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Information available on this web site
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It's worth trying a search of this website. You never know what you might find!
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Burntisland Heritage Trust
The Trust holds regular summer exhibitions of general interest at its premises at 4 Kirkgate, Burntisland. During the exhibitions, the public also have access to the extensive holdings of pictures, scrapbooks and other material.
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Bibliography
A list of publications
about Burntisland. Most of these are available
in Kirkcaldy Central Library (see below) and
some of them in Burntisland Library (also see
below).
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Fife Council Archives
A listing of the papers of Burntisland
Town Council and related organisations, from
the period 1689 to 1975. There is also a link to Fife Council Archives' own website, where you can browse for other Burntisland material.
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Statistical Accounts
Life in Burntisland
in the 1790s and a link to 1836.
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Some notes for family
history researchers
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Information available elsewhere
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National Archives of
Scotland
Their
extensive holdings include Burntisland church
records, valuation rolls, maps and plans, wills,
land records, court records, records of taxes,
and the papers of the Burntisland Shipbuilding
Company and the North British Railway Company.
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National Archives of
Scotland
Their
extensive holdings include Burntisland church
records, valuation rolls, maps and plans, wills,
land records, court records, records of taxes,
and the papers of the Burntisland Shipbuilding
Company and the North British Railway Company.
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Scotland's Places
Comprehensive information and images relating to everything from individual houses to cities. Searches can be a little confusing - for example, if you enter 'Burntisland' in the search box you get two hits; but if you select 'Burntisland' (parish) from 'Places A-Z' you get over 600!
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National Library of
Scotland
Noted
for having, inter alia, what is reckoned to be
the best map collection in Scotland.
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Registers of Scotland
The custodians of information on ownership of Scotland's land and properties. They will carry out property searches, and have a facility on their web site for ordering copies of old title deeds. The deeds themselves are held by the National Archives of Scotland
(see above) and can be examined by visiting NAS.
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Kirkcaldy
Central Library
The holdings include most of
the publications listed in the Bibliography, old photographs
and maps, microfilm copies of local newspapers
(notably the Fife Free Press 1871 to date, and
the Fifeshire Advertiser 1845 to 1965), and copies
of family history source material such as censuses
and parish registers.
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Burntisland
Library
Burntisland
Library
has some historical information, including lending
copies of the most popular books on Burntisland's
history.
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Kirkcaldy
Museum & Art Gallery
As
well as having many Burntisland artefacts in
storage, the Museum holds a large collection
of photographs of Burntisland.
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Fife Council Archives
See above.
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The Royal Commission on the Ancient
and Historical Monuments of Scotland
Their
CANMORE database has details of many of Burntisland's
historic buildings; and their CANMAP facility
shows what the town has to offer.
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Cemeteries and Burial
Records
Burntisland
has three cemeteries: the churchyard of the Kirkton Church
in Church Street; the churchyard of the Parish Church
in East Leven Street; and the new cemetery (opened about
1885) in Kinghorn Road. For more information, please see 'Deaths and burials' on the Family History page.
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Fife Family History
Society: 'The Archives of Fife' (see under 'Publications)
I
strongly recommend this comprehensive booklet
by Andrew Campbell of the FFHS, which can be
ordered online.
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Nick Brand's Burntisland Pages
Contains historical material, plus new and old photos.
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