Woodstock Public Library holds publications of Oxford County church history as well as some baptismal, marriage and death records and church minutes on microfilm. Please verify using the online catalogue.

  • Indexes for Oxford County Cemeteries (last updated 1990)
  • Cemeteries of Oxford County
  • Knox Presbyterian Woodstock Communicants 1860-1899 [MF]
  • Knox Presbyterian Embro Communion Roll 1836-1849[MF]}

Get a glimpse of Woodstock from 1901

Browse through scanned images of each page of the Inaugural Edition of the Sentinel Review dated July 1, 1901.

Click on any thumbnail to begin browsing through the gallery of images. Once in the gallery, use the tool bar at the top of the page to navigate from one image to the next, zoom in or out, and to exit the gallery.

Ancestry

Ancestry Library Edition  delivers over 4 billion records in census data, vital records, directories, photos, and more. Available within the Library only.

Birth, Marriage & Death Index to Woodstock Newspapers

The BMD Index to Woodstock Newspapers is a subsidiary of Our Ontario and includes features such as a mobile site and an RSS Feed.

Canada's Genealogy and Family History

Canada's Genealogy and Family History is a division of Library and Archives Canada, with a specific vision of facilitating Canadians in finding their roots and family history.

Cemeteries in Oxford County

The Cemeteries in Oxford County contains records and images of 102 cemeteries found in Oxford County.

Family Search

FamilySearch has been actively gathering, preserving and sharing genealogical information for over 100 years. It includes over 4,500 family history centres across 70 countries including the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Paper of Record

Paper of Record is an Internet archive of full-page historical newspaper images that you can search for unique coverage of past events. The archive is created from newspaper collections on microfilm, preserving the original format of the paper. Available in the Library only.

Passenger Lists

Ancestors on board contains passenger lists for voyages from all British ports between 1890 and 1960, including the passenger list of the ill-fated Titannic in 1912.

RootsWeb

Oxford County GenWeb is a webpage for Genealogy and History research in Oxford County.

Ontario Genealogical Society – Oxford Branch

The Oxford Branch of the OGS is a volunteer organization that maintains and grows a collection of resources and reference material in Beachville, ON.

Our Ontario

Our Ontario is a portal that connects researchers to hundreds of sites in seconds. It includes audio, video, images, text, government documents and much more.

Our Ontario

Our Ontario is a portal that connects researchers to hundreds of sites in seconds. It includes audio, video, images, text, government documents and much more.

Oxford Historical Society

Founded in 1897, the Oxford Historical Society works to further public interest in the history of the county and to maintain records for future generations.

Paper of Record

Paper of Record is an Internet archive of full-page historical newspaper images that you can search for unique coverage of past events. The archive is created from newspaper collections on microfilm, preserving the original format of the paper. Available in the Library only.

Sentinel Review – Special Edition 1901

Features scanned images of each page of the Inaugural edition of the Sentinel Review in 1901.

Woodstock Museum

The Woodstock Museum's collection consists of over 20 thousand artifacts including an impressive collection of 10 thousand photographic images. The artifacts may be researched online and are available by appointment to the public at the Museum.

Woodstock's YWCA History

The YWCA 1957-1964 site features newspaper items accumulated during that time period.