Kilmany, Fife, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #437

This is a guide to the history and major genealogical records of Scotland as they pertain to the parish of Kilmany. To learn more about how to use these records to search for your ancestors, go to the Scotland: Research Strategies.

= History =

To be added.

= Census Records =

= Church Records =

The Established Church of Scotland was Presbyterian. Read more about Scotland Church Records.

Here are the pre-1855 records that exist for this parish.

Condition of Original Registers—
Index: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index on computer at the Family History Library and family history centers. The records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: Births are intermixed with marriages until June 1777. There are no entries July 1710–November 1711, October 1718–November 1721, and 1727–January 1730. Births are separately recorded after 1777. Mother's names are not listed until January 1730. Marriages: There are no entries June 1777–March 1817. There is, however, a separate record of contract dues 1749–1819 which is blank January 1778–November 1780. The fact of marriage is frequently omitted from the entries of contract after 1754 in the regular record. Deaths: Record is of Morthcloth Dues and there are no entries February 1819–1837, after which date deaths are recorded. 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 1696–1774, 1792–1803, 1813–1821, 1831–1840, 1837–1846, 1853–1934 Note: Available at St. Andrews University Library, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, record CH2/1546.

Rathillet Associate Presbyterian Church
History— When a new parish minister was settled at Kilmany in 1761, some of the parishioners objected to him and they withdrew and applied to the Associate Burgher Presbytery of Perth to be taken under its inspection as a forming congregation, which was granted. The church was built in 1762; a new church was built in 1859. Source: Annals and Statistics of the United Presbyterian Church, by Rev. William MacKelvie, D.D., pub. 1873. Film #477618. More details may be given in the source including ministers.

Records— Baptisms 1781–1884 Marriages 1764–1800 Burials 1783–1836 Session Minutes 1763–1934 Collections and Disbursements 1764–1771 Other post-1855 records Note: Available at St. Andrews University Library, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, record CH3/1565.