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| − | |The county is mainly agricultural in terms of its production, with paper, brick and cement manufacture all apparent.
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| − | Famed for its university city of 'Dreaming Spires', the county is also home to the River Thames and its tributaries, the Cotswolds and the Chiltern Hills.
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| − | In Bladon, just south of Blenheim Palace, is the resting place of Winston Churchill and Lady Randolph Churchill.
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| − | | Flora Thompson’s semi-autobiographical novel, “Lark Rise to Candleford” describes her childhood in the 1880s in the hamlet of Juniper in the north of the county.
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| − | '''County town:''' Oxford
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| − | '''Other major towns:''' Witney, Abingdon, Bicester, Banbury
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| − | '''[[Places_of_Worship:Oxfordshire| Oxfordshire Places of Worship]]'''
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| − | '''[http://www.familytreeforum.com/regional-projects/ Regional Projects Forum]'''
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| − | | [[Image: EnglandOxfordshire.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
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| − | ==Resources==
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| − | '''Primary Reference'''
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| − | *[http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/wps/portal/publicsite/councilservices?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=http://apps.oxfordshire.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Internet/Council%20Services/Leisure%20and%20culture/History%20and%20heritage/Oxfordshire%20Record%20Office/ '''County Record Office''']
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| − | *[http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/wps/portal/publicsite/councilservices?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=http://apps.oxfordshire.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Internet/Council+Services/Leisure+and+culture/Libraries/ County Library Service]
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| − | *[http://www.ofhs.org.uk/ Oxfordshire Family History Society]
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| − | '''Countywide Interest'''
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| − | *[http://www.oxfordshirechurches.info/ Oxfordshire Churches]
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| − | *[http://www.ontalink.com/genealogy/counties/oxfordshire/ Oxfordshire Genealogy Research]
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| − | *[http://www.british-genealogy.com/resources/books/directories/fwc025oxf/intro/index.htm 1830 Pigot's Directory]
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| − | *[http://www.gravematters.org.uk/ Transcribing Monumental Inscriptions ~ Oxfordshire and Berkshire]
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| − | *[http://whipple.org/oxford/marriagebonds.html Oxfordshire Marriage Bonds 1634-1849]
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| − | *[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/oxfordshire/index.html Oxfordshire Parishes and Villages]
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| − | *[http://www.oxsil.org.uk/ Oxfordshire Surname Interest List]
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| − | *[http://www.prole.demon.co.uk/wg/index.htm South Oxfordshire War Memorials]
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| − | *[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engsurry/oxf.htm Surrey Plus Wills Index: Oxfordshire]
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| − | *[http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ Transcribed Wills for Oxfordshire]
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| − | *[http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk/Counties/Oxfordshire/Home Victoria County History: Oxfordshire]
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| − | '''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
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| − | *[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ Banbury Area Family History]
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| − | *[http://www.achurchnearyou.com/documents/2008-08-27_16_1219826860.pdf Benson burials 1841-1964]
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| − | *[http://www.cowleyhistory.org.uk/ Cowley History]
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| − | *[http://www.cropredyvillage.info/T%20of%20C%20Contents.htm Cropredy Village]
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| − | *[http://users.ox.ac.uk/~malcolm/genuki/big/eng/OXF/Cuddesdon/mi.txt Transcribed Names from Memorials and Graves in Cuddesdon Churchyard]
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| − | *[http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/external/cumnor/index.html Cumnor Information]
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| − | *[http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/external/cumnor/index.html The Cumnor Parish Record]
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| − | *[http://www.deddington.org.uk/ Deddington OnLine]
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| − | *[http://www.eynsham.org/eynhistgen.html Eynsham History]
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| − | *[http://www.faringdon.org/hyhistory1.htm Faringdon Online]
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| − | *[http://www.headington.org.uk/family_history/index.htm Headington Area Family History site]
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| − | *[http://oxford-consultants.tripod.com/a_history_of_horton_cum_studley.htm A History of Horton cum Studley]
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| − | *[http://www.horspath.org.uk/ Horspath]
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| − | *[http://www.moonrakers.org.uk/md/Probate-Docs/waout0.html Index of names from wills etc pre 1858 (Hungerford & Wantage etc)]
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| − | *[http://www.kennington.org/ Kennington]
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| − | *[http://www.kbsonline.org.uk/ Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor]
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| − | *[http://www.leighton-linslade.com/lbo/index.php Index to the Leighton Buzzard Observer]
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| − | *[http://www.lewknor.org.uk/genealogy.htm Lewknor Genealogy]
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| − | *[http://www.littlecoxwell.org.uk/ Little Coxwell]
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| − | *[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/oxfordshire/netherworton/index.html Nether Worton]
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| − | *[http://home.btconnect.com/stgiles_noke/fhistory.htm Church of St Giles, Noke]
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| − | *[http://radleyvillage.org.uk/index.html Radley Village]
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| − | *[http://www.thame.net/history.htm Thame]
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| − | *[http://www.le.ac.uk/ar/njc10/wallingford_project/ Wallingford Burh to Borough Research Project]
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| − | *[http://sites.google.com/site/wallingfordhistorygateway/Home Wallingford History Gateway]
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| − | '''Maps and Photographs'''
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| − | *[http://www.ofhs.org.uk/web/ofhs.html Map of Oxfordshire Parishes]
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| − | *[http://www.oxfordshirechurches.info/ Oxfordshire Churches]
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| − | *[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=oxfordshire Gravestone Photographs ]
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| − | ==Register Office==
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| − | Copy certificates for the whole of Oxfordshire can be ordered online via the county registration service.
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| − | '''Oxford Register Office'''
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| − | 1 Tidmarsh Lane <br>
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| − | Oxford<br>
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| − | Tel 0845 129 5900<br>
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| − | E-mail: registeroffice@oxfordshire.gov.uk<br>
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| − | ''N.B. A handling charge of £1.50 is made for credit card payments''
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| − | ==Requests for Research and Photographs in this area==
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| − | Please read the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Research_Offers Terms and Conditions] before requesting a lookup.<br>
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| − | A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/ Research Offers forum] or on the following pages in the Wiki:<br>
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| − | *[[Research Offers: Cemetery]]
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| − | *[[Research Offers: Photograph]]
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| − | *[[Research Offers: Probate]]
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| − | *[[Research Offers: Record Office/Archive]]
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| − | If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location, please leave a message on our [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/73000-volunteers-needed-records-office-cemetery-lookups-photos.html Volunteers Needed thread].
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