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Family history research extends beyond simply finding out where you ancestors were born, married and died, it involves finding out about their life story. For example, it involves finding out what they did for a living and whether or not they changed professions over time. It involves finding out about where they lived, and whether they rented or owned the houses they lived in. They may even have fallen on hard-times and in desperation ended up living in the local workhouse.
Researching a family history also involves finding out about how your ancestors may have integrated with the local community. For example, were they an upstanding citizen, or did they have to 'visit’ the local gaol?
When it comes to researching your family history in Bedfordshire, Vicki and her team have an excellent knowledge of how to access the relevant records needed to locate your ancestor’s family history in Bedfordshire, particularly those that are not available on the web.
Vicki Manners, our lead Bedfordshire Genealogist, has access to her own extensive and unique range of records that she collected over the last 20 years whilst undertaking local research. As well as accessing the more traditional sources , Vicki and her team also undertake a local historic newspaper search, as well as an image and map search to see if we can find any pictures of the places they lived or worked. One of the maps we use is our own very rare copy of the 1807 town plan of Bedford (see above), which we use to cross reference relevant information for that period.
In undertaking our research, we also conduct an extensive search of the records held at Bedfordshire Archives, as our lead researcher was the County Archive Conservator at Bedfordshire Archives, and therefore has a good working knowledge of the collections held there, particularly those that date back until approximately 1550.
In addition to the records we use to trace your genealogy in Bedfordshire we extend research to include records such as:
Only a few of the above records are available on the web, therefore the majority of the research we undertake is desk research, locating the original documents.
Depending on your research requirements we can simply search one set of records for you. For example you may only be interested in finding out if your ancestor had cause to visit the local workhouse, or you may want us to research all the available records relating to family history in Bedfordshire, and if you do, we can do this for one person or for a whole family. We undertake all levels of research, from helping you find out about one the family history of one person - to finding out about the whole family across a number of generations.
Our research can also incorporate personal oral histories and biographies that you have compiled yourself and wish to include in your reserach
To find out more please contact us