At our Resource Centre, located at 82 Lights Street in Woodstock ON, we offer an extensive, hands-on resource collection, staffed by volunteers to help you discover your family history.
The following is a list of the resources aids and materials that researchers will find at our library.
Oxford Resources
Birth, Marriage, Death Records
-Registrar’s Birth (1869-1911) Indexes and Registers
-Marriages (1784-1925) and Death (1869-1935) Indexes only
-Newspaper Indexes (1840s-1930s)
-Church Registers (for some churches) and Indexes
Cemetery Transcriptions
Census microfilm reels and Indexes of Oxford County
-1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 (incomplete)
Court Indexes
-Probate (1793-1859)
-Surrogate (1793-1839)
-Estate Files (1841-1966)
-Guardianships (1859-1868)
-Wills (1841-1901), Estate Files (1901-1930
(Index for these Wills can be found here)
County Gazetteers and Directories
-1852-1915 incomplete series
Woodstock City Directories
-1901, 1903, 1922 to 1998
Genealogies and Pedigree Charts
(See a partial listing of family histories in our collection)
Histories
-Local Histories
-Tweedsmuir Histories
-Church Histories
-Petworth Emigration Scheme 1830s
-Scrapbooks
-School Histories and some Yearbooks
Business Index and 1871 Industrial Index
Crown Land Indexes
Land Ownership Maps and Atlases
-1857, 1875, 1896, 1917-1920
Militia Nominal Rolls (1798-1855) and Oxford Rifles History
Newspaper Collections on Microfilm
-Ayr (1936-1967)
-Embro (1860-1931)
-Norwich (1930-1985)
-Tavistock (1888-1929)
-Thamesford (1979-1984)
Obituary Collection
-extensive collection of obituaries from local newspapers.
Voters Lists (1850s to 1950s)
Additional Resources and Aids
Resources similar to those listed in the left column are held for counties bordering Oxford
Ontario-wide indexes include:
-District Marriages (1801-1857)
-County Marriages (1858-1869)
-Ontario Birth, Marriages, Deaths (1869-1900s)
-Roman Catholic (1828-1870)
-Church Newspapers, Methodist, Baptists
-Census 1871Courts: Probate (1793-1859) and Surrogate (1793-1900)
Canada-wide resources:
-1881 Census; 1873 Directory; Divorce Index (1867-1930)
Additional Resources:
-Hawke Papers
-Loyalists Lists
-Land Records c.1780-1900
-Military Honour Rolls (1866 – 1853) – Fenian -Raids, Northwest Rebellion,S. Africa, Korea
-Ontario Genealogical Society & Branch -Newsletters
United Kingdom:
-1880 Census Index; Genealogy Research; Histories
IGI to 1988