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Newburgh has the Laing Museum which houses both artefacts and information about the town and its history.
Old Newburgh (Stenlake Publishing) contains many photographs and full descriptions.
There were 2 cemeteries in Newburgh parish:
1. Newburgh Churchyard, site built over, in High Street, next to Town Chambers (grid ref. NO 234183):
2. Newburgh Cemetery, Cupar Road, Newburgh (grid ref. NO 244182):
The pre-1855 monumental inscriptions are listed in "Fifeshire Monumental Inscriptions (pre-1855) vol. 3 The north east parishes" by John Fowler Mitchell & Sheila Mitchell, published by the Scottish Genealogy Society. ISBN 0901061999
Parish / district reference number for 1841 - 1901 censuses: 450
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):
| Newburgh OPR | Births / baptisms | Proclamations / marriages | Deaths / burials / mortcloths |
| 450/1 | 1654-1819 | 1654-1819 | |
| 450/2 | 1820-1854 | 1820-1854 |
| Data supplied by General Register Office for Scotland |
The 1865 Ecclesiastical Directory lists the parish church, 2 congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, and the Free Church of Abdie & Newburgh.
There was an Associate Congregation in Newburgh. Baptism and marriage records are held at the Special Collections Dept. of St Andrews University Library:
| Newburgh Associate Congregation | Baptisms | Marriages |
| CH3/242 | 1785-1812; 1821-1849 | 1785; 1821-1848; 1850-1864 |
A transcript of these baptisms and the pre-1855 marriages has been published by the Fife Family History Society Baptismal Registers No. 3. It is also available on the Records pages of their website.
Kirk Session and similar records for both the parish church (St Katharine's - CH2/277) and the Associate Congregation (CH3/242) are held at the Special Collections Dept. of St Andrews University Library.
Heritors' Records (HR650) 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 |
| Newburgh burgh | 450/1 | 1855 | 1855 |
| Newburgh landward | 450/2 | 1855 | 1855 |
| Newburgh | 450 | 1856 | 1931 |
| Newburgh & Abdie | 450 | 1932 | 1967 |
| Newburgh | 450 | 1968 | 1971 |
| Newburgh | 416 | 1972 | 2002 |
| Fife | 416 | 2003 |
Registration districts did not necessarily coincide exactly with parishes. In the 20th century especially, there were frequent changes in registration districts.
Burgh Court records for Newburgh are held at the Special Collections Dept. of St Andrews University Library.
| Newburgh town centre | Ordnance Survey Grid Reference | GPS | Post code | Lat. 56°21'3"N |
| NO 235184 | 56.351731 -3.239456 |
KY14 6DA | Lon. 3°14'23"W |
On the Records pages of the Fife Family History Society website there is a transcription of Westwood's 1861 Parochial Directory of Fife.
On 15th May 1891, the following subjects were transferred from the parish of Abdie to the parish of Newburgh: Lochmill Farm and Wester Lumbenny Farm.
On the same date, the following subjects, which were always in the County of Fife, were transferred from the parish of Abernethy to the parish of Newburgh: Easter Colzie Farm & woodlands, Colzie Hill and Lumquhat.
The upper parts of Newburgh burgh (Mount Pleasant) are situated in Abdie parish.
A Vision of Britain provides historical descriptions, population & housing statistics, historic boundaries and maps.
Newburgh Burgh Register of Sasines (1784-1946) is at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh. (B54).
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, 28.
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 | 1347 | |
| 1801 | 1936 | |
| 1851 | 2986 | |
| 1901 | 1780 | * boundary changed |
| 1951 | 2270 |
See also A Vision of Britain for population statistics.
Prior to 1824, wills, testaments & inventories of residents of Newburgh 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 Burgh of Newburgh (B54) are held at the Special Collections Dept. of St Andrews University Library. They include Council Minutes, Registers of Heirs, Burgess Rolls, registers of electors, the Burgh Court Book and Licensing Court records.
There are also some records at the Fife Council Archive Centre.
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