Woodstock Ontario

OxHS Presentation on Wednesday, April 30, 2025- Meeting Start Time is 6:30pm!

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SURVIVING THE TITANIC!
The Life and Times of Wm. Edwy Ryerson

This presentation will take place at the Woodstock Museum, NHS. Doors open at 6:15, meeting starts at 6:30pm. This is a free event and open to all!

The OxHS is now on Facebook and Instagram, to like us search: OxfordHistoricalSociety1897
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If you would like your event or article published (relating to Oxford County ON or South-Western ON), on the Society’s blog please email us at info@oxhs.ca

OxHS Presentation on Wednesday, April 30, 2025!

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SURVIVING THE TITANIC!
The Life and Times of Wm. Edwy Ryerson

This presentation will take place at the Woodstock Museum, NHS. Doors open at 6:30, meeting starts at 6:45pm. This is a free event and open to all!

The OxHS is now on Facebook and Instagram, to like us search: OxfordHistoricalSociety1897
Or click on the FB or Instagram symbol on the right hand side of our website!

If you would like your event or article published (relating to Oxford County ON or South-Western ON), on the Society’s blog please email us at info@oxhs.ca

Woodstock Museum NHS Lunch and Learn Spring Series!

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Hello Everyone,

Please read this guest post from the Woodstock Museum NHS!

The OxHS is now on Facebook and Instagram, to like us search: OxfordHistoricalSociety1897
Or click on the FB or Instagram symbol on the right hand side of our website!

If you would like your event or article published (relating to Oxford County ON or South-Western ON), on the Society’s blog please email us at info@oxhs.ca

OxHS Upcoming Presentation – Wednesday, March 26, 2025!

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Dear Members,

Please welcome Helen Dowd, Secretary of the Zorra Caledonian Society and the Embro Highland Games for her presentation on:

A History of the Zorra Caledonian Society – Host of Ontario’s Oldest Highland Games!

Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Time:  6:30 p.m.
Location: Woodstock Museum National Historic Site 

If you would like your event or article published (relating to Oxford County ON or South-Western ON), on the Society’s blog please email us at info@oxhs.ca

The OxHS is now on Facebook and Instagram, to like us search: OxfordHistoricalSociety1897
Or click on the FB or Instagram symbol on the right hand side of our website!

Deadly Swindle: An 1890 Murder in Backwoods Ontario that Gripped the World!

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Hello Everyone,

Please see this guest post from the Woodstock Public Library:

Woodstock Public Library is excited to be hosting the following Local History author book talk event on Thursday, January 9, 2025 from 6:30pm until 8:00pm.  It is a registered program event. Join author Ian Radforth, writer of the recent non-fiction boo; “Deadly Swindle: An 1890 Murder in Backwoods Ontario that Gripped the World” for a fascinating discussion about one of Canada’s most sensational murder cases and how the regional and international press ran with it.

This is an RSVP event, please use this link to register: https://woodstock.bibliocommons.com/events/672a71e98fc0a328000b3110

For information about this event, contact the Woodstock Public Library at 519-539-4801.

If you would like your event or article published (relating to Oxford County ON or South-Western ON), on the Society’s blog please email us at info@oxhs.ca

The OxHS is now on Facebook and Instagram, to like us search: OxfordHistoricalSociety1897
Or click on the FB or Instagram symbol on the right hand side of our website!