Oxfordshire Societies

Family history societies often publish helpful journals, transcripts, compiled genealogies and host helpful websites. They may have ongoing projects to transcribe records and create indexes. Most societies publish queries in their journals and maintain lists of members’ research interests that may be helpful to you. You may want to join one of these societies, reap the benefits of their expertise and resources, or support its efforts.

Addresses of the societies are for the most part where their meetings are held as they are by-and-large not brick-and-mortar institutions.

Henley Archaeological & Historical Group Website: Henley Archaeological & Historical Group

Oxfordshire Architectural & Historical Society Website: Oxfordshire Architectural & Historical Society

Oxfordshire Family History Society c/o Oxfordshire History Centre St. Lukes Church Temple Road Cowley Oxford, Oxfordshire OX4 2HT UK Website: Oxfordshire Family History Society

To search databases: Select the Heritage link at the bottom of the home page. The Oxfordshire Family History Society contains many valuable resources for researching in the parishes of Oxfordshire. Free online information includes detailed parish maps, a surname interest list, some memorial transcriptions, and hundreds of will transcriptions, including original text, simplified modern day translations, and concise lists of the relationships detailed in the will. In addition, an extensive collection of Oxfordshire records has been transcribed by members and can be purchased from the society on CD or microfiche. These records include Census Indexes, Marriage Indexes, Parish Registers, Monumental Inscriptions, and Oxford City Guardians of the Poor reports.