Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #432

Condition 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. Birth: Births are intermixed with marriages until December 1697. There are no entries March 1684–March 1685. The records for 1698–1710 are for the united parishes of Inverkeithing and Rosyth. There are no entries January 1711–April 1725, December 1734–May 1737, except one for November 1738– July 1744. Marriages: There is a separate record from April 1698 and there are no entries December 1710–December 1748. Deaths: There are burials until 1708 and no entries April 1708–January 1710. Deaths are recorded until December 1710 then no entries until November 1783, after which date burials are recorded. 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 1688–1698, 1721–1838 Scroll Minutes 1724–1802 Cash Book 1735–1764 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/195.

Inverkeithing United Presbyterian Church
History—  This dissenting congregation was formed as the result of a disagreement over the settlement of a new parish minister in 1752. A great body of the parishioners withdrew from the Established Church and applied to the Associate Burgher Presbytery of Dunfermline for supply of sermon, which was granted. A Church was built in 1753. Source: Annals and Statistics of the United Presbyterian Church, by Rev. William MacKelvie, D.D., pub. 1873. Film #477618. More details may be given in the source, including a list of ministers.

Records—                                     FHL Film Number  Marriages 1756–1758, 1764–1852      0889483 item 5 Baptisms 1764–1775, 1821–1852       0889483 item 5 Minutes 1776–1802, 1820–1852         0889493 item 5 Other: Baptisms 1756–1758 Various Minutes 1753–1818 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/452.