OFHS run advisor sessions at Oxfordshire History Centre (OHC), Cowley and various libraries around the county of Oxfordshire. The OHC sessions are drop-in sessions with no requirement to book. The sessions in the libraries need to be booked in advance by contacting the relevant library.
Types of search available, ordering and payment information for Search Services
Which indexes can be searched? What are the costs for an index search?
These are some of the top sites which OFHS members have found useful in their family history research, across several ...
Frequently Asked Questions on baptisms
Frequently Asked Questions on marriages
FAQ for 19th century censuses
Questions on birth/marriage/death certificates, registration districts in Oxfordshire and associated items
Answers to questions about why an ancestor cannot be found in a given place, for a given date or in any records at all
A description of the images shown on the banner of this website's homepage.
Colin Harris for a long time devoted tireless work and energy to a handbook of the Oxfordshire Parish Registers and Bishop’s Transcripts
This is a colour map of the parishes in the city of Oxford, created by Howard Fuller.
This map was created originally by Howard Fuller. It lays the county out on a grid and has an accompanying index.
Wills transcriptions: From this page you can access a collection of Oxfordshire wills transcription summaries supplied to OFHS. You can search the collection alphabetically or by name. Do note that the names are written as documented in the will and that variations of the same surname may not be listed next to each other alphabetically e.g. Aires and Ayres.
If you are interested in Oxfordshire surnames here are a few links. Surname Project We have an active project researching Oxfordshire Surnames ...