Useful Links
Below are a list of links to websites to help with your research. If you find a broken link please let the web administrator know. We are happy to add relevant links. The Fife Family History Society is not responsible for the content of external internet sites, and inclusion of an external link does not constitute an endorsement of the content, products or services found at the destination.
Fife Resources
Cyndislist Fife Genealogy Sites | Links to many Fife resources |
Genuki Fife | Information on libraries, cemeteries, etc |
Fife Mining Heritage | The Fife Mining Heritage Society |
Fife Libraries | Tracing your family tree in Fife |
Fife Family Websites
(If you would like to add yours email it to the Secretary)
Mercer Millions | Mercer families of Scotland |
Dottie Smiley | Speed/Chapman line |
Matt Walker | Oliphants/Barkers of Kirkcaldyy |
Fife Places
Aberdour |
Aberdour Deaths 1790-1854 |
Auchtertool | Auchtertool Kirk website |
Benarty | Photos of the Fife villages of Lochore, Ballingry, Crosshill and Glencraig |
Burntisland | Miscellaneous articles on the history of Burntisland |
Crail Fishing Disaster | Crail Fishing Disaster |
Dalgety | Information about Dalgety Bay and Dalgety Church |
Elie | Elie war memorials |
Kemback | A short history of Kemback parish |
Lochgelly | Photographs of Lochgelly then and now |
Largo/Lundin Links | Vintage Lundin Links |
Kirkcaldy | Kirkcaldy Civic Society |
Wemyss | Wemyss Caves |
Miscellaneous Fife places | Photographs of interesting memorials and monuments |
General Resources
APG | Association of Professional Genealogists |
ASGRA | List of Professional Genealogists in Scotland |
Scottish DNA Project | DNA Interest Group for Scotland |
Familysearch | Searchable records including the IGI |
Old Maps | Britain’s most extensive digital historical map archive |
Scotlands people | Official government source of genealogical data for Scotland |
Scottish Documents | Wills 1500-1901 |
Scottish War Memorials Forum | Recording all the war memorials in Scotland, whether civic, works, schools, churches or individuals |
Scotland on Film | Evocative collection of clips from film, television and radio |
TalkingScot Forum | A meeting place for people with an interest in Scottish genealogy, history and culture |
Museums
Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum | Birthplace of the weaver’s son who made a fortune |
British Golf Museum | Facts from 500 years of golf history |
Methil Heritage Centre | History and heritage of the Levenmouth area |
Scottish Fisheries Museum | The story of Scottish fishing and its people |
Family History Societies
Aberdeen & North-East Scotland | Promoting genealogy in the North East of Scotland |
Alloway & Southern Ayrshire | Covering Alloway, the neighbouring areas and southern Ayrshire |
Borders | Covering the Border counties of Roxburghshire, Berwickshire, Selkirkshire and Peeblesshire |
Buchan | Family history Society of Buchan |
Central Scotland | Promoting the study of family history in Central Scotland |
Dumfries & Galloway | Encouraging the study of genealogy in the South West of Scotland |
East Ayrshire | Comprising the former districts of Kilmarnock & Loudon and Cumnock & Doon Valley |
Glasgow & West of Scotland | Promoting the study of family history in Glasgow and the west of Scotland |
Highland | Based in Inverness, with its own library within Inverness Public Library |
Lothian | Providing local knowledge and information about the Lothian parishes |
North Perthshire Family History Group | A recently formed group located in Pitlochry |
Renfrewshire | Promoting family history in the area covered by the old county of Renfrewshire |
Shetland | Brings together those studying family history in Shetland |
Tay Valley | Main centre for family history research in the Tay Valley area |
Troon & Ayrshire | One of the smaller societies in Scotland, but very active |