FreeCEN Fife

Welcome to the Fife Free Census Project. Our aim is to transcribe and put freely online the 19^th century census returns for Fife.

We have completed ^[1] the transcription of the 1841 census. The 105,423 records are online and available for searching (see sidebar).

We are working now on the 1851 census. Most of it is online — some 142,000 records as of 14 Mar 2012.

The bigger picture

This project is part of FreeCEN Scotland, itself part of the UK Free Census Project (FreeCEN). For more information on this project and how to get involved, please read the Project FAQs.

If you are interested in helping with another county or parish in Scotland, please see the FreeCEN Scotland site.

1851 progress

Progress by Parish and transcription stage for 1851. The status of a division may be transcribed, checked, validated, or online.
Parish		EDs	Pages	Transcriber	Checker	Validator	Status
No.	Name	EDs	Pages	Transcriber	Checker	Validator	Status
Total population (est.)		154,900
Records online							142,173
399	Abbotshall	1–6	137	Yes	Yes	NY	Online
399	Abbotshall	7–13	137	Yes	Yes	NY	Online
400	Abdie	1–4	83	Yes	Yes	NY	Online
401	Aberdour	1–8	105	Yes	BP	NY	Online
402	Anstruther Easter	1	58	Yes	BP	NY	Online
403	Anstruther Wester	1–2	25	ES	BP	NY	Online
404	Arngask FIF	1	15	Yes	Yes	NY	Online
	Arngask KRS	1	11	Yes	Yes	NY	Online
	Arngask PER	1	11	Yes	Yes	NY	Online
405	Auchterderran	1–8	181	ES	NY	MS	Online
406	Auchtermuchty	1–6	207	Yes	CM	NY	Online
407	Auchtertool	1–2	28	Yes	Yes	Yes	Online
408	Ballingry	1–3	33	Yes	Yes	NY	Online
409	Balmerino	1–3	49	Yes	Yes	NY	Online
410	Beath	1–2	72	Yes	Yes	NY	Online
411	Burntisland	1–5	139	Yes	Yes	NY	Online
411	Burntisland	1	22	Yes	Yes	NY	Online
412	Cameron	1–3	63	BP-P	MM	NY	Online
413	Carnbee	1–4	66	Yes	BP	Yes	Online
414	Carnock	1–7	172	MM	Yes	Yes	Online
415	Ceres	1–8	163	Yes	CM	Yes	Online
416	Collessie	1–5	82	Yes	CM	Yes	Online
417	Crail Burgh	1–3	77	DL	BP-P	NY	Online
417	Crail Parish	1–4	41	Yes	JH	NY	Online
418	Creich	1–2	23	Yes	YT	NY	Online
419	Cults	1	47	Yes	Yes	Yes	Online
420	Cupar	1–4	180	CM	NY	MS	Online
		5–7 + PI	118	CM	NY	MS	Online
		1–3	93	CM	JH	NY	Online
421	Dairsie	1	37	Yes	Yes	Yes	Online
422	Dalgety	1–4	90	Yes	Yes	NY	Online
423	Dunbog	1	16	Yes	Yes	Yes	Online
424	Dunfermline Burgh	1–7	189	JS	BP	NY	Online
	Dunfermline Parish	1–7	199	Yes	BP	NY	Online
	Dunfermline Parish	8–12	385	JS	JH	Yes	Online
	Dunfermline Burgh	8–15	157	Yes	PT	Yes	Online
	Dunfermline Burgh	16–22	197	NY	BP		Transcribed
	Dunfermline	23–30 + PIs	199	JS	JH	Yes	Online
425	Dunino	1	15	Yes	Yes	Yes	Online
426	Dysart Burgh	1–8	231	PT	BP	NY	Online
	Dysart	9–14	193	BP	JH		Transcribed
	Dysart	1–2	41	PT	JH	Yes	Online
427	Elie	1–3	46	Yes	NY	MS	Online
428	Falkland	1–8	169	Yes	CM	Yes	Online
429	Ferry Port on Craig	1–3	114	Yes	DH	NY	Online
430	Flisk	1–2	14	Yes	Yes	Yes	Online
431	Forgan	1–2	59	PT	YT	NY	Online
432	Inverkeithing Burgh	1–2	96	JMc	BP-P	Yes	Online
	Inverkeithing	1	35	JMc	BP	NY	Online
	Inverkeithing		69	JMc	BP	NY	Online
433	Kemback	1–2	52	PT	NY	MS	Online
434	Kennoway	1–7	131	PT	Yes	NY	Online
435	Kettle	1–4	139	Yes	Yes	NY	Online
436	Kilconquhar	1–7	144	AS	CM	NY	Online
437	Kilmany	1–3	44	Yes	NY	MS	Online
438	Kilrenny	1–5	109	Yes	Yes	NY	Online
438	Kilrenny	1	18	Yes	Yes	NY	Online
439	Kinghorn	1–6	82	Yes	Yes	NY	Online
439	Kinghorn	1–5 + PI	77	Yes	Yes	NY	Online
440	Kinglassie	1–3	68	Yes	Yes	NY	Online
441	Kingsbarns	1–4	51	GH	BP	NY	Online
442	Kirkcaldy	1–8	163	Yes	Yes	NY	Online
		9–15	136	Yes	BP	NY	Online
		1	10	Yes	NY	MS	Online
443	Largo	1–6 + PI	152	PT	BP	NY	Online
444	Leslie	1–7	197	CM	BP	NY	Online
445	Leuchars	1–5	106	GH	BP	NY	Online
446	Logie	1–2	27	Yes	Yes	NY	Online
447	Markinch	1–8	150	CM	BP	NY	Online
447	Markinch	9–15	173	CM	BP	NY	Online
448	Monimail	1–2	59	Yes	Yes	NY	Online
449	Moonzie	1	12	Yes	Yes	NY	Online
450	Newburgh	1–5	150	SL	Yes	Yes	Online
450	Newburgh	1	19	SL	NY	MS	Online
451	Newburn	1–2	22	NY	Yes	Yes	Online
452	Pittenween Burgh	1–3	74	JMc	HW	NY	Online
452	Pittenween & St Andrews	1	2	NY	HW	NY	Online
453	St Andrews & St Leonards	1–8	236	YT	BP	NY	Online
	St Andrews & St Leonards	1–9	116	YT	BP	NY	Online
	St Leonards	1–2	31	YT	HW	Yes	Online
454	St Monance	1–2	67	ES	DH	MS	Online
455	Saline	1–7	102	GH	DH		Transcribed
456	Scoonie	1–5	161	NY	HW		Transcribed
457	Strathmiglo	1–6	133	GH	BP	Yes	Online
458	Torryburn	1–4	73	JMc	HW	NY	Online
459	Wemyss	1–3a	134	MM	Yes	Yes	Online
459	Wemyss	3–7	170	MM	Yes	Yes	Online

