If you do a Genuki Oxfordshire search that will show you the link to the Libraries and Record Offices and they will be able to advise you as to what newspapers etc they hold and how you can view them. Hope this helps. The web page is www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxfordshirestudies or the Record Office is www.oxfordshire/gov.uk/oro Regards Sue -----Original Message----- From: Chris Howes [mailto:descent@wildplaces.co.uk] Sent: 12 July 2011 17:25 To: Oxfordshire genealogy group Subject: [OXF] Newspaper reporting I'm trying to get a feel for what level of reporting might exist in newspapers from Oxford(shire) in the 1900s to 1930s period. With regret, I'm not in Oxford to simply take a look. I'm aware of things like Jackson's Journal, but not necessarily what they reported. I'm assuming there would have been formal birth, marriage and death notices. And major national (or international) news reported, unless that was left to The Times etc. There would presumably have been formal notices covering other items such as land sales. But how about social events? Smaller events happening in the shire, like a local cricket match or similar? This comes down to finding another photo, this of my great grandmother accepting (with an unknown partner) a trophy for tennis (they are both holding racquets). It's again in poor condition, but the people are recognisable. Other photos (not tennis) show the same man (who was not her husband) so locating a possible report on a tennis tournament that mentions the name of Beatrice (or Lillian, her other name) Dunkley would potentially not only give me a date but also another name to match with other photos. To what extent is any Oxon paper likely to carry this sort of report, and is it then a case of page turning or are any of them scanned and searchable? Chris Howes