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
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Burial and cemetery records
National Burial Index on CD-ROM
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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
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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
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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
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Town guides and directories
Kempston Official Guide
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Victoria County History of Bedfordshire
Volumes I, II & III plus index
Kempston Library contact details and opening times
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