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Kilrenny Churchyard / Cemetery, Main Street, Kilrenny (grid ref. NO 575049):
Parish / district reference number for 1841 - 1901 censuses: 438. Part in 402 from 1861 (see Civil Registration).
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):
| Kilrenny OPR | Births / baptisms | Proclamations / marriages | Deaths / burials / mortcloths |
| 438/1 | 1647-1783 | 1647-1783 | 1755-1782 |
| 438/2 | 1783-1819 | 1783-1819 | 1783-1819 |
| 438/3 | 1820-1854 | 1820-1854 | 1820-1854 |
| Data supplied by General Register Office for Scotland |
The 1865 Ecclesiastical Directory lists the parish church, and the Free Church in Anstruther.
Anstruther Free Church (later the Chalmers Memorial United Free Church) was situated in Kilrenny parish.. Baptism records are held at the Special Collections Dept. of St Andrews University Library:
| Anstruther Free Church | Baptisms |
| 1843 - 1847 |
A transcript of these baptisms has been published by the Fife Family History Society Baptismal Registers No. 1.
There was a later Church of Scotland in Cellardyke.
Kirk Session and similar records for the parish church (CH2/215), Cellardyke Church of Scotland, and the Free Church are held at the Special Collections Dept. of St Andrews University Library. Some Kirk Session material is to be found in the OPR records (438/1).
Heritors' Records (HR21) 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 |
| Kilrenny burgh | 438/1 | 1855 | 1855 |
| Kilrenny landward | 438/2 | 1855 | 1855 |
| Kilrenny | 438 | 1856 | 1930 |
| Anstruther and Kilrenny | 402 | 1931 | 1967 |
| East Neuk | 426 | 1968 | 1971 |
| East Neuk | 414 | 1972 | 2002 |
| Fife | 414 | 2003 |
Registration districts did not necessarily coincide exactly with parishes. In the 20th century especially, there were frequent changes in registration districts. Part of Kilrenny parish is in Anstruther Easter registration district.
| Kilrenny church | Ordnance Survey Grid Reference | GPS | Post code | Lat. 56°14'4"N |
| NO 576048 | 56.233844 -2.685550 |
KY10 3JJ | Lon. 2°41'14"W |
There is a useful Anstruther and Cellardyke website here.
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.
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 (for Cellardyke) and 28.
Mariners of St Andrews and the East Neuk of Fife by David Dobson can be obtained from the Fife Family History Society or the Tay Valley Family History Society.
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 | 1348 |
| 1801 | 1043 |
| 1851 | 2194 |
| 1901 | 2950 |
| 1951 | 2271 |
See also A Vision of Britain for population statistics.
Prior to 1824, wills, testaments & inventories of residents of Kilrenny 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 and Cupar Sheriff Court.
School Board Records and / or school logbooks are held at the Fife Council Archive Centre.
The archives of the former Burghs of Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester & Kilrenny are held at the Manuscripts Dept. of St Andrews University Library.
There are also some records at the Fife Council Archive Centre.
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