This page contains some links to Bowler, Oxfordshire genealogy or other genealogy sites, which may be of interest. Please let me know if you come across any broken links or if you have any suggested sites to add to these links. I am particularly keen to add sites with Bowler surname information. Or just your comments on the site would be welcome. (email contact below)

 

 *     Bowler:-

Another Bowler home page www.bowlerinfo.co.uk 

Bowler notice board / questions on genforum http://genforum.genealogy.com/bowler

Article on the origin of the Bowler surname http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/NamesPersonal/Bowler.html

Article on the origin of the Boler surname www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=boler

Bowler surname on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowler_(surname)

Another site with Bowler links (USA) - http://www.n6jv.us/

‘The Bowler Boys’ www.deddington.org.uk/history/worldwars/personalstories/index/thebowlerbrothers

*      Oxfordshire:-

Centre for Oxfordshire studies (COS) www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cos

Oxfordshire Family History Society, lots of useful information for those with family links in Oxfordshire www.ofhs.org.uk

Oxfordshire Record Office (ORO)  www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oro

Oxfordshire County Council www.oxfordshire.gov.uk

Oxfordshire Surname interest list www.oxsil.org.uk/   

Oxfordshire information mostly 18th century inc land owners http://www.genoot.com/lib/index.html

Photos of Oxfordshire churches http://www.oxfordshirechurches.info/

Leighton Buzzard Observer index (also covers parts of Oxfordshire) http://www.leighton-linslade.com/lbo/

Berks Family history society www.berksfhs.org.uk

The Dark Archivist http://www.darkarchivist.com

Faces of Oxfordshire, old photos of Oxfordshire people http://faces.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/

*      Oxfordshire Villages:-

Aston Rowant and surrounding area www.astonrowant.org.uk

Banbury and surrounding area http://www.banbury-cross.co.uk

Chinnor Steam railway www.chinnorrailway.co.uk

Chinnor Village Centre www.chinnorvillagecentre.co.uk/

Chinnor Congregational Church www.chinnor.org.uk/

Cowley St Mary & St John Churchyard http://www.ssmjchurchyard.org.uk

Crowell  www.crowell.bowler.me.uk

Drayton St Leonard http://www.draytonstleonard.co.uk

Eynsham http://www.eynsham.org/history.html

Headington http://www.headington.org.uk  

Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoore  http://goldenridge-genealogy.co.uk/

Lewknor www.lewknor.org.uk

Standlake http://www.standlakepc.org.uk

Sydenham www.sydenham.biz

Tetsworth http://www.tetsworth.org.uk  and http://www.tetsworthnews.co.uk/

Thame http://www.thame.net      Thame Museum http://thamehistory.net/

Bledlow – near Oxfordshire http://www.lanchbury.id.au/genealogy/bledlow1500.html

*      General:-

LDS Church - lots of information to search www.familysearch.org  and http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=0

Cindy's List, lots of links www.cyndislist.com/index.htm

British War Grave photos - www.britishwargraves.co.uk/

Commonwealth war graves commission www.cwgc.org

Convict transportation database www.slq.qld.gov.au/info/fh/convicts

FreeBMD - index to statutory records online http://freebmd.rootsweb.com

FreeCen - Free census index http://freecen.rootsweb.com

FreeReg - free search of parish registers http://freereg.rootsweb.com

Hearth Tax – Hearth Tax transcripts http://hearthtax.org.uk/

UK BMD – links to various online sources for BMD indexes http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/

The National Archives (TNA)   www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

Immigration to USA – search ship lists http://www.stevemorse.org/ellis/cg.html

Trafalgar seamen list http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/trafalgarancestors/

The British Library www.bl.uk

Historical Directories online (project by Leicester University) http://www.historicaldirectories.org/

Genealogy forum http://genforum.genealogy.com

Family History Fairs www.familyhistoryfairs.com

Soldier in Medieval England www.icmacentre.ac.uk/soldier/database/ 

Surname frequency from 2002 http://www.taliesin-arlein.net/names/search.php

Surnames from around the UK 1848 www.direct-resources.uk.com/surname.htm

Surman Index - index to Congregational ministers - http://surman.english.qmul.ac.uk/index.html

History and information on workhouses www.workhouses.org.uk

Church plans – large collection to view online - www.churchplansonline.org/

Vision of Britain www.visionofbritain.org.uk

Workhouses http://www.workhouses.org.uk/

Info from the 2001 census http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001

Helping others with research http://www.raogk.org/  

British Library site with online documents www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/

UK & Ireland genealogy links www.genealogylinks.net/uk/

Victorian crime and punishment http://vcp.e2bn.org/

*      Family History Societies:-

Federation of Family History Societies (with links to local societies)  www.ffhs.org.uk

Society of Genealogists www.sog.org.uk

Guild of one-name studies www.one-name.org

*      Old occupations:-

Old occupations www.abandoned.org/world/alpha/other/occupa.txt

Old occupations http://www.rmhh.co.uk/occup.html

Old occupations - genuk - http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Occupations.html

Old occupations - Scotland - http://www.scotroots.com/occupations.htm

Brushmakers www.brushmakers.com

Divers www.thehds.com

Piano makers www.uk-piano.org/piano-gen

*      Other oddments:-

An excellent hobby www.rsgb.org

The Village Labourer http://socserv2.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/hammond/village.html

Cockneys http://www.cockney.co.uk/

East End / London Docklands http://www.parishregister.com/links.html

Map sites http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Egenmaps/genfiles/COU_Pages/ENG_pages/aaEng.htm

Murders / Murderers www.murderfiles.com

E-Books to view / search online or download http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks

The Old Bailey records 1674 to 1834 www.oldbaileyonline.org

Will transcripts (mostly Surrey but includes some from other counties) http://www.rootsweb.com/~engsurry

      Software

Open Office – free office suite – www.openoffice.org

GEDmill – turn a gedcom into a website - www.logicmill.com/

Genealogy Linux Live CD www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Linux_Genealogy_CD 

Gramps for - Linux and Windows http://gramps-project.org/

Parish Locator www.parloc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

Personal Ancestral File www.familysearch.org/eng/paf/pafonline.asp

Simple Family Tree http://jdmcox.com/

Transcript http://www.jacobboerema.nl/en/Freeware.htm

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