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Tracing your Oxfordshire ancestors : a guide for family and local historians / Nicola Lisle.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lisle, Nicola, author.
- Series:
- Tracing Your Ancestors Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Genealogy.
- Oxfordshire (England)--Genealogy--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Oxfordshire (England).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (210 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Family History, 2018.
- Summary:
- Oxfordshire has a proud history as an agricultural county, relying for centuries on the wool trade for its prosperity.It is also famous for the founding of Oxford University in the eleventh century and for the Morris Motors car factory established in Oxford in 1912.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Book Title
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction to Oxfordshire
- A Brief History of Oxfordshire
- Organisation of the County
- Overview of Oxfordshire's Archives and Resources
- Other Archives
- How to Use this Book
- Further Reading
- Chapter 2 Getting Started with Oxfordshire Records
- Civil Registration
- Census Returns
- Probate Records
- Poll Books and Electoral Registers
- Directories
- Newspapers and Magazines
- Maps
- Photographs and Oral Histories
- Diaries and Personal Papers
- Chapter 3 Church of England and Non-Conformity
- Parish Registers and Bishops' Transcripts
- Non-Conformists and Other Faiths
- Baptists
- Quakers
- Methodists
- Congregationalists and the United Reformed Church
- Roman Catholics
- Jews
- Graves and Monumental Inscriptions
- Places to Visit
- Chapter 4 Healthcare, Poverty and Crime
- Local Hospitals and Healthcare
- Looking After the Poor
- Criminal Ancestors
- Police
- Chapter 5 Agricultural Industries
- The Cotswold Wool Trade
- Brewing
- Finding Textile and Brewing Ancestors
- Chapter 6 Transport and Industry
- Canals
- Railways
- The Age of Industry
- Publishing and the Oxford University Press
- Car Manufacturing
- Chapter 7 Education
- Oxford University
- Schools
- Adult Education
- Chapter 8 Oxfordshire at War
- Oxfordshire Regiments
- Military Resources
- War Graves and Memorials
- Life on the Home Front
- Chapter 9 Oxfordshire at Play
- Theatre and Music
- Sport and Leisure
- Morris Dancing
- Further Reading.
- Chapter 10 Directory of Archives, Libraries and Other Useful Resources
- Government Organisations
- National Archives and Libraries
- Local Archives and Libraries
- Museums, Heritage Centres and Other Places of Historical Interest
- Family and Local History Societies
- Useful Websites
- Family History Mailing Lists and Online Forums
- Index
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5267-2398-0
- 1-5267-2396-4
- OCLC:
- 1102477057
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