Family History Resources
Here are links and information to help in Family History.
Historically Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor was in Berkshire, but in 1974 as a result of Local Government re-organisation the Northern part of Berkshire within the Vale of White Horse was moved into Oxfordshire.
I hope these genealogical resources will prove useful. Both Berkshire and Oxfordshire resources are shown.
Starting Family History
Family History Societies covering the area
Oxfordshire FHS offers:
Census Enumerators' Books (with indexes and other finding aids);
Census Indexes; Marriage Indexes; The Oxfordshire Family Historian;
Parish Registers;
Monumental Inscriptions; Oxford City Guardians of the Poor Reports
Berkshire FHS - provides the 'research' services: via Family History Online the society provides a search and inspect Berkshire data on the Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS) on a Pay-per-View basis. Offers fiche and CD publications of Parish Registers and Monumental Inscriptions.
A branch of the Berkshire FHS is the Vale of White Horse Branch and meetings are held in Abingdon.
Further Berkshire FHS - Resources
Registrar's Office for Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor and area is at Abingdon
Abingdon Registration District
Registration County : Berkshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Abingdon; Cumnor; Fyfield; Nuneham Courtenay; Sutton
Courtenay.
GRO volumes : VI (1837-51); 2c (1852-1946); 6A (1946-74).
Berkshire FHS - Registration of Birth Marriages and Deaths - English and Welsh Register Offices
IGI Batch Numbers - British Isles and North America - Hugh Wallis's website on IGI Batch Numbers. If followed you are able to find partial transcripts of Parish Registers for places within the UK
Welcome to Headington - a website all about Headington, Oxford - a delight for family historians researching in the Headington area.
Names, Faces and Dates
Oxfordshire Surname List - Surname Interest List
Genealogical Mailing Lists hosted by Rootsweb
Berkshire FHS Members Interests - Surnames under research by members
Berkshire FHS Birth Briefs - ancestral or pedigree charts drawn up by members
County surnames for the UK - A general surname search index
South Derbyshire Genealogy Pages - out of area but we have Derbyshire interests.
Oxfordshire Heritage search - About Oxfordshire
The Centre for Oxfordshire Studies on the English Heritage website, has some wonderful photographs and stories. Do a search.
Oxfordshire Faces - Faces of Oxfordshire - Family Faces - Add your photos. Superb site which is growing - add your Oxfordshire photographs here.
Derbyshire Photos - Photographers & Photographic Studios in Derbyshire. Many Derbyshire Faces to be seen here, which will give ideas of dress and hair styles at different dates. An excellent site.
Date old Photographs - What decade is this photograph from?
What year was this Photograph taken? - Dating Old Photographs and see how our ancestors looked.
What day was this on? The day you were born. Try this online date calculator
St Giles, Noke, Oxfordshire - for research in Noke
Oxford Archdeacon's Marriage Bond - includes 1662 Hearth Tax
Mourning Attire
John Johnson Collection Exhibition - notes on cartes de vsite etc., and Mourning Warehouses.
Workhouses for this area
Faringdon; Faringdon inmates 1881 Census; Abingdon
The whole of the Workhouses web, which is a wonderful site is here.
History web sites
Wikipedia defines History as 'the study of past human events and activities'The Victoria County Histories - The Greatest Publishing Project in English Local History
This Day in History - What happened today in History?
BBC History - various links on this history site
Online Hyper History - HyperHistory is an expanding scientific project presenting 3,000 years of world history
The Best of History Websites - Best of History Web Sites is an award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 1000 history web sites
Maps of county and area
Oxfordshire Maps - Maps of Oxfordshire and previously North Berkshire parishes - an interactive map
British History Online - Maps of the County and area
Multi Map showing Kingston Bagpuize area
Modern map of Kingston Bagpuize - taken from Kingston Bagpuize-a sense of place, available from Longworth and area History Society
Old-Maps for Abingdon area - search for Abingdon
Counties of England, Wales and Scotland prior to Boundary Changes
Community Archives - a group of the National Council on Archives.