https://padlet.com/some_heritage/finding_fife Web sites that will help with your research. en-us 2019-04-26 07:21:51 UTC 2026-02-22 03:49:02 UTC hello@padlet.com https://imgglb.padletcdn.com/v13/image?t=g_auto&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpadlet.net%2Ficons%2Fpng%2F1f3f4-e0067-e0062-e0073-e0063-e0074-e007f.png some_heritage https://padlet.com/some_heritage/finding_fife/wish/354367154 Fife libraries have an amazing collection of books on local places. The catalogue is online and easy to use.  ]]> 2019-04-26 07:27:20 UTC https://padlet.com/some_heritage/finding_fife/wish/354367154 some_heritage https://padlet.com/some_heritage/finding_fife/wish/354367414 2019-04-26 07:29:05 UTC https://padlet.com/some_heritage/finding_fife/wish/354367414 some_heritage https://padlet.com/some_heritage/finding_fife/wish/354367836 As well as books there are masses or written documents and plans that you may be able to look at. Again, the catalogue is online.]]> 2019-04-26 07:31:14 UTC https://padlet.com/some_heritage/finding_fife/wish/354367836 some_heritage https://padlet.com/some_heritage/finding_fife/wish/354368281 Research can often begin with undertanding names. We're exceptionally lucky in Fife; the amazing Simon Taylor of Glasgow University has produced a four volume catalogue of local placenames. Simon's work is also freely available in an online database.]]> 2019-04-26 07:33:17 UTC https://padlet.com/some_heritage/finding_fife/wish/354368281 some_heritage https://padlet.com/some_heritage/finding_fife/wish/354369359 The Scotland's Places Web site brings together sources from national and local organisations on one easy-to-use Web site.]]> 2019-04-26 07:38:23 UTC https://padlet.com/some_heritage/finding_fife/wish/354369359 some_heritage https://padlet.com/some_heritage/finding_fife/wish/354369847 Scotland boasts a world-leading resource in the National Library of Scotland's collection of historic, digitised, online maps. You can watch a place change over the course of the years just by comparing the maps drawn at different times. ]]> 2019-04-26 07:41:24 UTC https://padlet.com/some_heritage/finding_fife/wish/354369847 some_heritage https://padlet.com/some_heritage/finding_fife/wish/355429191 Canmore is the name of an online database of historic sites, buildings and archaeology for the whole of Scotland. It is looked after by Historic Environment Scotland (HES). Though the Canmore database is mind-bogglingly huge, there are still gaps and mistakes. HES relies on us to help keep it accurate and up-to-date, adding new photos and text and letting them know if we find mistakes.

The link takes you to the Canmore entry for St Margaret’s Stone in Dunfermline. See what else you can find. ]]> 2019-04-30 13:46:45 UTC https://padlet.com/some_heritage/finding_fife/wish/355429191