Local and Family History
at Wootton 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
A selection of books relating to Bedfordshire and the immediate vicinity, and books on family history, including:
A history of Wootton Bedfordshire, by A Brittain
For further details please see the library catalogue.
Census Records
Free access to census records 1841- 1911 on 'Ancestry Library Edition' web site
Magazines
Bedfordshire County Life
Maps
Current street maps of Bedfordshire towns and villages.
Current Ordnance Survey 'Explorer' and 'Landranger' maps of Bedfordshire
Newspapers
Bedfordshire on Sunday current edition
British Newspaper Archive
Times Digital Archive
Parish registers
Transcribed registers in printed volumes cover Wootton and Marston Morteyne to 1812
Statistics
Summary census data for Bedfordshire towns and villages from 1841 to date
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 of Bedfordshire
Volumes I, II & III, plus inde

Page last updated: 6th February 2020

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