Dear blog reader This is part 2 of my series on the Dunfermline Register, which was printed periodically from 1829 to 1859, contain voter’s details, teacher’s details, heritor’s details, transport details and some extras. I would describe this series as a combination of local and family history. This particular blog post is the Carnock entryContinue reading “Carnock Parish in the Dunfermline Register: part 2”
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Cairneyhill Temperance Society in 1836
Dear blog reader Cairneyhill Temperance Society held annual soirees which were often reported on in detail in the newspapers and below is the report of the Cairneyhill Temperance Society’s annual soiree in 1836. I do hope you find this interesting. Jacqueline ************************** FIFE HERALD THURSDAY 31 MARCH 1836 DUNFERMLINE In exercise of our correspondence, itContinue reading “Cairneyhill Temperance Society in 1836”
Cairneyhill teacher interferes with father’s effects
DUNFERMLINE SATURDAY PRESS 8 MAY 1880 INTERMEDDLING WITH A FATHER’S EFFECTS At the Dunfermline Sheriff Small-Debt Court on Tuesday – Sheriff Gillespie presiding- an action was heard at the instance of Colin Mathewson, clothier, against Andrew Roberts, teacher, Cairneyhill, near Dunfermline, on the ground of, as alleged, intermeddling with the goods of his deceased father,Continue reading “Cairneyhill teacher interferes with father’s effects”
Cairneyhill Scholarships
FIFE HERALDTHURSDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 1847 DUNFERMLINE – THE NEW SCHOLARSHIPS The United Presbyterian Church lately provided a fund of £400 to institute a few scholarships for the most deserving of the students in Divinity attending their hall, and issued subjects for study, on which competitors were to be examined. The competition took place a shortContinue reading “Cairneyhill Scholarships”
Cairneyhill People and History 