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Fife Council - Central Area


Contents
Principal Public Libraries with family history resources
Research services
Registrar General's Index
Census records
Directories
Electoral registers
Poll books
International Genealogical Index
Unpublished indexes
Parish registers
Periodicals
Published transcripts
Other materials
Guides to collections
Record Office address
Other information

Library Services URL:
Chapman County Codes (BS 6879): FIF

2. Principal Libraries with Family History resources

Central Library
War Memorial Grounds
Kirkcaldy
Fife
KY1 1XT
Tel: 01592 412879
Fax: 01592 646125
Email:
Contact: Miss S. Campbell


Opening hours:


Other Libraries:

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3. Research Service

Service available? Yes

Fee-based? Yes for enquiries outwith Fife

Provided by local Record Office? No
4. Births, Deaths and Marriages

Registrar General's Indexes from 1837 (microform), or Registrar General for Scotland's Computerised Index from 1855.

Locations N/A


5. Census returns

Held at Central Library, War Memorial Grounds, Kirkcaldy
~see attached sheet$


6. Directories

6(a) County and Regional Directories

County directory of Scotland 1862
Directory of genelemen's seats, villages etc. in Scotland 1843
Dundee and Central Scotland trades directory 1958
Fife and Kinross directory 1982-
Fife and Kinross register 1925, 1829, 1871
Fife and Kinross Trades directory 1908-9, 1916, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1948/49, 1949/50, 1951/52, 1953/54, 1955/56, 1956/57, 1957/58, 1958, 1959/60, 1961/62, 1962/63, 1963/64, 1966
Directory to noblemen and gentlemen's seats, villages in Scotland 1857
Pigot & Co.'s directory of Scotland 1825-26, 1837
Westwood's parochial directory of Fife & Kinross 1862, 1866
Kirkcaldy directory 1882-83, 1885-86, 1894-95, 1906-07, 1924-25, 1928-29, 1931-32, 1936
Kirkcaldy & Dysart directory 1924-25
Thomson's directory for Kidkcaldy 1834, 1835
Burntisland directory && illustrated yearbook 1892
Edinburgh almanac 1809, 1817, 1820, 1825, 1832, 1836, 1838, 1839, 1841
~see attached sheets - only 1 sheet (Census returns) attached$

6(b) City and Town Directories

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6(c) Telephone Directories

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7. Electoral registers and polls books

7(a) Electoral Registers

N/A

7(b) Poll Books

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8. International Genealogical Index (IGI)

Central Library, War Memorial Grounds, Kirkcaldy
1984 - Scotland
1988 - Scotland
1992 - Scotland, England, Ireland


9. Unpublished Indexes

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10. Parish Registers

Central Library, War Memorial Grounds, Kirkcaldy. Microfilm.
~see attached sheet$


11. Periodicals (excl. newspapers)

N/A


12. Published Transcripts of Archival Material

N/A


13. Other material

~See attached booklet$


14. Guides to Collections

Campbell, Sheila: Family history sources in Kirkcaldy Central Library. Kirkcaldy District Council. �2.00. 1994. Obtainable from Fife Council, Central Area Libraries, East Fergus Place, Kirkcaldy, KY1 1XT


15. Local Record Offices

N/A


Other information