September 14, 2024
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Banbury Library
OFHS at the Banbury Library on Saturday 14th September 2024 for its Family History Day.
September 7, 2024
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Witney and District Museum
OFHS at Witney Museum Family History day Saturday 7th September 2024
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This is a Hybrid meeting on 23 September 2024 with the talk starting at 8pm (UK Time). Speaker: Simon Townley of the VCH. The talk will look at new work on a swathe of west Oxfordshire parishes stretching from Chastleton on the Gloucestershire border through to Spelsbury and Enstone, via Churchill, Sarsden, and Chadlington.
This is a Zoom meeting on 14 October 2024, with the talk starting at 8pm. Speaker Sue Gibbons - This talk will look at the general principles for keeping things safe and in good condition. Detailed advice on caring for and storing original documents, maps, books and other paper items, photographs, etchings and paintings, textiles such as samplers, christening robes, unforms etc, inherited objects including furniture, jewellery, ceramics and toys.
The hybrid talk by Trevor Jackson covers the history of Oxford’s cemeteries, how they came about, where they were located and how they came to fill up so quickly early on.
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History of the Hoare family from Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire.
Member contribution - Saywells of Eynsham
OFHS Fair information page - stallholders and services for Saturday 26th October 2024
October 26, 2024
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Cherwell School North Site
OFHS Family History Fair for 2024 - hold the date 26th October 2024!
June 15, 2024
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Community Centre,Emlyn Square
OFHS will be at the Wiltshire Family History Open Day Saturday 15th June 2024
11 November 2024 - Zoom Meeting and a chance for members to remember, by talking about them, the people in their families that they have discovered who gave their lives in the service of their country.
9 September 2024 - Based on his own research Andrew will tell the story of the Midlands’ industrial work on the ship and the fate of the local passengers. A dramatic presentation delivered in full White Star Line Uniform, using images, audio and numerous props. Climb aboard and experience the voyage of your life.
24 July 2024 - Hybrid Meeting (Exeter Hall and Zoom) - In this talk Mark Davies looks at the life of the Oxford hot-air balloon pioneer James Sadler (1753-1828), the ‘King of all Balloons’ first Englishman to fly?
February 2024 - 92 more Wills added to the Oxfordshire Wills library thanks to Dave Beames.
8th July 2024 - In this meeting over Zoom, Gill Blanchard will show us how to bring the story of our ancestors to life. How to stop researching and start writing, choose a format and what to include. What to do with our family stories, missing pieces, and anomalies. We will discover how to bring life to the page with the author of Writing Your Family History (Pen and Sword, 2016) and experienced writing tutor and biographer.
24 June 2024 - Hybrid Meeting - AGM followed by Charles Eldridge talking about the fire of Warwick. Charles recently found out about the Great Fire of Warwick in 1694 as part of his family history investigations. This talk will look at why fires started and how town planners changed the design of towns to avoid further fires. It was also look at how those affected by the fire received compensation.
A Zoom meeting on 10 June 2024 - Where Janet Few will using a series of case studies look at those who may have found themselves on the margins of society and the sources that we can use to trace their stories. The examples used will vary but may include the sick, prostitutes, those accused of crimes, those in asylums, the poor, the illegitimate and others who were stigmatised by society.
This is a Zoom Meeting on 13 May 2024 with the talk starting at 8pm. Speaker John Vigar - This lecture looks at the burial places of the famous and infamous and uses their gravestones or memorials as a starting place for an investigation into their lives. Subjects range from Florence Nightingale to Jerome K Jerome and all sorts in between, including some John feels need to be better known.
This was a Hybrid meeting on the 22 April 2024. Speaker: Dr Sophie Kay. Focusing on her Outlier Method and Ancestral Walks techniques, Sophie will show how by uniting historical maps with historical records you may spot research errors, separate out namesakes, understand our ancestors & bring their worlds to life, all using freely available, historical Ordnance Survey maps. Examples will focus on U.K. towns for the period 1800-1950, but these methods can be applied to any place or era where suitable maps and address data are available.