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The Hoare Family
History of the Hoare family from Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire.
The Saywells - Singing, Farming and Poaching
Member contribution - Saywells of Eynsham
OFHS Family History Fair 2024 - Information
OFHS Fair information page - stallholders and services for Saturday 26th October 2024
OFHS Family History Fair Saturday October 26th 2024
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!
OFHS at the Wiltshire Family History Open Day - Saturday 15th June 2024
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
We Shall Remember Them
11 November 2024 - Zoom Meeting and 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.
RMS Titanic Made in the Midlands
9 September 2024 - Based on his own research Andrew will tell 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.
James Sadler - King of All Balloons
24 July 2024 - Hybrid Meeting (Exeter Hall and Zoom) - In this talk Mark Davies looks at the life of the Oxford hot-air balloon pioneer James Sadler (1753-1828), the ‘King of all Balloons’ first Englishman to fly?
OFHS Contribution to the Ministry of Justice proposal to destroy original Wills documents
OFHS response to the proposal to destroy original Wills documents
Additions to the Wills library February 2024
February 2024 - 92 more Wills added to the Oxfordshire Wills library thanks to Dave Beames.
Writing your Family History
8th July 2024. This meeting over Zoom, Gill Blanchard will show us how to bring the story of our ancestors to life. How to stop researching and start writing, choose a format and what to include. What to do with our family stories, missing pieces, and anomalies. We will 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.
AGM and The Great Fire of Warwick
24 June 2024 - Hybrid Meeting - AGM followed by Charles Eldridge talking about the fire of Warwick. Charles recently found out about the Great Fire of Warwick in 1694 as part of his family history investigations. This talk will look at why fires started and how town planners changed the design of towns to avoid further fires. It was also look at how those affected by the fire received compensation.
Ancestors on the Margins
A Zoom meeting on 10 June 2024 - Where Janet Few will using a series of case studies look 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.
Leave No Stone Unturned
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.
Mapping Alchemy
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.
Additional Names added to OXSIL - January 2024
Names added to OXSIL January 2024
New Monumental Inscriptions for Wootton, Oxon released
New illustrated MI CD and download available for Wootton, Glympton and Kiddington.
OFHS' Annual General Meeting 2024 - Agenda and calling notice
OFHS Annual General Meeting 2024 is announced and calling notice for nominations.
James Upstone
My Great Great Grandfather James UPSTONE (b.1818-d.1898) was Parish Clerk at St John Baptist Summertown for nearly 50 years. I ...
James Sadler - King of All Balloons
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?
RMS Titanic Made in the Midlands
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.
Oxford City Cemeteries
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.
Meet at Dawn Unarmed
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.
The Great Exhibition 1851 & Albertopolis
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.
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