Abdie, Fife, Scotland Genealogy

Abdie #400

Established Church—Old Parochial Registers
Years Covered FHL Film Number Births: 1620–1786 1040143 item 6 1786–1854 1040144 item 1-2 Marriages: 1691–1713, 1720–1767, 1784–1785 1040143 item 6 1786–1854 1040144 item 1-2 Deaths: 1784–1785 - burials 1040143 item 6

Condition of Original Registers—
Index: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index on computer at the Family History Library under “Databases on the Network.” Births: There are no entries between December 1624–October 1625, and January 1717 May 1719. Mother's names are not recorded until March 1783. Marriages: There are no entries July 1713–October 1719, 1759–1767, July 1759–May 18 1784, and for 1787 except entries of contract or proclamation money. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. FHL British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1719–1797 Accounts 1719–1908, 1924–1945 Proclamations 1855–1897 List of Population of the Parish 1821 Communion Rolls1876–1940 Note: Available at St. Andrews University Library, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, record CH2/828.

Abdie and Newburgh Free Church
History— The ministers of these parishes adhered to the Establishment in 1843. Those who adhered to the Free Church were formed into a congregation under the minister of Dunbog, who with many of his people came out at the Disruption. Membership: 1848, 190; 1900, 132. Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D. 2 vols. pub. 1914. Film #918572. More details may be given in the source.

Records— The extent of pre-1855 records is unknown.