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

Chris wrote: > 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. > 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? Dunno about earlier -- I wasn't around -- but certainly by the fifties The Oxford Times (weekly) carried short pieces by local reporters from the villages -- just the sort of thing that you're looking for, in fact. Come to think of it, it recorded my grandfather's death in 1915, not as a "Death" or an Obit, but just as a news item from Ramsden. Though how you'd track down a specific item is another matter :-) DaveB

Hi David,     I think the custom was not as it is e today for the general public the TIMES  may well have covered the rich and famous but thats all                       From: David Beames <dave.beames@ntlworld.com> To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, 12 July 2011, 18:50 Subject: Re: [OXF] Newspaper reporting Chris wrote: > 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. > 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? Dunno about earlier -- I wasn't around -- but certainly by the fifties The Oxford Times (weekly) carried short pieces by local reporters from the villages -- just the sort of thing that you're looking for, in fact. Come to think of it, it recorded my grandfather's death in 1915, not as a "Death" or an Obit, but just as a news item from Ramsden. Though how you'd track down a specific item is another matter :-) DaveB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have you considered joining, supporting, or becoming involved with, Oxfordshire Family History Society www.ofhs.org.uk ?  To join, click on Membership at the left at www.ofhs.org.uk. ------------------------------- 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