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Records -> Fife

Elie records

Lookup searches – Access records in Scottish archives for ancestors in this parish (e.g. Kirk Session Records). Available from £1 a name a year.

Poor Law appeals – Indexed Poor Law appeals with the option to order images of records.

Asylum records – Index to the General Register of Lunatics in Asylums

School records – Index to School Leaving Certificate Examination results

Anatomy Registers – Index to the records of the Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland

Birth records with no father’s name – Hit a brick wall with no father named in a birth record? Help is at hand: see our list for this parish below.

Asylum records – Index to the General Register of Lunatics in Asylums

Male Heads of Families – Free transcripts of rolls of male heads of families from the 1830s

Kirk Sessions Index – Free extracts from Kirk Session records


Lookups

The records of the Kirk Session contain a variety of documents which detail many aspects of the daily lives of all types of people throughout Scotland from the 16th century onwards. We are pleased to be able to offer a search service in some of the records available for this parish. We will search for a given name in any of the record sets in the table below, and provide you with transcripts of any matching entries for just £1 per name per year.
We do not currently have any lookups available for this parish.


Board of Supervision poor relief appeals

The Board of Supervision was established under the 1845 Poor Law Act. One of its tasks was to hear appeals by paupers against inadequate poor relief granted by Parochial Boards. These appeals were recorded in the Board of Supervision minutes. Cases were often heard over an extended period. The minutes may contain a variety of information, including about other family members, medical conditions and other circumstances. For more information about these records, see here.

We are pleased to be able to offer to obtain images of the minutes for each appeal, at the following rates:
  • £3 for a single minute
  • £6 for up to 3 minutes for a single case
  • £9 for any single case with more than 3 minutes (some cases have as many as 8 minutes)
We have indexed these records, and list the cases for this parish below. Just click on the Order images link to order images of the relevant minutes. Please note that as these minutes may need to be filmed specially, it may take up to a week before we can supply them.

Poor law appeals
NameAddressYear(s)/
minutes
Order imagesDeliverance
John BLYTH 1853-1854 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
John BLYTHE 1847 (2)Order imagesRefused
Andrew HENDERSON 1852 (1)Order imagesRefused


Sheriff Court paternity decrees

Single mothers often took the fathers of their children to court for child support. Such cases were known as filiation and aliment cases. The court could order the father to provide maintenance payments to the mother. If the mother won her case, the court would issue a decree, which would allow the mother to enforce payment of aliment. We have indexed all the records of such cases held by the National Records of Scotland from at least 1855 to 1880, and can provide digital images of the records. To order your copy, simply click on the Order now link in the table below.

Sheriff Court Filiation and Aliment decrees
Mother name and residenceDefender nameChild birthOrderCourt
Phillis BOWERS
Elie
James GARRETT19 Feb 1888Order nowCupar
SC20/4/32
Elizabeth MENZIES
Elie, Fife
James RAE25 Dec 1879
Uphall, West Lothian
Order nowLinlithgow
SC41/15/5
Mary Or Maria OVENSTONE
Elie
Augustus Frederick LINDLEY30 Oct 1854Order nowHamilton
SC37/7/18


School Leaving Certificate Exams

This is an index to the registers of school leaving certificate examination results (NRS Reference ED36). We do not currently have any records for this parish.


Anatomy register

This is an index to the registers of the Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland (NRS Reference MH1/1-MH1/30). We do not currently have any records for this parish.


List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874

Your research hit a brick wall when you discovered a birth record missing this vital name? Choose Find the Father by any birth below to start breaking down that barrier today with our FREE search service. Where we've already identified the father, click on the Father Found link to order a copy of the record naming the father. For births outwith this period, click here.

Find the father
Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Catherine Philp BROWN9 November 1866Jessie BROWNFind the father
Thomas DAVIDSON2 July 1860Christian DAVIDSONFind the father
Christina DONALDSON9 October 1863Isabella DONALDSONFind the father
Agnes DOWIE29 June 1857Barbara DOWIEFind the father
William FERNIE7 June 1863Agnes FERNIEFind the father
Janet FORREST29 May 1872Jemima FORRESTFather found
James FOX3 August 1873Catherine FOXFind the father
John GRAY19 August 1855Ann GRAYFind the father
Alexander HUTT30 May 1860Isabella HUTTFind the father
Isabella HUTT9 July 1855Isabella HUTTFind the father
Margaret HUTT25 June 1857Margaret HUTTFind the father
Alexander MOLLISON30 April 1864Mary Ann MOLLISONFind the father
Isabella Adams OVENSTON17 December 1866Isabella OVENSTONFind the father
William Harrer PEARSON3 September 1873Charlotte PEARSONFind the father
Ebinezer Miller PETTIGREW28 May 1861Euphemia PETTIGREWFind the father
Margaret PETTIGREW31 May 1870Euphemia PETTIGREWFind the father
Mary Clark PETTIGREW7 September 1859Jane PETTIGREWFind the father
John ROBERTSON28 May 1855Jessie Todd ROBERTSONFind the father
Thomas ROBERTSON30 November 1855Mary Murray ROBERTSONFind the father
David ROSS19 October 1861Janet ROSSFind the father
Robert SIMPSON6 March 1856Janet SIMPSONFind the father
Agnes THOMSON16 December 1863Janet THOMSONFather found
Elizabeth White WILSON8 March 1870Isabella WILSONFind the father
Jessie WILSON10 March 1870Janet WILSONFind the father
Margaret WRIGHT3 March 1861Rachel WRIGHTFind the father


