Oxfordshire research....

[ElizabethHerts]

Rick, that is very interesting. I just hope that we don't have too long to wait.

[Merry]

Thanks Kate.

Thanks Rick, I will be checking that link on a regular basis!

Marg - lol re the priest!

[Rick]

I first found out in September Merry and I've been checking every week since. I'm not known for my patience !!

The digitisation should be the longest part Elizabeth, so once the legals are resolved then loading and indexing the images shouldn't take too long. Mind you, it's almost three years since someone at the Gloucestershire archives let slip they were getting Ancestry to do theirs and I'm still waiting. Suffolk is also apparently on the way, but I don't know who the provider is there either.

[kiterunner]

Originally Posted by Rick

Suffolk is also apparently on the way, but I don't know who the provider is there either.

I hope they hurry up with that one!

[Merry]

Looking at the OFHS site.........

http://www.ofhs.org.uk/CDsales.html

If I look at the list of the PR transcripts available (at £17.50 a shot) there is nothing to say what the coverage dates are for each parish. However, towards the top of the page it states:

See Oxfordshire Parish Registers and Bishops Transcripts (see our Book Sales page) for full details of register and transcript availability.

So, I clicked the link for Book Sales, but the only ref I could see for Oxfordshire Parish Registers and Bishops Transcripts is this one:

BKS-OO-07 Oxfordshire Parish Registers and Bishop's Transcripts (by Colin Harris) £4.00

So, I have to pay £4 just to see the coverage of the CD costing £17.50?

I know £4 isn't a lot of money, but it sounds like a cash cow to me.

If I wanted to search all the parishes in a 5 miles radius I would have to buy four CDs - so £70 plus the £4.



Oh, does anyone have the £4 book?

[kiterunner]

Google Book Search shows that some libraries have it, but none very near to you as far as I can see, Merry.

[kiterunner]

But the OFHS site has a PDF with all the dates in; there are links to it on this page:
http://www.ofhs.org.uk/CDsales.html#prs

[Merry]

Oh, thanks Kate!

[Merry]

.......Well, now I know if I spent the £70 I would have a chance at getting back further, but only if my ancestors came from within about 5 miles of Swalcliffe and also not from Warwickshire which isn't too far!

Maybe I'll have to wait and see if they ever come online..........

[Mary from Italy]

Most of Warwickshire's on Ancestry, if you need it.