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| Auchterderran Cardenden Lochgelly |
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Old Lochgelly (Stenlake Publishing) contains many photographs and full descriptions.
There are 3 cemeteries in Auchterderran parish:
1. Auchterderran Churchyard, Woodend Road, Cardenden (grid ref. NT 214961):
2. Bowhill Cemetery, Main Street, Cardenden (grid ref. NT 215957):
3. Lochgelly Cemetery, Auchterderran Road, Lochgelly (grid ref. NT 196944):
Parish / district reference number for 1841 - 1901 censuses: 405
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):
| Auchterderran OPR | Births / baptisms | Proclamations / marriages | Deaths / burials / mortcloths |
| 405/1 | 1664-1819 | 1681-1819 | |
| 405/2 | 1820-1854 | 1820-1854 |
| Data supplied by General Register Office for Scotland |
The 1865 Ecclesiastical Directory lists the parish church, another Established Church in Lochgelly, the United Presbyterian Church in Lochgelly, and the Free Church in Lochgelly.
There was a chapel of ease (Church of Scotland) in Lochgelly (St Andrew's); and 2 other churches McAinsh and Churchmount.
Kirk Session and similar records for the following churches are held at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
| Auchterderran Parish Church | CH2/21 |
| Lochgelly St Andrew | CH2/1405 |
| Lochgelly McAinsh | CH3/864 |
| Lochgelly Churchmount | CH3/943 |
The Presbytrie Book of Kirkcaldie, the record of the proceedings of the Presbytery of Kirkcaldy (which includes references to this parish), from 15 April 1630 - 14 September 1653, is available online.
Heritors' Records (HR236) 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 |
| Auchterderran | 405 | 1855 | 1908 |
| Auchterderran | 405/1 | 1909 | 1971 |
| Auchterderran | 427 | 1972 | 2002 |
| Fife | 427 | 2003 | |
| Lochgelly | 405/2 | 1909 | 1971 |
| Lochgelly | 429 | 1972 | 2002 |
| Fife | 429 | 2003 |
Registration districts did not necessarily coincide exactly with parishes. In the 20th century especially, there were frequent changes in registration districts.
| Auchterderran church | Ordnance Survey Grid Reference | GPS | Post code | Lat. 56°9'0"N |
| NT 214960 | 56.150187 -3.266764 |
KY5 0NE | Lon. 3°16'0"W |
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, the following subjects were transferred from the parish of Ballingry to the parish of Auchterderran: Brigghills Farm (part) and Spittal Farm (part).
A Vision of Britain provides historical descriptions, population & housing statistics, historic boundaries and maps.
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).
Andrew Campbell has produced Fife Deaths from Newspapers 1822-1854 - a compilation of deaths recorded in local newspapers. Copies of this index are held by the Fife libraries and the Family History Societies.
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 re-published it in their Publications Series, 26 (for Auchterderran) and 28 (for Lochgelly).
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 | 1143 | |
| 1801 | 1045 | |
| 1851 | 3210 | |
| 1901 | 8626 | * boundary changed |
| 1951 | 17602 |
See also A Vision of Britain for population statistics.
Prior to 1824, wills, testaments & inventories of residents of Auchterderran may be found in either 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) or Kirkcaldy (SC23) 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.
The more recent archives of the former Burgh of Lochgelly are held by the Local History Department, Dunfermline Carnegie Library.
The Minute Book (1867-1881) of Auchterderran Parochial Board is held by the Local History Department, Dunfermline Central Library.
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