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Old Aberdour (Stenlake Publishing) contains many photographs and full descriptions.
There are 2 cemeteries in Aberdour parish:
1. Aberdour St Fillans Churchyard, Hawkcraig Road, Aberdour (grid ref. NT 193854):
2. Aberdour Cemetery / Churchyard, off Mill Farm Road, Aberdour (grid ref. NT 188853):
Parish / district reference number for 1841 - 1901 censuses: 401
The 1841 return can be searched on the FreeCEN website.
The 1851 census has been indexed by the Tay Valley Family History Society.
Further information on the main Fife page.
The original Old Parish Records (of baptisms / births, proclamations / marriages, and burials) of the Church of Scotland, which cover the years up to 1854, are held in the General Register Office for Scotland in Edinburgh, and copies on microfilm may be consulted in local libraries and at LDS Family History Centres around the world. The baptisms / births and proclamations / marriages (but not deaths) can also be searched at Scotland's People - the online database of Scottish Birth, Marriage, Death & Census records at the General Register Office. The index can also be searched on the LDS FamilySearch website.
Deaths are listed on Fife Family History Society's Pre-1855 Fife Deaths CD.
The old parish records span the following dates (although there may be gaps within these ranges):
| Aberdour OPR | Births / baptisms | Proclamations / marriages | Deaths / burials / mortcloths |
| 401/1 | 1663-1749 | 1650-1682 1702-1749 |
1658-1669 |
| 401/2 | 1749-1819 | 1749-1819 | 1790-1819 |
| 401/3 | 1820-1854 | 1820-1854 | 1820-1854 |
| Data supplied by General Register Office for Scotland |
The 1865 Ecclesiastical Directory lists only the parish church and the Free Church.
The Episcopal Church in Aberdour (St Columba) has registers which are still kept by the church. Those for the period before 1855 are:
| Aberdour (St Columba) | Baptisms | Funerals |
| 1849-1854 (5 only) | 1849-1854 (2 only) |
A transcript of these entries has been published by the Fife Family History Society Baptismal Registers No. 5.
There was another church (Aberdour St Colme's).
Kirk Session and similar records for both the parish church (Aberdour St Fillan's, CH2/3) and Aberdour St Colme's (CH3/784) are held at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh.
Heritors' Records (HR594) are at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh.
Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths began in Scotland on 1st January 1855. Full information on the main Fife page.
| Registration district | number | start date | end date |
| Aberdour | 401 | 1855 | 1967 |
| Aberdour | 401 | 1968 | 1971 |
| Aberdour | 434 | 1972 | 1993 |
| Inverkeithing | 436 | 1994 | 2002 |
| Fife | 436 | 2003 |
Registration districts did not necessarily coincide exactly with parishes. In the 20th century especially, there were frequent changes in registration districts.
Fife Family History Society have transcribed a list of Aberdour Jurors, 1851 on their Records pages.
| Aberdour town centre | Ordnance Survey Grid Reference | GPS | Post code | Lat. 56°3'12"N |
| NT 190852 | 56.052778 -3.302105 |
KY3 0SJ | Lon. 3°18'3"W |
The parish includes the island of Inchcolm.
On the Records pages of the Fife Family History Society website there is a transcription of Westwood's 1861 Parochial Directory of Fife.
On 15th May 1891, a detached part of Aberdour parish was transferred to Kinghorn parish. The subjects transferred were Kilrie Farm (part) and Kilrie Gate.
A Vision of Britain provides historical descriptions, population & housing statistics, historic boundaries and maps.
Aberdour Castle is an Ancient Monument open to the public.
The Ordnance Survey [Place] Name Books 1850-1854 are held at the Fife Council Archive Centre. There is an index to the entries for this parish on the Fife Council website (select A in the A-Z list, then Archives).
Fife Deaths Abroad 1855-1900 - a compilation of overseas deaths recorded in Fife newspapers - has been produced by Andrew Campbell of Fife Family History Society. The Society have recently re-published it in their Publications Series, 26.
The relief of paupers after 1845 was carried out by the Parochial Board and later by the Parish Council. Their records are at the Fife Council Archive Centre.
Peter Higginbotham's website has a lot of information about Dunfermline combination poorhouse.
| Year | Population | |
| 1755 | 1198 | |
| 1801 | 1260 | |
| 1851 | 1945 | |
| 1901 | 1997 | * boundary changed |
| 1951 | 1943 |
See also A Vision of Britain for population statistics.
Prior to 1824, wills, testaments & inventories of residents of Aberdour may be found in either the Dunkeld Commissariot (CC7), the St Andrews Commissariot (CC20) or the Edinburgh Commissariot (CC8) records. From 1824 to 1960, commissary business was conducted by the Sheriff Court of Fife at Cupar (SC20). From 1960, it has been conducted at Dunfermline (SC21) Sheriff Court.
Indexes and finding aids are given on the main Fife page.
Local sources worth searching for deeds include St Andrews Commissary Court and Cupar Sheriff Court.
School Board Records and / or school logbooks are held at the Fife Council Archive Centre.
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