Elie, Fife, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #427

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. Births: There are no entries, except for one, May 1681– April 1701 and September 1724–May 1732. Marriages: There are no marriage entries June 1674–January 1678, except for 12 entries of contracts, September 1682–October 1684. There are no entries December 1678–April 1701 and November 1718–June 1732. Deaths: Deaths and burials; on the margin of many entries are short notes indicating the time and manner of death, etc., of the parties. There are no entries November 1760–November 1783, from which date the entries are engrossed on alternate pages of the register of baptisms. Many of the entries after 1783 contain interesting information respecting the parties deceased, in addition to the time and place of death and burial. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. FHL British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
There are no known records.

Elie Free Church
History— In response to a petition from Free Church residents the congregation here was organized in June 1844. The church was erected that year. Adherents from St. Monance worshiped here until 1872, when a preaching station was established, as a result of work carried on by the Elie congregation. A new church was erected in 1887. Elie later became a fashionable health resort. Membership: 1848, 140; 1900, 193. 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— The extent of pre-1855 records is unknown.