Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Wendy for that wonderful list. I will certainly use it. Anne On 6/19/2011 7:16 PM, Wendy Archer wrote: > Researchers of people in Oxfordshire may find pointers to undiscovered > treasures within Heritage Search. > It's at www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/heritagesearch > > If I search for a name of interest, I get a results list showing what > resources hold entries for the name in: > > Oxfordshire Historic Environment Record > Oxfordshire Museums Service > Oxfordshire Oral History Archive > Oxfordshire Photographic Archive > Oxfordshire Poor Law - Name Index > Oxfordshire Record Office > Oxfordshire Regiments - Collections > Oxfordshire Regiments - Documents > Oxfordshire Regiments - Service Record Index > Oxfordshire Studies Business Index > Oxfordshire Studies Catalogue > Oxfordshire Studies People Index > Pendon Museum > Vale& Downland Museum > > There is then more detail from each resource. For instance, in the > Oxfordshire Studies People Index a search for PULKER gave: > > > 1 Robert Pulker > Aged 46. Died - Mar 1855 - 56. > Oxford Board of Guardians Reports, 1856. > Reference OPI-54328 > > 2 Samuel Pulker > Apprentice to Thomas Johnson, wheelwright. > Oxford Freemen Index 1663-1997, 25.2.1820. > Reference OPI-60247 > > 3 John William Pulker > Apprentice to Henry Hall, printer. > Oxford Freemen Index 1663-1997, 16.6.1865. > Reference OPI-60246 > > 4 John Pulker > Aged 55?; labourer. Parish - Saint Thomas. In-door poor. > Oxford Board of Guardians Reports, 1906. > Reference OPI-52490 > > 5 Bill Pulker > Head, Oxonian Press, died aged 80. Obituary. > Oxford Times, 5.5.1972. p.2. > Reference OPI-32198 > > There are also entries in some of the other resources - for instance the > Record Office has: > > Recognizance of George Thomas Pulker of Thame, baker, 20/Nov/1830 > Defendants: George Robinson, Henry Bates, john Robinson, John Lewis& John > Rush > > There is also an Advanced Search enabling words to be combined, or excluded > from the search, etc. > > Wendy > > > _____________________________________________ > > Oxfordshire Surname Interest list - www.oxsil.org.uk Have you entered your names of interest? > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >