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Army Week - Sentinel Review 1942 a special newspaper edition Celebrating Oxford's military service people with portraits.
Army Week - Sentinel Review 1942
Celebrating Oxford's military service people with portraits.
Branches by Audrey Furse Lindsay Griffin
A family history of the John Thompson Crellin & Elizabeth McComb families of Zorra. Searchable.
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Thomas Brush Brown, 1804-1894
The autobiography of an early Methodist minister in East Nissouri Township
The Canadian Album: Men of Canada - Oxford County excerpts Peruse biographies and portraits of Oxford County luminaries, politicians and influencers from the 19th century.
The Canadian Album: Men of Canada 1891 - Oxford County excerpts
Peruse biographies and portraits of Oxford County luminaries, politicians and influencers from the 19th century.
The Day Family History
by Russell Day Lindley. Table of contents and chapter headings from this Nissouri/Zorra pioneer family. Searchable.
Fifty years of McCorquodale Picnics, 1925-1975
by Joyce E. Groves. Genealogy of this Zorra family.
From Avoch to Oxford by J. F. Patience
A family history of the Donald & Catherine Patience family that emigrated from Scotland to Zorra Township. Includes tables of contents and family chart.
The History and Genealogy of the John Henry German family
by Donald R. Williamson. A searchable excerpt from this East Nissouri pioneer family.
Charles W. Gordon, 1860-1937
This noted author published under the name, Ralph Connor, and spent his boyhood in Harrington.
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George Leslie Mackay, 1844-1901
Son of Scots immigrants, Presbyterian missionary George Mackay was born near Embro in Zorra Township. In 1872, he founded the first overseas mission in Tamsui, Taiwan. 
The McCorquodale Campbell Family of West Zorra
A photographic archive documenting farm life in rural Oxford County between 1900-1920.
Outstanding Women of Oxford County by Brenda Dyer, Sarah Kolasiewicz and Donna Stevenson this work Depicts portraits of courageous and determined women who endured pioneer life in Oxford County
Outstanding Women of Oxford County
Depicts portraits of courageous and determined women who endured pioneer life in Oxford County written by Brenda Dyer, Sarah Kolasiewicz and Donna Stevenson
Outstanding Women of Oxford County: Volume 2 Written by Carol Miller, Nancy Payne and Jeanette Zwart in 1980 this work takes a further look at pioneering women in Oxford County
Outstanding Women of Oxford County: Volume 2
Written by Carol Miller, Nancy Payne and Jeanette Zwart in 1980 this work takes a further look at pioneering women in Oxford County
Oxford Militia : 1812-1815
Digitized muster lists and paymaster rolls, detail the names of citizens of Ingersoll, West Oxford, North Oxford who were called to arms during the War of 1812. Keyword searchable.
The Townline of West Zorra & East Nissouri, 1820-1900
The McCorquodales and their neighbours by Joyce McCorquodale Groves.
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