Kempston 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
   
• Books
  A selection of books relating to the village and immediate vicinity, and books on Bedfordshire, including:
  All Saints Parish Church Kempston: a history by C.R.Parrott
  Bedfordshire Parish Surveys: Kempston by John Wood
  Eight thousand years: a Kempston history edited by H. A. Carnell
  A Martell family history by John Drewett Martell
  Old Kempston by Victoria Walker
  The story of Kempston Parish Church by W. Crowsley
  Kempston memories by J Hillson Smith
  
  For further details please see the library catalogue
   
• Burial and cemetery records
  National Burial Index on CD-ROM
   
• 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
  Kempston Town Council agendas and minutes - 1 year back file
   
• County guides and directories
  Kelly's Post Office Trade Directory of Bedfordshire 1847 on CD-ROM
   
• Magazines and journals
  Bedfordshire County Life - 1 year backfile
  All Saints’ Church Kempston parish magazine
   
• Maps
  Current street maps of Bedfordshire towns and villages.
  Current Ordnance Survey 'Explorer' and 'Landranger' maps of Bedfordshire
   
• Newspapers
  Bedfordshire on Sunday, current edition
  Bedfordshire Times and Citizen, current edition
   
• Newspaper cuttings
  On local people and events including files on Bedford’s riverside, Marston Vale and Bedford during World War Two
   
• Parish registers
  Transcribed registers, in book format: Ampthill 1602-1812, Barton-in-the-Clay 1558-1812, Bedford St. Mary 1540-1812, Bedford St. Peter 1572-1812, Bletsoe 1582-1812, Cranfield 1600-1812, Farndish 1587-1836, Goldington 1558-1812, Kempston 1570-1812, Lidlington 1560-1812, Renhold 1654-1812, Salford 1558-1612, Sharnbrook 1602-1812,  Streatley 1602-1812, Sundon 1569-1812, Wooton 1560-1812
  Surname index to Bedfordshire parish registers on CD-ROM
   
• Statistics
  Summary census data for Bedfordshire towns and villages from 1841 to date
   
• Town guides and directories
  Kempston Official Guide
   
• Victoria County History of Bedfordshire
  Volumes I, II & III plus index
  

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Page last updated: 3rd April 2007

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