Monimail, Fife, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #448

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: Births are intermixed with marriages until 1687. There are no entries February 1657–September 1658, July 1679–July1682, July 1684–November 1686, August 1689–August 1680, and August 1696–January 1798. After May 1747 entries of children of Seceders 1738–1748. There is a duplicate of record 1725–1749. There is a page of irregular entries 1799–1810 at June 1806. There are entries 1823–1854 on four pages at the end of 1814. Mother's names are seldom recorded until 1666, and occasionally omitted until about 1682. Marriages: Prior to 1687, marriages are intermixed with births. There are no entries December 1687–August 1690, June 1696–November 1697 and November 1754–July 1761. Deaths: There are four entries for 1685. The regular record begins October 1697. There are no entries April 1720–January 1738, June 1751–January 1753, except for three entries October 1754–March 1784. There are only two entries August 1786–January 1817. 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 1631–1644, 1690–1699, 1705–1706, 1724–1908 Accounts 1686–1751, 1765–1820, 1845–1944 Communion Rolls 1848–1862 Note: Available at St. Andrews University Library, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, record CH2/548.

Monimail Free Church
History— The minister of the parish and many of his people adhered to the Free Church in 1843. A church was erected at Bow of Fife and opened in 1844. The site was granted by D.M. Makgill Crichton then of Rankeillor. The church was renovated in 1878. A new and beautiful church was built in 1898 and presented to the congregation by Sir Michael Nairn of Rankeillor. The population tended to decrease but this did not affect the prosperity of the congregation. Membership: 1848, 146; 1900, 148. Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., 2 vols. pub. 1914. Film #918572. More details may be given in the source.

Records— Minutes 1843–1932 Baptisms 1843–1845 Deacon’s Court Minutes 1845–1944 Note: Available at St. Andrews University Library, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, record CH3/679.