Oxfordshire Surname Interest List
- About OXSIL -
Purpose
OXSIL exists to facilitate the exchange of information about Oxfordshire surnames among family historians around the world. If you submit your surname interests to OXSIL, you are essentially agreeing to receive messages from others with the same interests and to share information with them. While you may be fortunate enough to experience a random act of genealogical kindness, you should be aware that researchers who contact you are more likely to ask for your help than to offer theirs.Coverage
The Oxfordshire Surname Interest List covers the modern County of Oxfordshire, i.e., it also includes that area of Berkshire that was transferred to Oxfordshire in the local government reorganisation of 1974. If you are not sure whether the parishes you are interested in are covered, please check the Parish Register Coverage Map (courtesy of the Oxfordshire Family History Society).
A subset of the OXSIL website, the OFHS Surname Interest Directory, is available for members of the Oxfordshire Family History Society (OFHS) to register all their surname interests, including those outside the County of Oxfordshire. Non-Oxfordshire surnames listed in the OFHS Surname Interest Directory are not included on OXSIL.
Additions and Updates
If you want to add new surnames to OXSIL, please use this form to do so; if you are a member of the Oxfordshire Family History Society, please use a different form, which will allow you to add non-Oxfordshire surname interests to the OFHS Surname Interest Directory at the same time. If you want to make changes to existing surname entries, please include a note to that effect in the notes field;
If you already have surnames on OXSIL, please use the same e-mail address to register any new ones; if you want to register a new e-mail address, please tell me what your old address was.
E-Mail Addresses and Spam
E-mail addresses provided by OXSIL users are not published on this website, so you will not receive spam if you decide to register your surnames on OXSIL. Messages to individual OXSIL researchers are routed via the website owner, who will forward such messages to researchers as appropriate; messages to researchers who are members of the Oxfordshire Family History Society are forwarded via the Society's membership secretary.
For OXSIL to function, it is essential that your e-mail address is correct and up-to-date. If it is determined that your e-mail address does not work, your surname interests and contact details may be removed from OXSIL.
Contact and Feedback
I hope I've covered all the essentials above. If I've missed something or you'd like to provide feedback, please write to me using the update form.
Thank you
Paul Brazell
Berlin, Germany
