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