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. Videos can be viewed in the library and there are also copies available for loan
- 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- 1901, with 1911 records being added, 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, except 3 and 7
- Maps
Current street maps of Bedfordshire towns and villages.
Current Ordnance Survey Landranger and Explorer maps of Bedfordshire
- Newspapers
Current local newspapers
- 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
- Statistics
Summary census data for Bedfordshire towns and villages from 1841 to date
- Topic files
Newspaper cuttings on local people and events
- Victoria County History
Bedfordshire volumes
Ampthill
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Page last updated: 20th October 2013