Local and Family History
at Houghton Regis 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
   
• Books
  Old Houghton Regis: a look at the village around 1900, by Don Lowe
  Royal Houghton: the story of Houghton Regis Bedfordshire, by Pat Lovering
  
  For further details please see the library catalogue
   
• Census records
  Free access to census records 1841- 1901 on 'Ancestry Library Edition' web site
   
• Magazines and journals
  Bedfordshire Magazine vols 1-20, plus index
   
• Parish Registers
  Transcribed parish registers for Houghton Regis for 1538-1812, in printed volumes
   
• Statistics
  Summary census data for Bedfordshire towns and villages from 1841 to date
  1991 Census Key Statistics Series (Bedfordshire County Council) - County Council Electoral Divisions, District Council Wards, Deprivation in Bedfordshire, Atlas, Town & Parishes
   
• Victoria County History of Bedfordshire
  Volumes I, II & III, plus index
   

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