This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Wendy_Archer Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.castle/333.536.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello Andrew - I'm not sure whether you mean you're hoping to go to Oxfordshire Studies (OxS) in Westgate in Oxford, or the Records Office (ORO), not so central, in Cowley. But both are closed on a Monday. You might like to join Oxfordshire Family History Society www.ofhs.org.uk and support genealogy in Oxfordshire? You'd receive three packed journals a year. Whichever of the two places you go to later in the week (and OFHS has helpers at OxS on Tuesday afternoons, Thursday mornings and Fridays) you need to use both the transcribed parish registers *and* the Search Services - you can search baptism and burial databases on computer at both places. And you can buy the transcripts on CD also, from OFHS directly through the website, or at OxS or ORO. There's a help contact at www.ofhs.org.uk if you'd like more help from the Society. And we have an upcoming Open Day in October in Woodstock - you might find that of interest. Wendy Chairman, Oxfordshire FHS www.ofhs.org.uk Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.