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Oxford County Cemeteries
Search the headstone photograph database, containing the 102 cemeteries found in Oxford County. Under each respective former township are listed the cemeteries found within it's borders.
Oxford Land
Find interactive atlases, maps and land registries from OnLand, the Historical County Map Project by U of T and the McGill University Map Project.
East Zorra -Tavistock Local History Books
Search indexed local history books, for valuable details from the past.
East Zorra-Tavistock Records
Explore completely digitized census records, wills and estate files.
History of East Zorra-Tavistock
Delve into East Zorra-Tavistock’s past, through local resources and groups devoted to preserving the past.
East Zorra-Tavistock’s People
Discover Zorra’s founders and those individuals who continued to shape it’s future over the years.
Oxford Directories
Explore directories to discover historic businesses and citizens
168th Battalion 'Oxford's Own'
A 1915 accounting of Oxford's Own during the Great War. Includes casualties, prisoners and those killed in action. Searchable.
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery Index
Updated to include all interments in 2021 by Shirley McCall-Hanlon. Keyword searchable.
Tavistock Newspapers
Inventory of Tavistock Gazette newspaper issues on microfilm, spanning the years of 1896-1986.