Kingdom of Fife

Ballingry

Ballingry Parish Records

Church History

• Ballingry Kirk Session:

In the 13th cent the church of Ballingry existed as a dependant chapel of Auchterderran and ministry here is recorded from 1561 in the person of Peter Watson. The old church of Ballingray was rebuilt and enlarged in 1831. Lochcraig was linked with Ballingray at the start of the 21st cent. The kirk session sat within the Presbytery of Kinross, later Kinross and Dunfermline and presently of Dunfermline.

• Lochcraig Kirk Session (formerly Glencraig and Lochore U.F. church):

The kirk session of Lochcraig was initially founded in 1908 as the charge of Glencraig and Lochore United Free Church and in 1929, upon the union of the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church, Glencraig and Lochore U.F. became the congregation of Lochcraig Church of Scotland. Lochcraig was joined in later years with the charge of Ballingry and the kirk session, which remains active today under the name of Ballingry and Lochcraig , sat within the Presbytery of Dunfermline and Kinross until the restructuring of the Presbyteries in 1976, when it became part of the Presbytery of Dunfermline.

• Lumphinnans Free Church Kirk Session (united with Guthrie Memorial to form Cowdenbeath North, later North and Kirk of Beath):

Lumphinnans Free Church began as a preaching station organised in 1896, with a temporary iron church. In 1900 it passed to the United Free Church, which raised it to full status two years later. A new church was subsequently built. After transferring to the Church of Scotland, Lumphinnans united with Cowdenbeath Guthrie Memorial as Cowdenbeath North linked with Beath, in 1972. In 1998 Beath and Cowdenbeath North was formed by the union of these two churches. The Church of Scotland charge was in the presbytery of Dunfermline and Kinross and the synod of Fife.

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Church Records

At the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:

• CH2/382
  Ballingry Kirk Session
  Minutes, 1669-1681, 1702-1745, 1757-1808, 1852-1882, 1905-192 and 1955-1976; Accounts of rents of lands belonging to the poor, 1687-1702; Collections, 1702-1722; Baptisms, 1701-1721 and 1859-1881; Marriages, 1706-1721; Accounts, 1819-1831; Proclamation register, 1962-1977; Congregational board minutes, 1966-1985; Miscellaneous papers.

  The LDS have filmed the following records which may be consulted at LDS Family History Centres.
  LDS Library Film Numbers:

  304667 Item 8

  Parish Church of Ballingry

  Kirk sessions records, baptisms, 1701-1721, marriages, 1706-1722, deaths, 1729-1798 (fragmentary)

  Original documents: CH2/382/2 National Archives of Scotland

  Data provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

• CH2/1407
  Lochcraig Kirk Session (formerly Glencraig and Lochore U.F. church)
  Proclamation register, 1932-1953, 1957-1958 and 1968-1978; Session minutes, 1894-1972; Deacon's Court minutes, 1905-1967; Baptismal register, 1843-1852 and 1899-1969.

• CH3/1247
  Lumphinnans Free Church Kirk Session (united with Guthrie Memorial to form Cowdenbeath North, later North and Kirk of Beath):
  Minutes, 1899-1908, 1938-1962; Deacons' court minutes, 1946-1957; Cash book, 1944-1972; Accounts, 1948-1963; Proclamations, 1955-1977; Communion rolls, 1903-1972; Jubilee brochure, 1902-1952; Magazines and newsletters, 1970-1991, 1994-1995; Photographs of ministers and of the church, undated; Returns and statistics, 20th cent.; Miscellaneous correspondence, financial and fire insurance papers, 20th cent.; Note of elders' districts, undated; Visitation papers, 1952, 1959; Teind roll, 1943; Leases to Fife Coal Co and related papers, 1936-1937; Newscuttings and miscellanea, undated; Women's Guild accounts, 1930-1981.

Included in the Old Parochial Registers on microfilm and at the ScotlandsPeople Centre, Edinburgh but not online:

• 408/1
  Ballingry Kirk Session
  Accounts, 1681-1701.

At the ScotlandsPeople Centre, Edinburgh but not online:

• Extracted from the Ballingry Kirk Session records above. They are not included on the OPR microfilms:

  	Births / baptisms	Proclamations / marriages	Deaths / burials / mortcloths
  CH2/382/2	1701-1721	1706-1721	1729-1798

• Lochore, St. Kenneth’s Roman Catholic congregation
  Indexes to and images of the Roman Catholic births and baptism registers, 1902-1908.

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Heritors' Records

At the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:

• HR/305
  Ballingry parish heritors' records
  Minutes, 1757-1812, 1851-1928; Accounts, 1757-1812, 1858-1928; Correspondence, 1903-1920.

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Land & Property

At the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:

• VR101
  Valuation Rolls: Fife
  1892-1975.

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Occupations

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Parochial Board  /  Parish Council Records

At the Fife Council Archive Centre, Markinch:

• FCC/6/8
  Ballingry Parochial Board / Parish Council
  Minute books, 1878-1930.

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School Records

At the Fife Council Archive Centre, Markinch:

• Ballingry Public School
  Log books, 1873-1911.

• Ballingry Public School, Infant Department
  Log books, 1908-1939.

• Glencraig School
  Log books, 1904-1961.

• Crosshill Public School
  Log books, 1929-1951.

• Lochore Roman Catholic School
  Log books, 1914-1941.

• Lochore, St Joseph's Roman Catholic School
  Log books, 1914-1940.

• Lumphinnans School
  Admissions Registers, 1917-1925, 1942-1953, 1961-1970.

• Ballingry School Board
  Minutes, 1873-1914.

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