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    1. [GEN-EVENTS] Oxfordshire FHS meeting - Monday 28 July 2008
    2. All The next meeting of the Oxfordshire Family History Society will take place on Monday 28 July 2008 at the usual venue at Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1AB. Doors open at 7.15pm for coffee, help with both genealogy and computers, and the bookstall, CD sales, exchange journals and the library. The subject of the talk will see Liz Carter act as a Lady Workhouse Visitor from Cambridgeshire in 1891. She will be addressing the local ratepayers of Kidlington about life in a workhouse and her role as visitor. After the presentation, Liz will then jump forward to 2008 to answer questions relating to the poor law up to 1948. Our speaker Liz Carter lives in Cambridgeshire, and is highly experienced professional researcher, author and lecturer. Her website at _www.backtracks.biz_ (http://www.backtracks.biz/) gives more information about her. All members, potential members and their guests are welcome. For directions as to how to get to the Exeter Hall, please see :- _http://www.ofhs.org.uk/ExeterHall.html_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk/ExeterHall.html) For a list of future OFHS meetings, please see :- _http://www.ofhs.org.uk/meetings.html_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk/meetings.html) Any queries, please contact me off-list. Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer Oxfordshire Family History Society Web : _http://www.ofhs.org.uk/_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk/)

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