1841 Census summary

Records online

Total population:: ~140,100
Records completed:: ^[1] ~75%
Records online:: 105,423

Parishes online

The following Fife Parishes have been transcribed and put online. The original returns for fourteen Parishes were lost in transit to Edinburgh. ^[1].

399: Abbotshall
401: Aberdour
402: Anstruther Easter
403: Anstruther Wester
404: Arngask ^[2]
405: Auchterderran
407: Auchtertool
408: Ballingry
410: Beath
411: Burntisland ^[2]
412: Cameron
413: Carnbee
414: Carnock
417: Crail
422: Dalgetty
424: Dunfermline
425: Dunino
426: Dysart
427: Elie
428: Falkland
429: Ferry Port o Craig
430: Flisk
431: Forgan
432: Inverkeithing

433: Kemback
434: Kennoway ^[2]
435: Kettle
436: Kilconquhar
437: Kilmany
438: Kilrenny
441: Kingsbarns
443: Largo
445: Leuchars
446: Logie
447: Markinch
448: Monimail
449: Moonzie
450: Newburgh
451: Newburn
452: Pittenween
453: St Andrews & St Leonards
454: St Monance
455: Saline
456: Scoonie
457: Strathmiglo
458: Torryburn
459: Wemyss

Footnotes

In 1841 a small ferryboat sank in the Forth estuary, on its way to Edinburgh, and returns for fourteen Fife parishes were lost. These were Abdie, Auchtermuchty, Balmerino, Ceres, Collessie, Creich, Cults, Cupar, Dairsie, Dunbog, Kinghorn, Kinglassie, Kirkcaldy and Leslie.
Some parishes (Arngask, Burntisland and Kennoway) are known to have missing books.

Fife FreeCENsus Project

The bigger picture

1851 progress

1841 Census summary

Records online

Parishes online

Footnotes

External links

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