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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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Census
Transcription 1841 Census , 1851 Census - https://www.freecen.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
Original Census images(1841-1911)(Paysite) - http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
Directories
Cupar, Pigot's Directory, 1825/6 http://users.quista.net/jameswilliams/Cupar_Pigot_1825_26.htm
Cupar, Pigot's Directory, 1837 http://users.quista.net/jameswilliams/Cupar_Pigot_1837.htm
www.fifefhs.org/Records/Directory/kirkcaldy.htm
Excerpts from the 1861 Kirkcaldy Parochial Directory for Fife and Kinross
Family History Groups
http://fifefamilyhistorysociety.blogspot.com/
http://www.tayvalleyfhs.org.uk/web/
History and General Information
Fife GENUKI pages
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/FIF/
Fife familysearch.wiki pages
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Fife,_Scotland
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Category:Fife
Fife Wikipedia page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fife
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Fife
Fife Council website http://www.fife.gov.uk/fife_council/index.cfm
Images , Photograph Archives and Collections
http://www.fifefhs.org/Photos/photoquery.htm
http://www.fife.50megs.com/Old%20Fife%20Album/index.htm
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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
New Resources:
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