Fife, Scotland – Headstone Collections
These records (from Scottish Monumental Inscriptions) comprise photographs of headstones and memorials with digitised transcribed inscriptions for easy reading.
You can search for these records through the usual 'free search' and 'advance search' facilities on the website. In advance search, you can specifically search under the 'headstone collections' option as well as entering details in other search fields. With all searches, when you find a 'headstone collection' register summary, you can either purchase/download all records (photographs and transcriptions) for an entire cemetery or burial ground or the featured headstone(s) only.
The administrative area of Fife Council is located on the east coast of Scotland just north of the Firth of Forth and Edinburgh and bordered by Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire to the west. In this headstone collection, there are over 106,000 recorded names available to search, with associated photographs and transcripts of headstones and memorials with digitised transcribed inscriptions. All the burial sites together with the earliest date recorded for any readable headstone are indicated below:
Burial grounds and cemeteries mentioned in italic are currently only available through Headstone Collections. A link to these results is available above the normal search results or an Advance Search can be limited to Headstone Collections only.
| Burial grounds and cemeteries in Fife | Earliest Readable Year |
| Abbotshall Churchyard, Fife | 1706 |
| Abdie Churchyard, Fife | 1753 |
| Abercrombie Old Churchyard, Fife | 1591 |
| Aberdour Old and New Cemetery, Fife | 1793 |
| Aberdour St Fillans Churchyard, Fife | 1608 |
| Anstruther Cemetery, Fife | 1863 |
| Anstruther East and West Churchyards, Fife | 1593 |
| Auchterderran Churchyard and Bowhill Cemetery, Fife | 1756 |
| Auchtermuchty Church and Cemetery, Fife | 1677 |
| Auchtertool Churchyard and Cemetery, Fife | 1714 |
| Ballingry Churchyard and Cemetery, Fife | 1759 |
| Beath New Cemetery, Fife | 1834 |
| Beath Old Cemetery, Fife | 1757 |
| Bennochy Cemetery, Fife | 1862 |
| Boarhills Churchyards, Fife | 1786 |
| Burntisland Cemetery, Fife | 1838 |
| Burntisland Churchyards of Kirkton and St Columbas, Fife | 1756 |
| Cairneyhill Churchyard, Fife | 1760 |
| Cameron Church Cemetery, Fife | 1733 |
| Carnbee Churchyard, Fife | 1742 |
| Ceres Church Cemetery, Fife | 1682 |
| Crail Church and Cemetery, Fife | 1656 |
| Crombie Churchyard, Fife | 1753 |
| Creich Churchyard, Fife | 1766 |
| Culross Churchyard, Fife | 1874 |
| Culross West Kirk and Culross Abbey, Fife | 1753 |
| Cults Church and Cemetery, Fife | 1770 |
| Cupar Churchyard and St James Cemetery, Fife | 1776 |
| Dairsie Church and Extension, Fife | 1743 |
| Dalgety Churchyard, Fife | 1779 |
| Douglas Bank Cemetery, Fife | 1838 |
| Dunbog Churchyard, Fife | 1752 |
| Dunino Churchyard, Fife | 1764 |
| East Wemyss MacDuff, Fife part 1 | 1850 |
| East Wemyss MacDuff, Fife part 2 | 1904 |
| Elie Churchyard, Fife | 1635 |
| Falkland Burial Grounds, Fife | 1674 |
| Flisk Churchyard, Fife | 1752 |
| Ferryport On Craig Churchyard, Fife | 1703 |
| Ferryport On Craig Cemetery, Fife | 1822 |
| Forgan Churchyard, Fife | 1756 |
| Hayfield Cemetery, Fife | 1853 |
| Hillend Cemetery, Fife | 1834 |
| Inverkeithing Cemetery | 1795 |
| Kemback Churchyard | 1807 |
| Kennoway Cemetery | 1834 |
| Kilconquhar Churchyard & Cemetery | 1796 |
| Kilmany Church | 1784 |
| Kilrenny Churchard | 1788 |
| Kinghorn Churchyard | 1757 |
| Kingsbarns Churchyard | 1762 |
| Kingskettle Church and Cemetery | 1762 |
| Kirkcaldy Old Kirkyard | 1772 |
| Leslie Kirk on the Green Churchyard and Cemetery | 1767 |
| Leuchars Cemetery and Churchyard (St Athernase) | 1762 |
| Lochgelly Cemetery | 1841 |
| Logie Churchyard | 1786 |
| Methilmill Cemetery | 1771 |
| Monimail Old and New Cemeteries | 1771 |
| Moonzie Churchyard | 1792 |
| Newburgh Cemetery | 1813 |
| Newburn Cemetery | 1758 |
| Northall Cemetery Markinch and Mitton of Balgonie Church | 1757 |
| Pathhead Churchyard and Nether Street Burial Ground | 1758 |
| Pittenweem Cemetery, Fife | 1675 |
| Rosyth Old Churchyard, Fife | 1635 |
| Saline Old Churchyard and Cemetery, Fife | 1667 |
| Scoonie Cemetery, Fife | 1710 |
| St Adrians, West Wemyss, Fife | 1704 |
| St Andrews Eastern Cemetery | 1823 |
| St Marys on the Sea Churchyard, East Wemyss, Fife | 1735 |
| St Monans Cemetery, Fife | 1695 |
| St Monans Churchyard, Fife | 1665 |
| Strathmiglo Churchyard and Cemetery, Fife | 1681 |
| Tulliallan Churchyard, Fife | 1683 |
| Vicarsford Cemetery, Fife | 1811 |
The transcriptions have been prepared by a dedicated group of friends, based in Fife, directly from the headstone and memorial photographs they have taken. Many of these headstones are extremely old and weathered, making the inscriptions difficult to read. It is therefore impossible for Scottish Monumental Inscriptions or Deceased Online to guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the transcriptions.
It should also be noted that headstones are memorials and frequently mention relatives and friends who are not buried in that grave. Also in Scotland a married woman is often, but not always, recorded by her maiden name.
For more information on collections and how they can be searched, see the Help page "Collections" under "Searching" in the Help index, or click here.
More specific information about these collections in particular can be found by clicking the "about..." links next to these collections when they are offered in search results.
Note
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