Here is where you can keep up to date on all the latest news from OFHS. We display the most recent news items in this top category. If you want to look through the news by subject type, browse the list of news categories, which include older news items. (Bear in mind that some of the links to external websites may no longer work.)
22 April 2022
The following surnames were added to the Oxfordshire Surname Interest List – www.oxsil.org.uk – in March 2022. If any of them ...
28 March 2022
The following surnames were added to the Oxfordshire Surname Interest List – www.oxsil.org.uk – in February 2022. If any of them are ...
28 February 2022
New VCH volume XX released- Caversham, Goring and area
22 February 2022
Special offer for Historical Town Map of Oxford
21 February 2022
On Sunday 20 February Sue Honoré was interviewed by Al Ryan on BBC Radio Oxford about our upcoming Oxfordshire surnames book.
15 February 2022
Our new OFHS book on Oxfordshire surnames with essays on various topics about surnames in the county is now available for public pre-ordering
11 February 2022
Our new OFHS book will go up to full price on 14th February 2022. If you are an OFHS member, ...
07 February 2022
The following surnames were added to the Oxfordshire Surname Interest List – www.oxsil.org.uk – in January 2022. If any of them ...
05 February 2022
Another 70 new wills have been added with a list of “new” surnames.
28 January 2022
We are seeking entries for the Hugh Kearsey Award. This is a new award..
17 January 2022
The pre-order discount (for OFHS members only) for our new book “Exploring Oxfordshire Surnames: People, Places and Lives” finishes on 14th February.
20 December 2021
The OFHS journal, The Oxfordshire Family Historian, is now available online to all OFHS members. Please log in to the Members’ Area to see it.
20 December 2021
The following surname interests have been added to the Oxfordshire Surname List www.oxsil.org.uk in November. if any of them are ...
10 December 2021
The new OFHS book on surnames will be available in the spring of 2022. However OFHS members can pre-order it at a special members' discount before the end of January 2022.
24 November 2021
Wendy Archer, a former chairman of OFHS, has provided this brief tribute to Joan Howard-Drake, who died recently at the age of 97.
19 November 2021
The following surnames were added to the Oxfordshire Surname Interest List – www.oxsil.org.uk – in October. If any of them are ...
03 October 2021
71 new wills have been added, plus 3 replacements. The list of “new” surnames can be seen below. All can be found as usual at the OFHS Wills Library
22 September 2021
Oxfordshire County Council is consulting the public on re-imagining its libraries, museums and history services. We’d love to hear your ideas and suggestions on how The Oxfordshire Museum's and Oxfordshire History Centre’s services could be improved
14 September 2021
The following surnames were added to the Oxfordshire Surname Interest List – www.oxsil.org.uk – in August. If any of them are ...
24 August 2021
The new August 2021 journal is available to members
09 August 2021
The following surnames were added to the Oxfordshire Surname Interest List – www.oxsil.org.uk – in July
09 August 2021
Devon Noel Lee (#1 genealogy YouTube channel – Family History Fanatics) and Lisa Louise Cooke (#1 genealogy podcast – Genealogy ...
07 August 2021
We held a Fair over Zoom in 2021.
28 July 2021
The following surnames were added to the Oxfordshire Surname Interest List – www.oxsil.org.uk – in June. If any of them are of interest, please go to the OXSIL website and search for the contributor.
17 July 2021
The Oxford Historical Society's summer sale is now open. It will close at the end of August.
06 July 2021
Another 70 new wills have been added with a list of “new” surnames.
17 June 2021
Photos of Surnames on Signs/Shops/Vans We need help. As part of our upcoming book on Oxfordshire surnames we want clear images ...
17 June 2021
The following surnames were added to the Oxfordshire Surname Interest List – www.oxsil.org.uk – in May. If any of them are ...
09 June 2021
The following additions were made to the Oxfordshire Surname Interest List www.oxsil.org.uk If any of them are of interest, please go ...
22 April 2021
The following surnames were added to the Oxfordshire Surname Interest List – www.oxsil.org.uk – in March. If any of them are ...
