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• The local archive service is the Bedfordshire Archives and Records Service (BARS)
• The official archive for England, Wales and the central UK government is The National Archives. The web site gives online indexes and documents, a great deal of guidance to historical records and much more
• For details of archives around the country, see the Archon directory
• You can search catalogues of many local archives at A2A - Access to Archives
• For more key web sites relating to archives see the Archives page on WebLinks
• Many archives are also held at museums. See the separate Museums page
• See also the separate Libraries page for related information

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