Local and Family History
at Sandy 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
  Including:
  Bedfordshire Bibliography and supplementary volumes, by L R Conisbee
  The discovery of Roman Sandy, by Bedfordshire Archaeological Service
  Sandy in old picture postcards, by W.B. Hanford
  The Sandy I knew, by Ken Quince
  Our little town of Sandy, by W.G. Western
  Hassells Hall Sandy, by Bedfordshire County Record Office
  The dinosaurs of Sandy Heath, by Bernard O’Connor
  Selection of town guides
  For further details please see the library catalogue
   
• Burial and cemetery records
  Index of burials: Potton 1813-1955
  Sandy  1813-1933
  Sutton 1813-1983
   
• 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 Landranger and Explorer maps of Bedfordshire
   
• Magazines
  Bedfordshire County Life magazine 2001 to date
   
• Newspapers
  Biggleswade Chronicle, current edition
  Bedfordshire Times and Citizen, current edition
  British Newspaper Archive
  Times Digital Archive
   
• Parish registers
  Transcribed parish registers for Potton to 1812, in printed volumes
   
• 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
  Topic file of articles and pamphlets relating to Sandy
   
• Victoria County History of Bedfordshire
  Volumes I, II & III, plus index
   

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Page last updated: 6th February 2020