| Web Site | Address | Description |
|---|---|---|
| www.google.co.uk | A Superb Search Engine. Your single most useful resource |
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| Family Search | www.familysearch.org | LDS site, contains IGI, UK 1881 Census (except Scotland), etc. |
| Ancestry.co.uk | ancestry.co.uk | Census, B.M.D. and other records (subscription or pay-per-view) |
| FindMyPast | www.findmypast.com | Census, B.M.D. and other records (subscription or pay-per-view) |
| FreeBMD | www.freebmd.org.uk | Births, Marriages & Deaths (now approaching 100% coverage for most years 1837-1915) |
| FreeCEN FreeREG |
www.freecen.org.uk www.freereg.org.uk |
Census & Parish Registers (coverage still sparse, see web sites for details) |
| GRO Web Site | www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/ | On-line ordering of Birth, Marriage and Death certificates once you have the GRO reference, from FreeBMD etc. |
| Old Maps | www.old-maps.co.uk | First Edition OS maps of the UK |
| UK Multimap | uk.multimap.com | Modern maps of the UK, plus aerial photographs |
| Google Maps | maps.google.co.uk | Modern maps of the UK, plus aerial photographs |
| 1901 Census 1911 Census |
www.1901censusonline.com www.1911census.co.uk |
Free to access index. Pay-per-view to see full data. |
| RootsWeb | www.rootsweb.com | Host for many genealogical resources, including the following two items. |
| OXFORDSHIRE-L | lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/ENG/OXFORDSHIRE.html | Oxfordshire Mailing List |
| OXSIL | http://www.oxsil.org.uk/ | Ox. Surname Interest List |
| GENUKI | www.genuki.org.uk | Genealogy Resources for UK and Ireland including the following two items: |
| Mailing List Index | www.genuki.org.uk/indexes/MailingLists.html | Mailing Lists |
| Surname List Index | www.genuki.org.uk/indexes/SurnamesLists.html | Surname Interest Lists |
| Federation of Family History Societies | www.ffhs.org.uk www.familyhistoryonline.net |
Federation's Web Site Pay-per-view Database |
| Cyndi's List | www.cyndislist.com | Vast list of genealogy links, worldwide. |
| Oxfordshire County Council | www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxfordshirestudies
www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oro www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/heritagesearch |
Oxfordshire Studies (OxS)
Record Office (ORO) Heritage Search |
| Oxfordshire Health Archives | www.oxfordshirehealtharchives.nhs.uk | Historic Archives of Oxfordshire's NHS Hospitals |
| Oxfordshire VCH | www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk/Counties/Oxfordshire/Home | Victoria County History of Oxfordshire |
| British History Online (Oxfordshire content) |
www.british-history.ac.uk | A wealth of original material |
| England's Past for Everyone | www.englandspastforeveryone.org.uk/Counties/Oxfordshire | Oxfordshire material on EPE web site. |
| National Archives | www.nationalarchives.gov.uk | With global search facility |
| A2A | www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a | Access to Archives |
| Your Archives | http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ | Contributed Knowledge of the National Archives |
| FamilyRecords.gov.uk | http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk | Links to various government records for family historians |
| Gazettes Online | http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk | London, Edinburgh & Belfast Gazettes (Deed Poll etc.) |
| Historical Directories | www.historicaldirectories.org | Large range of digitised UK directories. |
| ViewFinder | http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk | English Heritage's on-line image resource including many photographs by Oxford's Henry Taunt. |
| GRO for Scotland | www.gro-scotland.gov.uk | Entry to all the on-line resources of the GRO for Scotland |
| Scotlands People | www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk | On-line Scottish Genealogical Records (Pay-per-view) |
| Scots Origins | www.scotsorigins.com | Enhanced Scottish IGI data. |
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission | www.cwgc.org | Details of servicemen killed in action. |
| UK National Inventory of War Memorials | www.ukniwm.org.uk | Records of memorials throughout the UK. |
| Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry | www.gutenberg.org/etext/20395 | Downloadable text from Project Gutenberg, of "The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry" by G. K. Rose |
| Thames Valley Recusants | www.hadland.me.uk/rec.html | Includes the full text of Tony Hadland's book "Thames Valley Papists" |
| OFHS | www.ofhs.org.uk | Oxfordshire Family History Society |
| Etymology | www.etymonline.com | Origins of words, placenames, etc. |
| Palaeography | www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/ | How to read old documents (part of National Archives web site) |
| Latin Names | www.freereg.org.uk/howto/latinnames.htm | A useful list of the Latinised versions of names found in old registers, wills and on monuments (part of FreeREG web site) |