Local and Family History
at Barton 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
- Books
Books about Barton and Bedfordshire. 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
- Maps
Street maps of Bedfordshire towns and villages
Ordnance Survey map of Bedfordshire
- Newspapers
Bedfordshire Times, current edition
British Newspaper Archive
Times Digital Archive
- Parish registers
Transcribed registers in printed volumes up to 1812:
Barton-le-Clay 1558 1812
Bedford (St. Mary) 1539 1812
Clophill 1567 1812
Flitwick 1602 1812
Lower Gravenhurst 1602 1812
Upper Gravenhurst 1567 1812
Higham Gobion 1602 1812
Pulloxhill 1553 1812
Northill 1562 1812
Shillington 1543 1812
- Photographs
Folders of local photographs
- Telephone Directories
Telephone directories between 1880 and 1984 are also available on Ancestry which is accessible via the public computers in all libraries.
- Victoria County History
Bedfordshire volumes
Barton Library contact details and opening times
Page last updated: 6th February 2020