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The Methil Heritage Centre has a very interesting collection of information about Leven, Methil and surrounding areas.
Bygone Leven (Stenlake Publishing) contains many photographs and full descriptions.
Scoonie Cemetery, Largo Road, Leven (grid ref. NO 384016):
Parish / district reference number for 1841 - 1901 censuses: 456
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):
| Scoonie OPR | Births / baptisms | Proclamations / marriages | Deaths / burials / mortcloths |
| 456/1 | 1675-1786 | 1667-1766 | 1765-1766 |
| 456/2 | 1770-1792 | 1770-1792 | 1770-1792 |
| 456/3 | 1783-1819 | 1793-1819 | 1817-1819 |
| 456/4 | 1820-1854 | 1820-1854 | 1820-1854 |
| Data supplied by General Register Office for Scotland |
The 1865 Ecclesiastical Directory lists the parish church, the United Presbyterian Church, the Episcopal Church, and the Free Church.
The following records for Leven Relief Church are held by the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
| Leven Relief | Baptisms |
| CH3/846/14 | 1834-1854 |
A transcript of these entries has been published by the Fife Family History Society Baptismal Registers No. 1. They are also available on the Records pages of their website.
There was also a Free Church (Foreman) and a relief church (United Presbyterian - St John's).
Kirk Session and similar records for the parish church (CH2/326), the relief church (CH3/474) and the Free Church (CH3/758) are held at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh.
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.
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 |
| Scoonie | 456 | 1855 | 1967 |
| Leven | 443 | 1968 | 1971 |
| Leven | 415 | 1972 | 2002 |
| Fife | 415 | 2003 |
Registration districts did not necessarily coincide exactly with parishes. In the 20th century especially, there were frequent changes in registration districts.
Heritors' Records (HR764) are at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh.
Leven Burgh Court records (from 1927) are held by Fife Council Archives.
| Leven town centre | Ordnance Survey Grid Reference | GPS | Post code | Lat. 56°11'42"N |
| NO 381009 | 56.196668 -2.999149 |
KY8 4SE | Lon. 2°59'48"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.
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, 30.
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 | 1528 |
| 1801 | 1681 |
| 1851 | 3115 |
| 1901 | 6342 |
| 1951 | 9518 |
See also A Vision of Britain for population statistics.
Prior to 1824, wills, testaments & inventories of residents of Scoonie 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 Kirkcaldy (SC23) 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.
The archives of the former Burgh of Leven are held by Fife Council Archives. They include Council Minutes (from 1854), Licensing Records and Accounts.
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