Fife Family History
Fife Name Meaning
Scottish: regional name from the former kingdom of Fife in East
Scotland, a name of obscure etymology. Tradition has it that the name
is derived from an eponymous Fib, one of the seven sons of
Cruithne, legendary founding father of the Picts.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Fife
Name Distribution of Fife Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Fife families
 58 - 113  20 - 57 |
 1 - 19  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Fife families
|
30 - 58 11 - 29 |
1 - 10 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Fife census records
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Fife Family Origin
Fife Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Fife Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Fife census records
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Military Service by Fife
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