Local and Family History
at Ampthill Library

• 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
   
• 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
   
• Census records
  Free access to census records 1841- 1901 on 'Ancestry Library Edition' web site
   
• Council papers
  Agendas and minutes of Ampthill Town Council (filed for one year)
   
• 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
   

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