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<\/a><\/p>\nThis photograph was taken from the top of the church tower looking straight down\u00a0towards the south side of the church graveyard.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>You can download a copy of the Burial Register from HERE<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>as a 1.3Mb PDF file\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n We would like to hear from you if you find this information useful. Contact us at comments@markinchchurch.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n The\u00a0Fife Family History Society website can be found HERE<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n You can\u00a0find\u00a0the Scottish post-1855 birth, death and marriage records at the General Register Office for Scotland website http:\/\/www.gro-scotland.gov.uk\/<\/span><\/a>\u00a0or on the Scotland’s People website at\u00a0http:\/\/www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Please note\u00a0that all\u00a0the formal records (for the three Markinch\u00a0churches) are lodged with New Registrar House in Edinburgh. We only hold the baptismal register that is in current use.<\/p>\n For those interested in the general history of Markinch\u00a0parish you can download\u00a0extracts from the three Statistical Accounts from HERE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n 1791- 1799 version New Statistical Account THE THIRD STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF SCOTLAND Photographs of the War Memorials\u00a0and Roll of Honour\u00a0for Markinch Parish Church (St Drostan\u2019s), Balbirnie\u00a0UF Church and Brunton UF Church (St Mark\u2019s)\u00a0which are all located in the church sanctuary have recently been added to The Scottish War Memorials Project<\/span><\/a><\/strong> website.<\/p>\n The individual Memorials for members of the Balfour family have also been included HERE<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n The Scottish War Graves\u00a0Project<\/span><\/strong><\/a> website may also be of interest.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nThe Statistical Accounts of Markinch Parish<\/h1>\n
\nTHE \u2018OLD\u2019 STATISTICAL ACCOUNT
\nParish of Markinch – County and Synod of Fife –\u00a0Presbytery of Kirkcaldy
\nby Rev. Mr John Thomson
\nMarkinch – Volume 12; pages 525 \u2013 555. Rev. Thomson\u2019s letter was returned during 1792<\/p>\n
\nSECOND STATISTICAL ACCOUNT of MARKINCH PARISH
\nParish of Markinch – Presbytery of Kirkcaldy\u00a0–\u00a0Synod of Fife
\nWriter: The Rev J Sieveright, Minister.
\nMarkinch – Volume 9 page 655.<\/p>\n
\nParish of Markinch – Kirkcaldy District
\nBy Alexander Smith M.A., Survey Officer
\nPublished by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh and London in 1952.
\nMarkinch – page 521<\/p>\nWar Memorials\u00a0and Roll of Honour<\/h1>\n