April 8, 2024
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Online
This is a Zoom meeting on 8 April 2024, talk starting at 8pm. Speaker Peter Lawrence - In this talk Peter outlines the history and success of the Great Exhibition of 1851 and it's amazing legacy that we can still enjoy and benefit from today. Given the number of people that attended the Great Exhibition there is a good chance that one of your ancestors was among them.
April 22, 2024
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Exeter Hall and via Zoom online
This is a Hybrid meeting on the 22 April 2024 with the talk starting at 8pm (UK Time). Speaker: Dr Sophie Kay. Focusing on her Outlier Method and Ancestral Walks techniques, Sophie we’ll 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.
May 13, 2024
7:15 PM - 9:30 PM
Online
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.
June 10, 2024
7:15 PM - 9:30 PM
Online
Zoom meeting on 10 June 2024, talk starts at 8pm. Speaker: Janet Few - Using a series of case studies, this presentation looks 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.
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
June 24, 2024
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Exeter Hall and via Zoom online
This is a Hybrid meeting on 24 June 2024 with the AGM starting at 8pm (UK Time) followed by a short talk by Charles Eldridge on the Fire of Warwick in 1694.
July 8, 2024
7:15 PM - 9:30 PM
Online
This is Zoom meeting on 8 July 2024, talk starts at 8pm. Speaker Gill Blanchard - Learn how to bring the story of your ancestors to life. How to stop researching and start writing, choose a format and what to include. What to do with family stories, missing pieces, and anomalies. 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.
July 22, 2024
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Exeter Hall and via Zoom online
In this talk Mark looks at the life and family of the Oxford hot-air balloon pioneer James Sadler (1753-1828), the 'King of all Balloons' first Englishman to fly?
August 12, 2024
7:15 PM - 9:45 PM
Online
In this talk on 12 August over Zoom, by Simon Gregor we will explore a range of technological and other developments which show just how radically things changed in four years, and how much was learned - from air power and fire power, through manufacturing and science, to infantry tactics and approaches to command.
September 9, 2024
7:15 PM - 9:30 PM
Online
A Zoom meeting - Speaker Andrew Lound. Although the towns of Belfast and Southampton claim the Titanic as their own, over 70% of the ship’s interior was manufactured in the Midlands. Based on his own research Andrew tells 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.
September 23, 2024
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Exeter Hall and via Zoom online
This is a Hybrid meeting on 23 September 2024 with the talk starting at 8pm (UK Time). Speaker: Simon Townley of the VCH.
October 14, 2024
7:15 PM - 9:30 PM
Online
Tis is a Zoom meeting on 14 October 2024, with the talk starting at 8pm. Speaker Sue Gibbons - More information to follow.
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!
October 28, 2024
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Exeter Hall and via Zoom online
A look at the Oxford City Cemeteries. More details to follow.
November 11, 2024
7:15 PM - 9:30 PM
Online
This is a Zoom meeting on 11 November 2024. Zoom meeting will start at 7:15pm, timings will be fluid. This is 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.
November 25, 2024
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Exeter Hall and via Zoom online
Using the diaries his grand-father, Captain Robert Hamilton of the Warwickshire regiment kept between 5th August 1914 and 12th January 1915 Andrew gives an unique insight into the life of the men fighting in France in this period. He also explores the truth behind the unofficial Christmas truce.