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Woodstock, Ontario N4S 7Y3
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1846 Smith's Gazetteer of Canada West
Statistical and general information respecting all parts of Upper Canada
The oxford gazetter containing a complete directory of the county of oxford cover
1852 Oxford Gazetteer by Thomas S. Shenston.
Read and search the 1852 Oxford Gazetteer by Thomas S. Shenston
Oxford county gacetteer general business directory cover
1862 County of Oxford Gazetteer and general business directory
Search and explore this gazetteer to learn about the businesses in Oxford of 1862.
1867 Oxford and Norfolk gazetteer and general and business directory
Published by Sutherland & Co., Publishers, Woodstock, C.W. [Ont.], 1867
1869 Ontario Gazetteer & Directory
Digitized, keyword searchable directory of towns, villages, as well as citizens & businesses.
1870 Oxford County Gazetteer & Directory
Explore citizens and businesses of this period.
1874-1875 Fisher & Taylor's Directory of Oxford
A comprehensive look at businesses & citizens. Searchable.
A complete alphabetical list of business man and private citizens, published by Crotty & Dart
1881 Oxford County Directory
A complete alphabetical list of business man and private citizens, published by Crotty & Dart
1883-1884 Union Publishing Directory Elgin, Middlesex & Oxford
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1885-1886 Union Publishing Directory Elgin, Middlesex, Oxford and Perth
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1887 Union Publishing Directory of Brant, Norfolk & Oxford
Delve into this keyword searchable record of farmers, citizens & businesses.
1892 Farmers & Business Directory, Middlesex, Oxford, Perth
An excerpt detailing businesses & citizens of Oxford.
Union Publishing Company's Ingersoll town directory
1894 Ingersoll Directory
Union Publishing Company's Ingersoll town directory
1895 Union Publishing Directory Brant, Elgin, Norfolk and Oxford
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1897 Union Publishing Directory Brant, Elgin, Norfolk and Oxford
Digitized and searchable.
1899 Union Publishing Directory Brant, Elgin, Norfolk and Oxford
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Union <br />Publishing Company<br />Ingersoll Directory  book cover<br />
1899-1900 Union Publishing Companys Ingersoll Directory
1900 Ingersoll Telephone Directory book cover <br />
1900 Ingersoll Telephone Directory
1900 Union Publishing Directory Brant, Elgin, Norfolk and Oxford
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1908 Ingersoll Directory<br />
1908 Ingersoll Directory
A detailed list of businesses and citizens.
1911 Ingersoll Directory cover<br />
1911 Ingersoll Directory
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1918 Vernon's Directory of Woodstock
Containing a comprehensive list of citizens & businesses
1927 Ingersoll Telephone Directory <br />
1927 Ingersoll Telephone Directory
Bell Telephone white pages for Ingersoll
1960 Ingersoll Telephone Directory
Bell Telephone white pages for Ingersoll
Oxford county gazetteers book cover
Oxford Directories
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