Fife

Fife map: Wikipedia image

The Forth Bridge is probably the best known landmark at Fife, the first major steel bridge in the world has over 54,000 tons of steel and 6,500,000 rivets. The bridge, and the connecting railway lines from Inverkeithing and Dalmeny, cost £3,000,000 to build. Work commenced in 1883 and was completed in 1890.

Register Offices

Fife Registration service operate a network of register offices which can supply copy certificates. Contact details can be found at Register Office Portal Page
A useful source for family historians can also be found via the local authority, details of services available and additional information;
Fife Direct; Family History Research pages.

Additional information about register offices and the services available can be obtained from;

Sophia Semple
Council Registrar
Fife Council
Albany House
Albany Gate
Glenrothes
KY7 5NP

Tel 08451 550 077

Links

Library Services

The library service operates through over 50 local library branches, a list of libraries and contact details can be found at Library Locations

Archives

Law and Administration Archive Centre
Carleton House
The Haig Business Park
Balgonie Road
Markinch
Glenrothes
KY7 6AQ
Tel; 01592 583 352

The Archives Catalogue lists some the documents held in the archives, a searchable catalogue can be found by scrolling down the page at Archives Information

Family History Society

• Fife FHS
• Burgh Deed Registers, 1692-1891

Local History and Heritage

• Local History and Heritage
• Fife Pits
• Largo in legend and folklore
• Churches in Fife in 1893
• University Muniments: Archives at the University of St Andrews, Fife
• Burtisland History Includes 1862 Trade Directory and War Memorial Inscriptions
• The Annals of Dunfermline and Vicinity

Maps

• Fife maps

Genealogy Links

• IGI Fife
• Drew's Scottish Genealogy and Ancestor Search
  
• Fife Genweb
  
• The Fife Post
  
• Fife Photographers to 1900
• Fife - Partial 1851 Census
• Tombstones of Tulliallan Kirkyard

Books

• The History of Dunfermline, from the Earliest Records
• Fife pits and memorial book

Requests for Research and Photographs in this area

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the Research Offers forum or on the following pages in the Wiki:

• Research Offers: Cemetery
• Research Offers: Photograph
• Research Offers: Probate
• Research Offers: Record Office/Archive

If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location, please leave a message on our Volunteers Needed thread.

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