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I thought i would put my Beds. names on again as i've gained a couple more lately. Nothing ventured etc.!!----- Barker Copperwheat/Copperwaite Denton Odell Sherwood Virgin Whitbread

Has anyone got any info on Samuel George 1808 Keysoe and Prudance Dickins 1811 pos Keysoe or maybe Risely I know they were married in Keysoe Mar 29 1830 .I see there are plenty of both families in Keysoe but can not make a link backwards.I have all there desendents.

From the South African Commercial Advertiser Saturday 29 March 1851 DIED at his Residence, Hope House, Cape Town, on the 27th inst, aged 28 years, James Long FITZPATRICK Esq, second son of N. FITZPATRICK Esq of Bedford Lodge in the County of Bedford. Cape Town, 28th March 1851.

WILLIAM PARTRIDGE married MARY WRIGHT at Woburn on 2nd Oct 1770. Can anyone tell me whether there were any children of the union? If so, was there a WILLIAM among them, born about 1783, who could have been the father of WILLIAM WRIGHT PARTRIDGE, son of William and Elizabeth, christened St...

I am looking to find out about my ancestors who originate from Bedfordshire Their name is Walton, the areas are I believe, Harlington, Westoning, Ampthill and Maulden Thanks

Hi I have a problem, I am looking for a mystery Joseph Gobby who appears to have had a number of children in London from around late 1790s to about 1810. My x 3 great grandmother was Elizabeth Gobby born about 1806, she doesn't seem to know exactly where she was born but ranges from not in...

I am searching for a Scotchin family who lived in ridgemont in early 1800s, my gggggrandmother was Ann Scotchin of Ridgemont born 1814.

Jane Ellen Avery was born in Aylesbury in the last quarter of 1866 (father Thomas). After being a nurse at Brookwood Hospital, Woking, at the time of the 1891 census, she was, by the time of the 1901 census nursing at the 3 Counties Asylum, Stoptford, Beds. She was still there at the time of the...

Hi These ancestors of mine had 8 children baptised in Potton between 1726 and 1741, but I hav been unable to find their marriage, any help would be greatky appreciated. Kind Regards David

I don't know whether this is the correct place for this sort of post but I just wanted to praise the fantastic service I have had yet again from the Bedford & Luton Archive & Record Service. I sent an e-mail at 10.58 this morning requesting a look up of a marriage and the death of the husband in...

My great.great Grandmother was Elizabeth PRATT (nee Daniels) b.1846-1882/3. Wife of Wm. PRATT b.1846. There is a gravestone in a church at Leighton Buzzard but don't know which church. Can anyone help? I'm also interested in contacting family members.Leighton Buzzard family surnames are...

In the 1891 census my wife's grandfather is shown as "Inmate of Orphanage" in this institution in Bedfordshire aged 12. His father and mother were both alive at the time and both he and they came from Northants. This seems quite odd and while I don't entirely dismiss the idea that I have the...

I am searching information on William Vorley(and his parents and siblings) possibly born in Wellingborough and moved to Bedfordshire. He married Violet Marshal and had six children. His family had nothing more to do with him once he married. Violet died about 1933. The children are Robert (now...

I am looking for the death of Sarah Ellis who married George Nobles at Sharnbrook in 1852. George was widowed on the 1861 census and subsequently remarried. I have done numerous searches for the death with no luck so far and have even written to the Vicar of the local Church because other...

I am looking for the Book Selling Sparrows by Judy Wright I believe it`s about Convicts sent to Australia from Bedfordshire. Does anyone no the best place to get it or if it`s available. Thanks Norma|help|

Greetings, I am searching for the birth date of Benjamin Sansom, possibly at Tempsford ~1773. Benjamin Sansom married Sarah Hills by banns at Tempsford on 17 Aug 1794 and was buried at Tempsford on 19 Mar 1845 (age 72). Any information re his parent's name, father's occupation, ectc, would be...