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There are 2 cemeteries in Auchtermuchty parish:
1. Auchtermuchty Old Churchyard, High Street, Auchtermuchty (grid ref. NO 239117):
2. Auchtermuchty Cemetery, Station Road, Auchtermuchty (grid ref. NO 242114):
The original 1841 census returns were lost in transit to Edinburgh.
Parish / district reference number for 1851 - 1901 censuses: 406
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):
| Auchtermuchty OPR | Births / baptisms | Proclamations / marriages | Deaths / burials / mortcloths |
| 406/1 | 1649-1819 | 1649-1794 | 1649-1667 |
| 406/2 | 1795-1819 | 1744-1819 | |
| 406/3 | 1820-1854 | 1820-1854 | 1820-1851 |
| Data supplied by General Register Office for Scotland |
The Old Statistical Account (written in the 1790s) gives this information about Dissenters:
The 1865 Ecclesiastical Directory lists the parish church, 3 United Presbyterian churches (East, West & North), and the Free Church.
An index to the Associate Congregation baptismal register (1748-1806) has been published by Mark Bonthrone, 1994 (London, The Tron Press), and also appears in the Fife Family History Society Baptismal Registers No. 1. These baptisms are also included in the IGI which can be searched online at the LDS Family Search site.
A transcript of the Free Church baptisms and marriages from 1843 to 1845 has been published by the Fife Family History Society Baptismal Registers No. 1. It is also available on the Records pages of their website.
Kirk Session and similar records for the following churches are held by the Special Collections Dept. of St Andrews University Library:
| Auchtermuchty Old | CH2/24 |
| Associate Congregation | CH3/436 |
| East | CH3/601 |
| South (St Stephen's) (United Presbyterian) | CH3/602 |
| North (Antiburgher, United Presbyterian) | CH3/603 |
| Martyrs (Free) | CH3/604 |
| West Relief (United Presbyterian) | nil |
Some Kirk Session material is to be found in the OPR records (406/2 and 406/3).
Heritors' Records (HR724) 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 |
| Auchtermuchty burgh | 406/1 | 1855 | 1855 |
| Auchtermuchty landward | 406/2 | 1855 | 1855 |
| Auchtermuchty | 406 | 1856 | 1971 |
| Auchtermuchty | 418 | 1972 | 2002 |
| Fife | 418 | 2003 |
Registration districts did not necessarily coincide exactly with parishes. In the 20th century especially, there were frequent changes in registration districts.
Burgh Court Books (dating from 1757 to 1915) are to be found among the Burgh archives at St Andrews University Library.
On the Records pages of the Fife Family History Society website there is an index to Auchtermuchty Burgh Register of Deeds (1757-1874).
| Auchtermuchty town centre | Ordnance Survey Grid Reference | GPS | Post code | Lat. 56°17'31"N |
| NO 238117 | 56.291599 -3.232662 |
KY14 7AP | Lon. 3°13'59"W |
On the Records pages of the Fife Family History Society website there is a transcription of Westwood's 1861 Parochial Directory of Fife.
A Vision of Britain provides historical descriptions, population & housing statistics, historic boundaries and maps.
This British Library webpage uses small examples of historical maps of London to show the differences between maps at various scales.
The Ordnance Survey Object 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.
The parish is included in Andrew Campbell's compilation of Fife Shopkeepers and Traders 1820-1870 taken from newspapers and directories. It is available in most Fife reference libraries, in the libraries of the family history societies, and at the Manuscript Department of the Special Collections Department of St Andrews University Library. It is also available as Fife Traders and Shopkeepers on CD from Fife Family History Society.
There is a series of articles about many Fife family businesses in Fife Family History Society's Journal, New Series 9.
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.
| Year | Population |
| 1755 | 1308 |
| 1801 | 2060 |
| 1851 | 3704 |
| 1901 | 1884 |
| 1951 | 1831 |
See also A Vision of Britain for population statistics.
Prior to 1824, wills, testaments & inventories of residents of Auchtermuchty may be found in either the St Andrews Commissariot (CC20) or the Edinburgh Commissariot (CC8) records. From 1824, commissary business has been conducted by the Sheriff Court of Fife at Cupar (SC20).
Indexes and finding aids are given on the main Fife page.
Local sources worth searching for deeds include St Andrews Commissary Court, Cupar Sheriff Court and Auchtermuchty Burgh Register of Deeds.
School Board Records and / or school logbooks are held at the Fife Council Archive Centre.
The archives of the former Burgh of Auchtermuchty are held at the Special Collections Dept. of St Andrews University Library. They include the Court Books and Council Minutes (from 1549), Registers of Decreets (from 1716), Burgess Lists (1754-1771, 1824-1900), Register of Cautions (1785-1817), Guildry records (from 1599), Charter Book (1784-1803), etc.
On the Records pages of the Fife Family History Society website there is an index to Auchtermuchty Burgh Register of Deeds (1757-1874).
There are also some records at the Fife Council Archive Centre.
The Burgh Register of Sasines is held at the National Archives of Scotland (B5).
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