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Oxfordshire will transcriptions OFHS
Some of you will already be aware of this very welcome service provided by the Oxfordshire Family History Society, but I thought I'd give it another plug.
You can send in transcriptions, and they are made available in indexed form. You can easily search for other transcriptions too. http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/index.html I have started sending in my transcriptions, and I have been very pleased that I have. If you send the copy of the document, the very helpful site coordinator checks it against your transcription and helps with any problems. It must a labour of love, considering there are references to over 55,000 people. |
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Thanks, Elizabeth - I ought to do this as Ive gathered a substantial collection of Oxfordshire wills now
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The first of my transcriptions appeared yesterday, and I think he has more to put on. I'm working on a few more - one with a rather challenging inventory. Have you found any that you needed already transcribed? |
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Not yet but I'm immersed in one set of families at the moment and as they don't appear, I haven't looked properly through the other names.
As I've gathered so many lately, I must admit I've been making points and not fully transcribing them so I really need some time to spend on this:-) By the way, I have just subscribed to the Genealogist website and found an Oxfordshire will that I haven't found on Origins or the NA site. |
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That's interesting about the Genealogist website. I will have to take out a 3 day sub some time, but I'd need to make a list of what to look at.
Some of the wills on the OFHS website aren't fully transcribed, but just summarised. |
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I can't guarantee that the free trial is still available as I found it on Google rather than navigating the website. You would need to read the terms and conditions carefully to make sure you cancel in time. |
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I'm getting muddled with Origins, I think, Kate.
At present I've got far too much to work through to even think about it! |
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Elizabeth, I did transcribe a will this morning with a few words missing - are they happy to accept that? Although if I can send a PDF image to them I can do that. I've just been through the whole list and not found anyone but there's a lack in the Henley to Wallingford area where mine mostly are so I might have to step up :-)
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David, just send it to them with the PDF file. Dave Beames is very good at supplying missing words. I had an awful inventory and he sorted it out, and he has taught me a lot about what to expect in the probate clauses.
He also puts the wills in a very good format. Look at my transcription for my Edmond/Edward Armsby/Armesby, which was a complicated case. Not only did he supply difficult words, he also made sense of what happened. http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/a...rmsby_002.html It is a great service, from someone who is really conversant with old wills. |
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It is, I took it out a week ago.
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