Ballingry, Fife, Scotland Genealogy

Ballingry #408

Conditions of Original Registers—
Index: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index available on computers at the Family History Library and family history centers. The records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: Births are recorded in parallel columns of the same pages with deaths and marriages, 1670–1701. There are no entries 1701–1722. From 1722–1745 births are entered in alternate pages of the same register with marriages. No birth entries 1745–1754 except for a few irregular entries. Marriages: Marriages are recorded on parallel columns of the same pages with births and deaths for 1670–1701. Record is incomplete 1695–1701 with a separate entry for contracts, which to some extent supplement the record. There are no entries 1701–1722. From 1722–1745 they are usually entered on alternate pages of the same register with the births. There are no entries 1745–1754; except a few irregular entries, and none for 1819. Deaths: Deaths are recorded on parallel columns of the same page with births and marriages for 1670–1701. Records are burials to December 1684 and deaths for 1685–1701, inclusive. There is a page containing irregular entries. 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 1669–1681, 1702–1745, 1757–1808, 1852–1882 Accounts of Rents of Lands Belonging to the Poor 1687–1702 Accounts 1719–1745, 1819–1831 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/382.

Glencraig and Lochore United Free Church, later Church of Scotland
History— No records are available.

Records— Baptismal Register 1843–1852 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/1407.