Local and Family History
at Potton 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 gives 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, books on Bedfordshire and family history including:
  Pictures of Potton, Vols 1-3, compiled by Patricia R. Yates
  The great fire of Potton, compiled by Peter Ibbett
  Potton Manor, an enigma, research report by T.C.M. Ball
  For further details please see the library catalogue
   
• Burial and cemetery records
  1882-2002 Sandy Road Cemetery (alphabetical list)
  Indexes of burials for Potton 1813-1955, Sandy 1813-1933, Sutton 1813-1983
   
• Census records
  Free access to census records 1841- 1911 on 'Ancestry Library Edition' web site
   
• Council papers
  Potton Town Council minutes - 2 year back file
   
• Magazines
  Bedfordshire County Life
   
• Maps
  Current street maps of Bedfordshire towns and villages
  Current Ordnance Survey Landranger and Explorer maps of Bedfordshire
   
• Newspapers
  Biggleswade Chronicle - 1 month back file
  British Newspaper Archive
  Times Digital Archive
   
• Parish registers
  Transcribed register in printed volume covering Potton up to 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.
   
• Town twinning
  Langenlonsheim - folders and booklets on Potton's twin town

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Page last updated: 6th February 2020