GENUKI Home page    Bedfordshire Bedfordshire  

BEDFORDSHIRE:
Bedfordshire Miscellaneous Archives

Many record series are useful sources for genealogy, mainly for the researcher who knows where certain ancestors were at a certain date, these additional sources may then help to put flesh on the bare bones of baptism, marriage and burial dates. The following are some of the principal sources held by the Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service:

Wills

Bedfordshire wills have been indexed by surname from 1484 to 1858
The office holds the National Probate Calendar of Wills for the whole country from 1858 to 1943

Census

The Bedfordshire census material for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881 and 1891 is available, of which 1851 and 1881 have been indexed.

International Genealogical Index

The IGI microfiche index of baptisms and marriages for all England is available

Quarter Sessions 1714-1901

Bedfordshire Quarter Sessions records have been available for some years and are very well catalogued, with copious personal names noted. Those for 1714-1830 are best searched on The National Archives Discovery site; those for 1831-1901 A list of the Non-Church of England Parish Registers held by the . can be searched on the Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service's own online catalogue.

Poor Law Union Records 1834-1948

Bedfordshire Poor Law Union records have been available for some years and are very well catalogued, with copious personal names noted. At the moment these names can only be extracted by searching the printed catalogue. However, the National Archives are putting the Bedfordshire Poor Law Union records on the Internet as a pilot project and it will then be easier to search for personal names.

Others

Other records that are useful in adding to the picture of your ancestors' lives and deeds include:


©Genuki 2001

This page is copyright. Do not copy any part of this page or website other than for personal use or as given in the conditions of use.
Web-page generated by "DB2html" data-base extraction software ©Colin Hinson 2017