This handbook will serve as an invaluable guide as you search out the records that you will need to document your family’s history. If your ancestors came to Oxford County and stayed, your search will be straight forward. If they were here for only a short time and did not experience birth, marriage, or death, the trail will be colder and you might be able to find them through the census, land or school records. No matter how short of a time they were Oxford County residents, they will have left a mark.

This publication aims to give the updated resources for genealogical research in Oxford County! By following the suggested path, you too will have the satisfaction of finding the pieces of the puzzle of your family’s history.

Compiled by Anne G. Houthuyzen-Zomer