Browse baptisms, marriages and burials from Bedfordshire
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By Daisy Goddard | January 28, 2025
Explore English roots this Findmypast Friday.
This Friday, we've added over a million parish records from the county of Bedfordshire in the East of England. There are new baptism, marriage and burial records for you to discover - if you've got ancestors from this historic county, these additions may form the essential building blocks of your family tree.
We also added two exciting new titles to our newspaper archive this week.
Bedfordshire Baptisms
The first of our new Bedfordshire trio consists of 459,413 parish baptism records.
Dunstable Church, c. 1891.
These new records span as far back as the 16th century and may help you build the more distant branches of your family tree.
Bedfordshire Marriages
There are also 221,522 new marriage records for you to explore. These transcriptions cover from 1538 to 1881.
Bedfordshire Burials
Lastly, we added 360,442 burial records for Bedfordshire, spanning an impressive 547 years, from 1451 to 1998.
New pages from Dudley to Dromore
Two new titles joined our newspaper collection this week.
With a total of 309,730 pages added, there is a wealth of new stories for you to discover.
New titles:
- Dromore Leader, 1978-1984, 1986-1988, 1990-1992
- Middlesbrough Standard, 1908-1940, 1948
Updated titles:
- Aberdeen Evening Express, 2004
- Aberdeen Press and Journal, 2004
- Banbridge Chronicle, 1968, 1978–1979, 1995, 1999, 2003
- Bedford Record, 1913–1919
- Bicester Review, 1986, 2000
- Biggleswade Chronicle, 2004
- Blyth News Post Leader, 2003–2004
- Bridport News, 1858–1864, 1874–1875, 1897, 1901–1910, 1912–1918
- Brighouse Echo, 1950, 1987, 1993, 1996, 2003
- Broughty Ferry Guide and Advertiser, 1987–1989
- Buchan Observer and East Aberdeenshire Advertiser, 1990–1991
- Bucks Standard, 1912–1919
- Caithness Courier, 1970–1979
- Chad (Alfreton), 2003–2004
- Crawley and District Observer, 1981, 2004
- Dudley & District Chronicle, 2000–2002
- Eastbourne Gazette, 1991, 2004
- Hastings and St Leonards Observer, 2004
- Hebden Bridge Times, 2003–2004
- Hemel Hempstead Gazette, 1991–1992, 2004
- Hucknall Dispatch, 2003–2004
- Lincolnshire Standard and Boston Guardian, 1990, 2004
- London Daily Chronicle, 1888, 1905
- Newtownabbey Times and East Antrim Times, 1990, 2003–2004
- North Star and Farmers’ Chronicle, 1914–1969
- Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph, 1992
- Pateley Bridge & Nidderdale Herald, 1994, 2003
- Ripley and Heanor News and Ilkeston Division Free Press, 2004
- Ripon Gazette, 2003
- Sandwell Chronicle, 1986, 1988, 1990, 2000
- Shrewsbury Chronicle, 1940, 2004
- South Yorkshire Times and Mexborough & Swinton Times, 1943–1949, 1952, 1980, 1982, 1984
- Sussex Express, 2004
- Swindon Advertiser, 1914, 1916–1918
- Ulster Star, 2003–2004
- West Sussex County Times, 1961, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1981, 2004
- West Sussex Gazette, 1995, 2000, 2004
- Whitby Gazette, 2004
- Worthing Herald, 1978, 1980
