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There are 2 cemeteries in Ballingry parish:
1. Ballingry Old Churchyard, Hill Road, Ballingry (grid ref. NT 174976):
2. Ballingry Cemetery, Drumhead, Hill Road, Ballingry (grid ref. NT 176977):
Parish / district reference number for 1841 - 1901 censuses: 408
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):
| Ballingry OPR | Births / baptisms | Proclamations / marriages | Deaths / burials / mortcloths |
| 408/1 | 1670-1819 | 1670-1819 | 1669-1793 |
| 408/2 | 1820-1854 | 1820-1854 |
| Data supplied by General Register Office for Scotland |
The following records are also held by the General Register Office for Scotland in Edinburgh. They are not included on the OPR microfilms:
| Ballingry | Births / baptisms | Proclamations / marriages | Deaths / burials / mortcloths |
| CH2/382/2 | 1701-1721 | 1706-1721 | 1729-1798 |
The 1865 Ecclesiastical Directory lists only the parish church.
There was also a Free Church at Lumphinnans.
Kirk Session records for the parish church (CH2/382) and Lumphinnans Free Church (CH3/1247) are held at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh. Some Kirk Session material is to be found in the OPR records (408/1).
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 (HR305) 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 |
| Ballingry | 408 | 1855 | 1908 |
| Lochore | 408/1 | 1909 | 1930 |
| Lochore | 408 | 1931 | 1971 |
| Lochore | 426 | 1972 | 2000 |
| Benarty | 426 | 2000 | 2002 |
| Fife | 426 | 2003 | |
| Lumphinnans | 408/2 | 1909 | 1930 |
| Lochgelly | 405/2 | 1931 | 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.
Fife Family History Society have transcribed a list of Ballingry Jurors, 1851 on the Records pages of their website.
| Ballingry town centre | Ordnance Survey Grid Reference | GPS | Post code | Lat. 56°9'54"N |
| NT 177977 | 56.164832 -3.326829 |
KY5 8NR | Lon. 3°19'23"W |
On the Records pages of the Fife Family History Society website there is a transcription of Westwood's 1861 Parochial Directory of Fife.
Before May 1891, the parish of Ballingry consisted of 3 separate parts. A detached portion lay to the north-east of the main part, sparated from it by the parish of Portmoak. The boundary between Fife and Kinross had been the River Leven. However, a new river channel was cut between 1826 and 1836. On 15th May 1891, the new river channel became the county boundary. The following subjects, north of the new channel, were transferred from the parish of Ballingry and the county of Fife to the parish of Portmoak and the county of Kinross: part of Wester Balbeadie and part of Craigend (which became parts of Kinneston & Bowhouse). The remaider of this detached portion was transferred from Ballingry to Kinglassie parish: Easter Balbeadie and parts of Craigend and Wester Balbeadie. The second detached portion of Ballingry was completely surrounded by Auchterderran parish and this portion (comprising Brigghills and Spittal) was all transferred to Auchterderran.
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).
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 | 464 | |
| 1801 | 277 | |
| 1851 | 568 | |
| 1901 | 4156 | * boundary changed |
| 1951 | 13830 |
See also A Vision of Britain for population statistics.
Prior to 1824, wills, testaments & inventories of residents of Ballingry 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) 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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