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From: "Hannah Miller" <>
Subject: Re: Oxfordshire Baptism Index I am willing to help
Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2001 18:36:16 -0000


Hello Philip
I don`t have a fiche reader and I live in Lancs. but if I can
help with anything let me know I am willing to do something to help.
Hannah


>From: "Philip Wood" <>
>Reply-To:
>To:
>Subject: Re: Oxfordshire Baptism Index
>Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 14:28:02 +0100
>
>First, this is not the right list (though you're close) - Oxfordshire
>matters are, not surprisingly, covered by the
>list.
>
>As Oxfordshire "stole" a large chunk of Berkshire in 1974 there is a great
>deal of overlap between the two county FHSs. OFHS have done a lot of
>transcription work in old North Berks.
>
>The Oxfordshire Family History Society (www.ofhs.org.uk) have a "complete"
>marriage index (I have found the odd marriage that has been missed on the
>fiche issue - but cannot comment on the current computer based index).
>
>The index can be consulted at several libraries and the Oxfordshire Record
>Office - and lookups are fairly common on the Oxford list. Alternatively
>OFHS offer a lookup service or will sell it on fiche.
>
>A baptism index is in preparation - and is going very well. The bottleneck
>at present appears to be finding volunteers to check transcription queries
>against the original registers (any volunteers let me know). Certain
>officers of the OFHS have the partial index (continually being updated) and
>will do occasional lookups for the Oxfordshire list members.
>
>Milton was in Berkshire, Great Milton was and is in Oxfordshire.
>
>Great Milton entries 1558-1837 are in the OFHS Marriage Index.
>
>Phil
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "kerri parker" <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 10:04 AM
>Subject: Re: Oxfordshire Baptism Index
>
>
> > Hi
> > I noticed discussion about the limited index for Oxford ( I hope this
>is
> > the right list!)
> > I have a family who migrated to Australia in 1854. according to their
> > immigration records they were from Oxfordshire.
> > I wonder if they would appear on the baptism index or ? marriage index??
> > They are Charles PHIPPS c 7/10/1806 according to his age on arrival
>papers
> > and an IGI entry
> > Mary PHIPPS nee CROZIER b around 1808 ( crozier given
>as
> > her maiden name on her daughters marriage and is her daughters middle
>name)
> > there is a marriage on the IGI ? from the marriage index for a Chas
>Fipps
> > and Elizabeth in great Milton in 1806 ? Charles parents
> > I am looking for my Charles and Marys's marriage 1829/30 and for marys
> > birth
> > . Any hope??? Thanks kerri
> >
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