Oxfordshire Family History

If your ancestors came from Oxfordshire, you can use these family history, genealogy and local history records to trace them.

Archives

• Oxfordshire Archives
• Oxfordshire Archives Search

BMDs & Parish Records

• England BMDs
• FreeBMD
• Oxfordshire Archdeacon’s Marriage Bonds
  Gives the name of the bride and groom, their parish, and the name of a bondsman, who was often a relative. Once in a while it gave other information such as age of couple, or permission to be married from the parents for someone who was underage. The index was alphabetised by grooms names for each year.
  There are over 20,000 marriage bonds in the index available to download in PDF format.
• Oxfordshire Parish Records

Cemeteries & Graves

• Bicester Church Graves & Inscriptions
• Find A Grave
  Records from many locations around the county.
• Oxfordshire Cemetery Records
• Oxfordshire Gravestones
• North Leigh, St. Mary’s, Monumental Inscriptions
  With images; click on the “Ref.”.

Census Records

• Census 1841-1921
  Search the census records from 1841-1921, plus the 1939 Register all at once.
• FreeCen
  Has a good, but not complete, selection of free records to search and view.

Criminals and Convicts

• Criminal Ancestor Records
• Oxford City Executions 1778-1921 (PDF)

Electoral Registers & Tax

• Electoral Registers 1832-1932
• Oxford Electors 1841
• Oxford Hearth Tax 1665
• Oxford Window Tax 1696

Historical Directories

• Historical Directories of Oxfordshire
• Oxford Directory 1783
• Oxfordshire 1853
  Directory and gazetteer of the county of Oxford, containing a descriptive account of each place in the county
• Oxfordshire 1876
  Harrod’s Royal County Directory.
• Kelly’s Oxfordshire Directory 1883
• Directory of Finmere People
  Compiled from trade and other directories published between 1847-1969.

Local History

• Domesday Book Oxfordshire
• GENUKI Oxfordshire
• History of Oxfordshire 1899
• Place Names of Oxfordshire

Miscellaneous

• Old Oxfordshire Maps
• Oxfordshire Parish Maps
• Oxfordshire Newspaper Collection 1710-1953
• Visitations of Oxfordshire
• RootsChat Oxfordshire
  A popular forum for seeking and giving help with research.
• Oxfordshire Family History Society
  The OFHS has many resources for anyone researching genealogy in Oxfordshire. The online resources available include memorial inscriptions, will transcriptions and an Oxfordshire surname interests list.

Military Records

• British Military Records
• History of the Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia 1778-1900
• Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
• Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry During WWII
• Oxfordshire’s Regiments
• Oxfordshire Roll of Honour
• Oxford University Roll of Service WWI
  Contains the names of 14,561 members of the University who served in the armed forces.

Occupations

• British Apprentices 1710-1808
• Thames Valley Police Roll of Honour
• High Sheriff of Oxfordshire
• Lost Pubs of Oxfordshire

Photos and Postcards

• Historic Oxford Images
  The Picture Oxon online image library contains over 145,000 photographs, prints, drawings, and printed maps held by Oxfordshire History Centre.
• Images of Old Oxford
• Old Images of Oxfordshire

Schools and Education

• Oxford University Alumni 1500-1714
• Oxford University Alumni 1715-1886

Surnames

• Oxfordshire Surname Interest List
  The Oxfordshire Surname Interest List is aimed at family historians and genealogists who are researching names in the English county of Oxfordshire.
  You can search for names and get results about the timeframe, place and how to contact the researcher. You can also add your own surname interests.
• Oxfordshire Surnames 1881

Wills and Probate

• Cumnor Wills to 1851
• Oxfordshire Probate 1550-1590
• Oxfordshire Transcribed Wills
• Oxfordshire Wills 1516-1857

Workhouses

• Banbury
• Bicester
• Chipping Norton
• Headington
• Henley
• Oxford
• Thame
• Witney
• Woodstock