September 27, 2021
7:15 PM - 9:30 PM
This talk to be given by Will Reid on 27 September 2021 examines the Work and Archives of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Registration for our online Fair via Zoom on Saturday 2nd October 2021 is now open.
October 11, 2021
7:15 PM - 9:30 PM
This is a follow up to Phil's previous talk on using Research Plans to help with researching Family History.
October 14, 2021 - November 11, 2021
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
A great opportunity to start your family history research on a sound footing, or to brush-up on your techniques with Oxfordshire Family History Society’s “Family History for Beginners Zoom course”.
October 25, 2021
7:15 PM - 9:30 PM
This fully illustrated talk, to be held on 25 October 2021, looks at the impact of the First World War Armistice and the legacy of the war in local communities.
November 8, 2021
7:15 PM - 9:30 PM
When the First World War broke out in 1914 dozens of women doctors offered their services – but they were told by the British Army to “Go home and sit still”. Flora Murray and Louisa Garrett Anderson refused to sit still. Both qualified doctors and suffragettes – and also life partners – they took a unit of women doctors and nurses to Paris. This talk looks at what happened next and the opening of Endell Street Military Hospital in the heart of London.
November 12, 2021 - November 13, 2021
The Family History Federation (FHF) Really Useful Family History Virtual Show will be take place on Friday 12th and Saturday 13th November 2021.
November 22, 2021
7:15 PM - 9:00 PM
by Tim Healey; this talk commences at 8:00pm. This talk shows a vibrant portrait of Christmas in a turbulent age, describing Lords of Misrule, Twelfth Night revels, wassails, Boar’s Head feasts, frost fairs on the frozen Thames – and the Puritan ban on Christmas itself.
December 13, 2021
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
The presentation by the GSV, will cover convict records, the bounty immigration schemes, free immigrants and the immigration schemes in the 20th century including the 10 Pound POM scheme. It will cover the resources available with emphasis on those available online.
