| GENERAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION |
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Family historians with links to Oxfordshire are fortunate in having a wealth of transcribed data available, as a result of the efforts of many volunteers over the years. Much of this has now been indexed and is held on computer. (This indexing is still ongoing. If you have a little spare time and would be prepared to help, we would be delighted to hear from you.) The indexes presently available are described in detail below. The role of OFHS Search Services is to help you find people by means of these indexes. Note that this is all that we can do. I am sorry, but we simply do not have the resources to do general research for people, nor to find data that is not included in one of these indexes. When requesting a search, as an absolute minimum, please specify the following three things:
What Type of Search you want Particularly with popular names, it helps if you can provide suggestions for any of the following: Date of the Event, Ages, Locations, Names and Ages of other family members. The sections which follow will provide you with more details about the types of searches we can offer, the indexes we have available and how to request a search. Note that many of the indexes and transcripts used for the search service can also be purchased from our Online Shop in the form of CDs or by download. If you have a large number of ancestors to find in a particular location, this can be more cost-effective than ordering a lot of searches. Click on the links for details. |
| THE THREE TYPES OF SEARCH |
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1. Search for an Individual Event Baptism, Marriage, or Burial for a specific person, or Census Entry for a specific household. If found, we supply full details. (See the individual indexes below, for the form these details will take.) 2. Search for a List of Names Up to 70 entries for a specified surname, from a specified index. We supply just the index
entries. If there are more than 70 entries these can be supplied for an additional search fee
for each additional 70 entries. With popular names ask for a quote first! We can reduce the
numbers by restricting to a specific forename, date-range or location.
3. Supplying Census Prints Not really a Search at all. If you already have census index information from microfiche
or CDROM indexes you have purchased, you can use the Search Service to order
full household details in the form described for the individual censuses below.
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| ORDERING INFORMATION |
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All prices are quoted in UK Pounds. Orders can most conveniently be placed by sending an email request to searches@ofhs.uk and when the search has been carried out the results sent to you by return email, which will also include a "payment link" allowing you to make a payment for the correct amount, via our Online Shop (as described below). It is also possible to place an order by post if you prefer, In which case it should be accompanied by a cheque for the total amount and a stamped, self-addressed envelope (SAE) for us to return the results to you. This should be sent to:
Please make cheques payable to O.F.H.S. Overseas customers should note that such cheques should be in sterling and drawn on a UK clearing bank. We cannot accept cheques in foreign currency or drawn on a non-UK bank. In all cases, if in doubt please email for a quotation. |
| PAYING FOR YOUR SEARCHES ON-LINE |
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It is now possible to pay for your searches on-line, using PayPal or your credit or debit card. You can combine as many searches as you want in one order and if you wish, you may also include other on-line purchases from the OFHS on-line shopping facility in the same order. Secure payments can be made using any of the following: Whatever your national currency, you can purchase at the British prices shown using your credit or debit card - the final amount will be converted into your own currency and deducted from your account. You can use, for instance, the Quick Converter at www.xe.com to give you a guide to your expenditure. Because searches are not a fixed-price catalogue item, you will not find a "SEARCH" button to click on our on-line shopping pages. Instead, here is how it works:
Please contact us by email at online-sales@ofhs.org.uk if you think anything has gone wrong with your online purchase. Alternatively you may also contact us by telephone on 01865 358151 (+44 1865 358151 from outside the UK). Please note that the above email address and phone number should only be used for reporting problems with your on-line purchase. Requests for Search Services should be emailed to: searches@ofhs.uk or may be sent by post to Dr Alan Simpson at the address given above. Sorry, but we are not able to handle Search Service requests by telephone. |
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Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000, applicable in the United Kingdom and European Union only. A customer has the right to cancel an order for goods within seven working days of the receipt of the goods. This seven day period excludes Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays. Written notification of intention to cancel should be received by the Society within the "cooling off" period. On receipt of due notice, the Society will refund the retail sale price of the goods if they are returned in a re-saleable condition. The return of the goods is at the customer's risk, and the costs involved must be met by the customer. The Society will process the refund within thirty days of receipt of the returned goods. |
| DOWNLOAD A GUIDE TO USING OFHS SEARCH SERVICES |
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| A Guide to using the Oxfordshire Family History Society Search Services
is available as a text document in RTF format (this is readable by most word
processing programs).
It is intended to be printed on two sides of A4 paper
for use as a quick-reference guide.
It may be downloaded by clicking here |
| 1841 CENSUS for OXFORDSHIRE |
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The index covers the whole present-day county of Oxfordshire.
A search for an individual or household costs £1.50.
If found, the household entry will be supplied in the form of a
transcript (may be sent by email). Transcripts for up to three more, similar households
may be included within the basic fee, with additional similar households being
supplied at 35p each. (By "similar households", we mean households in the same location
having one or more members with the same surname as the original search.)
