Research Bedford's history and your family history in the New Hampshire Room and online. The New Hampshire Room resources include:
- All editions of The History of Bedford, NH
- The Diary of Matthew Patten
- Bedford cemetery directories
- Historic photographs and maps
- Town Reports from 1848 to the present
- Bedford Bulletin issues from 1979 to the present (print, microfilm, and digital)
- Bedford Journal issues from 1999-2020 (print and some digital)
- Bedford High School Yearbooks from 2007 to the present
You may access the following resources online:
- The 1850 and 1903 editions of The History of Bedford, NH and The Diary of Matthew Patten are available in Heritage Quest
- Cemetery directories are available on the Cemetery Commission's Cemetery Information site
- Historical Homes and Buildings of Bedford NH A database created by student Sierra Dinndorf for her Girl Scout Gold Award project
- The Bedford-Merrimack Bulletin (1970-2008) and the Bedford Journal (1999-2001) are available in the Community History Archive. (Password required--please call or email the Reference Desk to request the password).
- The Bedford Bulletin from 2009 to the present is available via the Newsbank database (library card number and password required).
- Inventory of the Town Archives of New Hampshire No. 6 Hillsborough County Vol. 3 Town of Bedford (a WPA project which identified the locations of town records in the 1930s) has been digitized by the University of Kentucky and may be viewed online in the University's digital archive. A print copy is also available in the New Hampshire Room.
- Town Reports are available in the UNH Scholars Repository
- State annual reports from 1878 to 1916 are also available at the UNH Scholars Repository