St. Monans or Abercrombie, Fife, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #454

Condition of Original Registers—
Index: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index on computer at the Family History Library and family history centers. The records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: There are three entries for 1682 and one for 1690 on the first page. Entries occasionally occur a few years out of the order of time. At 1817, there are six irregular entries dated 1807–1848 and a duplicate of record 1719–1747. Marriages: There are no entries, excepting a few of proclamation fees, August 1691–May 1707 and November 1756–March 1758. There are occasional entries of irregular and clandestine marriages. There is a duplicate of record 1712–1740 and 1746–1747. Deaths: There is only Mortcloth Dues prior to 1747 and no entries 1681–1690, 1704–1736. Deaths are recorded for August 1747–November 1756 and January 1773–July 1781. Burials are recorded after October 1783. There are transcribed entries of Mortcloth Dues applicable to the blanks in the regular record 1756–1773 and 1781–1783. There are no entries for November 1817–January 1827 and a duplicate of the portion 1827–1844. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. FHL British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes and Accounts 1597–1617, 1629–1660, 1665–1682–1939 Note: Available at St. Andrews University Library, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, record CH2/1056.

Nonconformist Church Records
No known pre-1855 nonconformist churches.