Flitwick 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
Flitwick: a short history, by the Ampthill & District Archaeological Society
Flitwick: the story of an old Bedfordshire village, by J L Ward Petley
Boyhood memories of Flitwick Bedfordshire, by H Jellis

For further details please see the library catalogue
Census Records
Free access to census records 1841- 1901, with 1911 records being added, on 'Ancestry Library Edition' web site
County guides and directories
Bedfordshire Directory 1785, 1830-31, 1839, 1850 (microfiche)
Craven and Co's Commercial Directory of Bedfordshire 1854 (microfiche)
Kelly's Directory of Bedfordshire 1885, 1894, 1920, 1924 (microfiche)
Post Office Directory of Bedfordshire 1869 (microfiche)
Highway Board Minutes
Woburn District Highway Board Minutes 1863-1895
International Genealogical Index (I.G.I.)
The 1992 edition of the I.G.I., on microfiche for England, Scotland and Wales

Magazines and Journals
Bedfordshire County Life Magazine 2001 onwards
Bedfordshire Historical Record Society publications, incomplete back-file
Bedfordshire Magazine, volumes 1-24 plus index
Maps
Current street maps of Bedfordshire towns and villages
Current Ordnance Survey Landranger and Explorer maps of Bedfordshire
Newspapers
Current local newspapers
Parish registers
Selected transcribed parish registers from 1500s to 1812, in book format
Selected parish registers on microfiche
Poor Law Minutes
Ampthill Poor Law Minutes 1835-1847 on microfiche
Statistics
Summary census data for Bedfordshire towns and villages from 1851 to date
Topic files
Newspaper cuttings on local people and events
Victoria County History of Bedfordshire
Volumes I, II & III, plus index

Page last updated: 23rd October 2012