Local and Family History
at Ampthill Library
Local and Family History A - Z > By 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. A DVD of the highlights was produced in 2011.
- 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
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Census records
Free access to census records 1841- 1911 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
- Maps
Current street maps of Bedfordshire towns and villages.
Current Ordnance Survey Landranger and Explorer maps of Bedfordshire
- Newspapers
Current local newspapers
British Newspaper Archive
Times Digital Archive
- 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
- Telephone Directories
Telephone directories between 1880 and 1984 are also available on Ancestry which is accessible via the public computers in all libraries.
- Topic files
Newspaper cuttings on local people and events
- Victoria County History
Bedfordshire volumes
Ampthill Library contact details and opening times
Page last updated: 6th February 2020