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Oxfordshire "wills library" - April update
« on: Saturday 26 April 08 13:28 BST (UK) »
In December I posted about the Oxfordshire FHS's latest project - that
of creating a "wills library".

It's linked from the yellow web resources box at www.ofhs.org.uk

There are now 680 documents on the site, and 7,700 "name mentions".

So - a significant library already !  Do go & explore - there have been a
lot of additions since December! If you find exciting links (your ancestor
may have been mentioned in someone else's will) - do post about it.  We'd
love to feature some connections made through the "library" in our next
journal.

And - if you have will transcripts - the library will grow if you dig deep,
and forward them to Dave Beames, project coordinator. Details about that
aspect are on the site.  About 80 folk visit the site each day.  If you have
a will uploaded to the site, you're welcome to link to it from your own
website.

Thanks, Dave, and Alan Simpson, who's worked on the software behind the
scenes. !

Wendy
Chairman, Oxfordshire FHS
chairman at ofhs.org.uk
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Re: Oxfordshire "wills library" - April update
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 26 April 08 14:01 BST (UK) »
yipee ....i have finally found an ancestors will  Grin  Grin

Richard Tallett from Blenheim Park..1782.......thanks so much  Grin


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Re: Oxfordshire "wills library" - April update
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 26 April 08 16:10 BST (UK) »
Nothing for me yet, but I've put it in Favourites, because one day...........
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Bartlett/Henley on Thames
Caponhurst/Buckinghamshire and?
Denchfield/North Marston/Bucks
Webb/Winchester
Mathias/Pembroke/Pembroke Dock
Smith/Portsmouth/Portsea
Purchas/Bucks and?
Olliffe/Bucks
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Re: Oxfordshire "wills library" - April update
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 26 April 08 17:14 BST (UK) »
[quote author=PaulaToo Nothing for me yet, but I've put it in Favourites, because one day...........
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Paula -

You list as an interest BARTLETT of Henley on Thames.

There are wills at Oxfordshire Record Office of:

Alice, wid., 1531

Thos., baker, 1632

Ralph, 1661

Robert, wheelwright, Northfield End, Henley, 1805

Mary, widow, Northfield End, Henley, 1808

Mary, widow, 1819


(Across the whole period there are more for Watlington.)

So - if any seems relevant to your line - please think about contributing them to the collection !

Wendy
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Re: Oxfordshire "wills library" - April update
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 26 April 08 19:50 BST (UK) »
Unfortunately I can't connect to any of those, Wendy.
Though I am seriously considering Robert 1805.
I have Bett Bartlett being born in Henley 1766 with a father Robert and mother Mary...
It could be that Robert 1805 and Mary widow 1808 are Bett's parents.
This is where I fall of that branch, so perhaps it is worth a look.
Thanks for drawing my attention to them....
I'll let you know what happens......
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Bartlett/Henley on Thames
Caponhurst/Buckinghamshire and?
Denchfield/North Marston/Bucks
Webb/Winchester
Mathias/Pembroke/Pembroke Dock
Smith/Portsmouth/Portsea
Purchas/Bucks and?
Olliffe/Bucks
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