More new names and information added to Wills Library.
A free mapping platform providing base layers of historic Ordnance Survey mapping now available at Heritage Search
This talk given on 11 December 2023 over Zoom by Claire Bradley, concentrates on autosomal DNA explains the terminology, what companies offer this service, costs and how to use this tool to progress your ancestry. It finds cousins matches for you and also provides an estimate of deep ancestral ethnicity. It will also discusses the ethics of testing and considerations regarding the possibility of uncovering a family secret.
In this talk on 12 August 2024, over Zoom, 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.
9 Oct 2023 (11am) - Via Zoom. When we find familiar jobs in our family tree, we usually have a good sense of the kind of work they involved and the industry we need to explore if we're to discover more. But what if you encountered a labbet amongst your ancestors? A lumpman? Or a water gilder? Far more than just a quick cross-checking point between record sets, occupations can yield rich insights into an ancestor’s daily existence, social status, and role within their local community. In this talk, we’ll delve into a range of resources and strategies for demystifying unfamiliar historical occupations, including some Oxfordshire-specific jobs and industries.
24 July 2024 - Hybrid (Exeter Hall & Zoom). This talk will went through the 10 steps to develop an One Place Study with examples and explanations based on the speakers study of Bletchington. Various stories relating to events in the village will be retold. Each One Place Study is unique, but the principles can be applied to any study.
The OFHS Oxfordshire Family Historian, April 2023, is now online in the Members' Area.
Names added to the Oxfordshire Surnames Interest List in April are listed here.
New surname reports now available
Page for OFHS members only. Go to the Members Area to log in. ...
New surname sheets giving details of the surname's history and Oxfordshire occurrence are becoming available.
New additions to OXSIL surname interest list March 2023
22 May 2023 - Hybrid Meeting: This talk explored the little-known story of the Ascott Martyrs and their contribution to the campaign being mounted by the National Agricultural Labourers Union led by Joseph Arch to improve the wages of the agricultural labourer. In May 1873, 16 women from Ascott-under-Wychwood, some with babes in their arms, were sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour in Oxford Gaol, for what on the face of it, amounted to little more than a peaceful demonstration in support of a strike for a living wage by some agricultural labourers in the village.
West Family of Kiddington submitted by Ian West
Hybrid Meeting: On 24 April 2023 Malcolm talked about school log books and how they can be used to flesh out the bones of your family history. A recording of the talk is available to view.
The following surnames were added to the Oxfordshire Surname Interest List – www.oxsil.org.uk – in February 2023. If any of them are ...
Victoria County History - talk about Chipping Norton Monday 17th April 7pm.
Society's Annual General Meeting took place on Monday 26th June 2023
Digital collections day at Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum 1st April 2023.
Advisor/help session opens at Wychwood Library
New updates to Oxfordshire Surname Interest List January 2023
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.
Additions to the Wills library from Jan 2023