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 (In July 2011 the '''former Oxfordshire Record Office, Oxfordshire Studies (formerly in Oxford's Central Library), and the Oxfordshire Health Archives (formerly at the Warneford Hospital)''' were merged into one comprehensive history service and '''renamed Oxfordshire History Centre.'''
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-'''Oxfordshire History Centre''' <br>St. Luke’s Church<br>Temple Road<br>Cowley, Oxford OX4 2HT UK<br><br>Telephone: 01865 398 200<br>Email: [mailto:oxhist@oxfordshire.gov.uk oxhist@oxfordshire.gov.uk]<br>[https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/public-site/oxfordshire-history-centre Website] <br>[https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/content/catalogues-oxfordshire-history-centre Catalogues]<br>[https://www.oxfordshirehistory.org.uk/public/catalogues/parish_catalogues.htm Parish catalogues]<br>[https://www.oxfordshirehistory.org.uk/public/bmd_restricted.htm Digital resources for Oxfordshire history: Births, marriages and deaths]
+'''Oxfordshire History Centre''' <br>St. Luke’s Church<br>Temple Road<br>Cowley, Oxford OX4 2HT UK<br><br>Telephone: 01865 398 200<br>Email: [mailto:oxhist@oxfordshire.gov.uk oxhist@oxfordshire.gov.uk]<br>[https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/public-site/oxfordshire-history-centre Website] <br>
+[https://www.oxfordshirehistory.org.uk/public/bmd_restricted.htm Digital resources for Oxfordshire history: Births, marriages and deaths]<br>
+[https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/content/catalogues-oxfordshire-history-centre Catalogues]<br>
+[https://heritagesearch.oxfordshire.gov.uk/?utm_source=FURL-1&utm_medium=heritagesearch2022&utm_term=nil&utm_content=&utm_campaign=heritagesearch2022 Heritage Search]
+:Use Heritage Search to find holdings for most parishes. A few records are still being processed and are found in the [https://www.oxfordshirehistory.org.uk/public/catalogues/parish_catalogues.htm Parish catalogues]
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 '''Oxfordshire Health Archives'''<br>Oxfordshire History Centre<br>St. Luke’s Church<br>Temple Road<br>Cowley, Oxford OX4 2HT UK<br><br>Telephone: 01865 398 243<br>Email: [mailto:archives@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk archives@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk]<br>[http://www.oxfordshirehealtharchives.nhs.uk Website]<br>[https://oxfordshirehealtharchives.nhs.uk/enquiries/family-history/ Family History Enquiries]
 == Libraries ==
+*[https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/residents/leisure-and-culture/libraries/find-library '''Oxfordshire Find a Library''']
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 '''Oxfordshire County Library (formerly Oxford Central Library)'''<br>Westgate, Oxford OX1 1DJ UK<br><br>Telephone (General enquiries): 01865 815 509 and 01865 815 549<br>Telephone (Information and reference enquiries): 01865 815 409<br>Email: [mailto:oxfordcentral.library@oxfordshire.gov.uk oxfordcentral.library@oxfordshire.gov.uk]<br>[https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/residents/leisure-and-culture/libraries/find-library/oxfordshire-county-library Website]
 == Museums ==
+*For a long list of Oxfordshire museums, go to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Oxfordshire '''List of museums in Oxfordshire'''] in Wikipedia.
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+'''Museums Resource Centre'''<br>
+Cotswold Dene<br>
+Standlake<br>
+Witney<br>
+OX29 7QG, UK<br>
+<br>
+The centre houses the county's collections of archaeology, history and natural history.<br>
+[https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/residents/leisure-and-culture/museums/museums-resource-centre/history '''History at the Museums Resources Centre''']
+:We have history collections from most towns and parishes in the county. To see some of these collections, go to the Heritage Search.<br>
+[https://heritagesearch.oxfordshire.gov.uk/?utm_source=FURL-1&utm_medium=heritagesearch2022&utm_term=nil&utm_content=&utm_campaign=heritagesearch2022 '''Heritage Search''']
+-----
+'''The Oxfordshire Museum'''<br>
+Fletcher's House<br>
+Park Street<br>
+Woodstock<br>
+OX20 1SN, UK<br>
+<br>
+Telephone: 01865 897519<br>
+[https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/residents/leisure-and-culture/museums/oxfordshire-museum/visit-oxfordshire-museum Website]
-For a long list of Oxfordshire museums, go to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Oxfordshire List of museums in Oxfordshire] in Wikipedia.
+==Civil Registration Offices==
+The [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ '''General Register Office'''] holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ '''website'''] (a login is required but it is free to register and search). However, in some cases research can be more efficient working with the smaller, more specific records collections of county/district registry offices.
-== Collections ==
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+Sometimes research might be required to determine where a town or parish was in a former registration district, or even its current district.  For a list of the '''historic and current registration districts and their parishes''', see [https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/OXF.html UKBMD: Registration Districts in Oxfordshire].
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+*[https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/residents/community-and-living/births-deaths-and-ceremonies/certificates-births-deaths-and-marriages/apply-certificate '''Apply for a birth, death, marriage or civil partnership certificate in Oxfordshire''']
+*[https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/residents/community-and-living/births-deaths-and-ceremonies/registration-offices '''Locations of registration offices in Oxfordshire''']
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