General Register of Lunatics

This index shows patients from this parish admitted to asylums. To order a record click on the Order images link.
General Register of Lunatics index MC7
NameDate of deathOrderAsylumsYears
BEVERIDGE or BIRRELL, Janet
farm worker
Born about 1827
Married
Previous residence: Newburn
Chargeable parish: Elie
29 Aug 1908Order images (3)Edinburgh Royal Asylum
Fife And Kinross
Morningside
1861-1866
BIRRELL or BEVERIDGE, Janet
farm worker
Born about 1827
Married
Previous residence: Newburn
Chargeable parish: Elie
29 Aug 1908Order images (3)Edinburgh Royal Asylum
Fife And Kinross
Morningside
1861-1866
BISSET or MITCHELL, Jessie
takes in lodgers
Born about 1824
Widowed
Previous residence: 14 High Street, Elie
Chargeable parish: Elie
21 Feb 1900Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1897
BRODIE, Jessie
servant
Born about 1839
Single
Previous residence: Millholm House Musselburgh
Chargeable parish: Elie
30 Sep 1907Order images (2)Fife And Kinross
Millholme House
1864-1866
BROWN, Jemima
house servant
Born about 1837
Single
Previous residence: St Andrews
Chargeable parish: St Andrews
13 Mar 1889Order image (1)Fife1880
COOK, Evelyn Orr Paterson
none
Born about 1884
Single
Previous residence: 8 Park Place, Elie
Chargeable parish: Elie
Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1906
CUMMING, Isabella
Born about 1845
Single
Previous residence: Elie
Chargeable parish: Elie
23 Nov 1891Order image (1)Fife1881
CUMMINGS, Annabella
no occupation
Born about 1873
Single
Previous residence: Teuchet, Ceres
Chargeable parish: Ceres
10 Feb 1945Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1912
GOODALL, Elizabeth
domestic servant
Born about 1869
Single
Previous residence: Stirling District Asylum
Chargeable parish: Elie
Order images (2)Fife District Asylum
Stirling District Asylum
1892
GOODALL, Rachel
housewife
Born about 1839
Married
Previous residence: Elie
Chargeable parish: Elie
27 Aug 1876Order image (1)Fife1876
LAING, Robert
labourer general
Born about 1849
Single
Previous residence: 7 Toll Wynd, Elie
Chargeable parish: Elie
15 May 1928Order images (3)Fife District Asylum1898-1900
MACKIE or TULLIS, Margaret
none
Born about 1829
Married
Previous residence: Kilconquhar
Chargeable parish: Kilconquhar
10 Nov 1902Order images (2)Fife District Asylum1899-1900
MACKIE, William
pauper, formerly mason
Born about 1820
Married
Previous residence: Barnyards
Chargeable parish: Elie
25 Nov 1896Order image (1)Fife1896
MCGILL, Alexander
surfaceman
Born about 1816
Single
Previous residence: Bowhouse, Elie
Chargeable parish: Cameron
Also known as
Alexr Mcgill
Order images (2)Fife1874-1877
MCGILL, Alexr
surfaceman
Born about 1816
Single
Previous residence: Bowhouse, Elie
Chargeable parish: Cameron
Also known as
Alexander Mcgill
Order images (2)Fife1874-1877
MILNE, John Steele
labourer
Born about 1833
Married
Previous residence: Elie
Chargeable parish: Elie
20 Jan 1869Order image (1)Fife And Kinross1868
MITCHELL or BISSET, Jessie
takes in lodgers
Born about 1824
Widowed
Previous residence: 14 High Street, Elie
Chargeable parish: Elie
21 Feb 1900Order image (1)Fife District Asylum1897
MURRAY, Margaret
domestic servant
Born about 1844
Widowed
Previous residence: Elie Lodge
Chargeable parish: Elie
Order image (1)Fife And Kinross1871
SMALL, Jessie
sempstress
Born about 1830
Single
Previous residence: Royal Edinburgh Asylum
Chargeable parish: Elie
5 Aug 1905Order images (2)Edinburgh Royal Asylum
Fife And Kinross
1858-1866
STEEL, William
ship carpenter
Born about 1809
Single
Previous residence: Elie
Chargeable parish: Elie
1 Dec 1882Order images (3)Fife
Fife And Kinross
1868-1875
SUNTER, Christopher M
builder
Born about 1845
Married
Previous residence: Bass View, Elie
Chargeable parish: Elie
Also known as
Christopher Mitchell Sunter
Order images (2)Dundee Royal Asylum
Fife District Asylum
1897
SUNTER, Christopher Mitchell
builder
Born about 1845
Married
Previous residence: Bass View, Elie
Chargeable parish: Elie
Also known as
Christopher M Sunter
Order images (2)Dundee Royal Asylum
Fife District Asylum
1897
TULLIS or MACKIE, Margaret
none
Born about 1829
Married
Previous residence: Kilconquhar
Chargeable parish: Kilconquhar
10 Nov 1902Order images (2)Fife District Asylum1899-1900


Rolls of Male Heads of Families

In 1834, the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland passed the Veto Act, removing the absolute right of landowners to appoint ministers to their parish. The Act gave male heads of families who were communicants with the parish the right to veto the appointment of a new minister if a majority of them objected. To this end, the Assembly instructed kirk sessions to draw up rolls of the male heads of families in each parish. We have transcribed the surviving rolls, and are publishing them here. They are significant as they pre-date the earliest nominal census, which took place in 1841.

No Roll of Male Heads of Families has yet been found for this parish


Kirk Session Records Index

Use the name links below to go to the entries for the person you are interested in. We have selected 1832 as an example year for parishes across Scotland. If you would like more information about the existence of Kirk Session minutes for this or another parish or would like to search for particular people in the minutes please contact us.

We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.


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