thanks for the info. i plan on trying to fly in and out gatwick as it will make my life a lot easier...it depends on flight schedules however. if i come over thru dallas TX, it will be Gatwick. if i cant get a flight there, i'll come thru chicago....and its definitely Heathrow. i will have transportation available when i get to bedford. its getting to beds to begin with that i was inquiring about :) it probably wont be until june before i can come over...depends on the pending 'vacation schedule'. that will be about another month in the works. gotta wait and see thanks again sandee > [Original Message] > From: Deborah Garrand <debbiegarrand@hotmail.com> > To: <BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 2/10/2006 6:41:41 AM > Subject: Re: [BDF] Beds Records Locations > > I live in Luton and have used local trains regularly on the > Bedford-Gatwick-Brighton route. The easiest and fastest way to get to > Bedford from one of the two larger London airports is to fly to Gatwick and > take the Thameslink train direct to Bedford. There are defniitely buses that > go from Bedford to Biggleswade (I used to live in Biggleswade) and Sandy - > possibly also Shefford. I don't know about Southill or Ireland - you may > need to hire a car particularly to get to Ireland which is tiny. Ireland > does have a lovely pub though which is great for a meal out. > > If you are not hiring a car try looking at the http://www.arrivabus.co.uk/ > website. You will need the Shires & Essex region. Tring and Aylesbury are > listed as destinations there and you can work out bus routes. Buses to > Aylesbury definitely go from Luton - a 20-30 min train ride back south from > Bedford. > > Hope this helps. > > Deb. > > > >From: Dianne.Sutton@Tesco.Net > >Reply-To: BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com > >To: BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [BDF] Beds Records Locations > >Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 12:46:01 +0000 > > > >Sandee said: > > > >I will be primarily searching: Bedford, Shefford, Sandy, Hamlet of Ireland, > >Biggleswade, Southill, > >and Wyboston areas in Beds, as well as Hinxworth and Tring in Herts, and > >Winslow and Aylesbury in Bucks. > > > >Sandee, > > > >if you go to Bedford Library in the centre of town and go up to the > >mezzanine they have transcribed parish registers on the shelves, and lots > >of Bedfordshire stuff. I usually go there to see what I can find before > >going to BLARS at County Hall to look at things. > > > >Also for Bucks records you'll probably need to go to Aylesbury. Have a look > >here: http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/ > > > >Look at http://www.bucksfhs.org.uk/ and select Links it takes you to the > >Centre for Bucks Studies > > > >Also look at http://www.bucksgs.org.uk/ > > > >and perhaps ask further advice on Bucks-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > >==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== > >Bedfordshire at Rootsweb > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~engbdf/ > > > > > > ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== > Bedfordshire at Rootsweb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~engbdf/ >