Ampthill Library

Local and Family History A - Z > By Library

For more information on any of these resources, please see Local and Family History A-Z
 

• Ancestry Library Edition
  Free access in the library to 'Ancestry Library Edition', a web site that has a huge range of resources for family historians. For details, see the top of Local and Family History A-Z page
   
• Ampthill Video Archive 
  A video record of all the major events which took place in Ampthill to mark the Millennium. There are 138 separate films, including flashbacks to earlier times. Videos can be viewed in the library and there are also copies available for loan. For more information, see www.ampthill.org.uk and click on 'Ampthill Video Archive'
   
• Books
  A selection of books on family history, on Ampthill and the immediate vicinity, and books on Bedfordshire, including:
  Remembering Ampthill station, by Leonora Cottrell
  Ampthill parish church, by Andrew Underwood
  Ampthill in old picture postcards
  Ampthill in old picture postcards 2
  Home rule for Ampthill, by Andrew Underwood
  Around Ampthill, by Andrew Underwood
  
  For further details please see the library catalogue
   
• Burial and cemetery records
  National Burial Index on CD-ROM
   
• Census Indexes
  The 1881 British Census National Index on CD-ROM enables you to search the whole country for a name
   
• Census Records
  Free access to census records 1841- 1901 on 'Ancestry Library Edition' web site.
  1881 British Census transcribed records on CD-ROM, accompanying the 1881 National Index on CD-ROM
   
• Council papers
  Agendas and minutes of Ampthill Town Council (filed for one year), Mid Bedfordshire District Council and Bedfordshire County Council (current copy only), plus selected other publications
   
• Magazines
  Bedfordshire magazine, volumes 1- 20, except 3 and 7
   
• Maps
  Current street maps of Bedfordshire towns and villages.
  Current Ordnance Survey Landranger and Explorer maps of Bedfordshire
   
• Newspapers
  Current local newspapers
   
• Parish Registers
  Transcribed registers in printed volumes:
  Ampthill 1602 - 1812 
  Clophill 1567 - 1812 
  Flitwick 1602 - 1812 
  Harlington 1602 - 1812
  Maulden 1558 - 1812
  Millbrook 1558 - 1812
  Pulloxhill 1553 - 1812
  Tingrith 1572 - 1812
  Westoning 1560 - 1812
   
• Statistics
  Summary census data for Bedfordshire towns and villages from 1841 to date
   
• Topic files
  Newspaper cuttings on local people and events
   
• Victoria County History
  Bedfordshire volumes
   
• Vital records
  Vital records index British Isles is a CD-ROM that covers selected parish records of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland between 1538 and 1888. Not all counties are represented and some are more completely represented than others.

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Page last updated: 3rd April 2007

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