Note that less detail was included in the 1841 census than in later censuses. In particular, relationships between household members were not given and the only indication about place of birth was whether people were born in the county in which they were resident on census night. Ages of adults in this census were supposed to be rounded down to the nearest multiple of 5 years. Not all enumerators got this right! Finally there were a very few locations in Oxfordshire and North Berkshire which "belonged" to a different county in 1841 (some as "islands" completely surrounded by Oxfordshire). These were enumerated as part of their parent county and so do not appear in our index. Conversely there were a few similar places in neighbouring counties which belonged to Oxfordshire in 1841 and so do appear in our index for that year but not for later years. |
| 1851 CENSUS for OXFORDSHIRE |
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The index covers the whole present-day county of Oxfordshire.
A search for an individual or household costs £1.50.
If found, the household entry will be supplied in the form of a
transcript (may be sent by email). Transcripts for up to three more, similar households
may be included within the basic fee, with additional similar households being
supplied at 35p each. (By "similar households", we mean households in the same location
having one or more members with the same surname as the original search.)
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| 1861 CENSUS for OXFORDSHIRE |
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The index covers the whole present-day county of Oxfordshire,
with the exception of the Woodstock sub-district (for which
the enumerators' books have been lost).
A search for an individual or household costs £1.50.
If found, the household entry will be supplied in the form of a photocopy of the page
from the enumerator's book. (This must be sent by post, so UK orders should include an SAE.
For overseas orders we will add postage and packing at cost, but don't forget to tell
us your postal address!)
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| 1871, 1881, 1891 and 1901 CENSUSES for OXFORDSHIRE |
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These indexes cover the whole present-day county of Oxfordshire.
A search for an individual or household in any one of these indexes costs £1.50.
If found, the household entry will be supplied in the form of a photocopy of the page
from the enumerator's book. (This must be sent by post, so UK orders should include an SAE.
For overseas orders we will add postage and packing at cost, but don't forget to tell
us your postal address!)
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| OXFORDSHIRE BAPTISMS 1538 - 1851 |
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This index covers all the parishes of present-day
Oxfordshire. See the
Parish Coverage Map for details of the parishes included.
The index contains name, year, parents and parish for each baptism.
A search for an individual baptism costs £1.50.
If found, the full details from the parish register transcript will be provided.
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| OXFORD CITY BAPTISMS 1800 - 1837 |
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This index covers all the parishes within the city for the restricted date range
of 1800 - 1837. The index predates the main baptism index from a period when some city
parishes were not included in the latter and has been retained for historical reasons.
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| OXFORDSHIRE MARRIAGES 1538 - 1837 |
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This index covers the parishes of pre-1974 Oxfordshire. See the
Parish Coverage Map for details of the parishes included
in the pre-1974 county. The index contains the date and location of the marriage,
the names of both parties and their home parishes (if recorded). There are actually
two separate indexes, one indexed by husband's surname and the other by wife's surname.
A search for an individual marriage costs £1.50. We will search whichever index
is appropriate based on the surname(s) you provide. If you know the names of both
parties, we will automatically search the wife's index, if we fail to find the marriage
in the husband's index.
If found, the full details from the parish register transcript will be provided. This
will normally include witnesses names for marriages after 1753.
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| NORTH BERKSHIRE MARRIAGES 1538 - 1851 |
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This index covers the Berkshire parishes transferred to Oxfordshire
in the 1974 county boundary changes. See the
Parish Coverage Map for details of the parishes included
in the index. The index contains the date and location of the marriage,
the names of both parties and their home parishes (if recorded). There are actually
two separate indexes, one indexed by husband's surname and the other by wife's surname.
A search for an individual marriage costs £1.50. If you have requested a
search for an individual marriage in the Oxfordshire Marriage Index and we have
failed to find it in pre-1974 Oxfordshire, we will automatically extend the search
to North Berkshire, at no extra charge.
If found, the full details from the parish register transcript will be provided. This
will normally include witnesses names for marriages after 1753.
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| OXFORDSHIRE BURIALS 1538 - 1851 |
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This index covers all the parishes of present-day
Oxfordshire. See the
Parish Coverage Map for details of the parishes
included. The index contains name, year, age (where recorded) and parish for each burial.
A search for an individual burial costs £1.50.
If found, the full details from the parish register transcript will be provided.
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| OXFORD CITY CEMETERY GRAVE REGISTERS |
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This index covers the transcribed grave registers for the Oxford City Cemeteries
The index contains name, year, age (where recorded) and cemetery for each burial. A search for an individual burial costs £1.50. If found, the full details from the parish register transcript will be provided. Alternatively a list of index entries for a given surname can be supplied at £1.50 per 70 names. Please ask for a quote for popular names. |
| MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS |
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This index covers all monumental inscriptions available from the Society
either on CD or by download . See the
Parish Coverage Map for details of the parishes
where inscriptions have been transcribed. The index contains name, year, age
and location (or as many of these as were recorded in the transcript). Note that
we cannot provide the full text of an inscription as part of the search service.
These must be obtained by purchasing the CD or download from the Online Shop
for the graveyard concerned.
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