The Wright Family of Grandpont 1914
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.
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.
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. 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.
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 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.
A Patriotic Oxford Family - 5 sons serving in First World War
This is a list, with links, of the previous courses and talks that have been given to members of Oxfordshire Family History Society that were recorded. Links to the recordings can be found on the relevant page in the Members' Area of the website.
The OFHS journal for August 2023 is now up online for all our members. Apologies for its late delivery – ...
New and updates to the Wills Library are available - October 2023
New surnames added to OXSIL in September 2023
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On 22 October 2023 Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum (SOFO) in Woodstock will unveil a new display to celebrate some of the county’s most remarkable heroes
October 14, 2024
7:15 PM - 9:30 PM
Online
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.
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.
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.
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.
On 13 November 2023 over Zoom, Ian Waller will take us into the world of Royal Navy records a most comprehensive series of records outlining the service. The Admiralty was extremely meticulous at keeping records of operations, procedures and personnel and this talk provides an overview about such records.
New additions to the Oxfordshire Surname Interest List for July 2023
Victoria County History - Newsletter for Oxfordshire Summer 2023
80 New Wills added to library July 2023
In this hybrid meeting Kim Davies, Engagement officer at the Soldier's of Oxfordshire (SOFO) museum talked about Oxfordshire's Military Heritage using a number of objects form the SOFO museum's collection.
This hybrid talk, by Simon Wehham, will chart the development of the complex campaign, by various different organizations including the Suffragettes and the Women's Social & Political Union, to get woman the vote and how it was eventually won.
New additions to the Oxfordshire Surname Interest List in June 2023
From very humble origins, James Ryman (c1795-1880) rapidly rose up the social ladder to become a famous art dealer. Ryman’s art shop on the High Street in Oxford, was much-frequented by the likes of J.M.W. Turner, John Ruskin and Lewis Carroll.Ryman used his wealth to radically reconfigure the house and expanding estate at Summerhill Villa and play an important role in the history of Summertown. A generous supporter of charitable causes, Ryman opened his pleasure gardens for charity events, garden shows, parties for school children and cricket matches. The estate became an important social hub for the residents of Summertown.