Oxford Historian Has Historic And Heartwarming Reunion
Published: August 22nd, 2012

By Vicky House

Oxford Town/Village Historian

OXFORD – I am sharing this story because I am not only proud and excited that my sister has come back into my life, but that she is recovering from breast cancer. Even though I tried for years to find her, it was the sad news that she developed breast cancer that prompted her to try and find out about her family and medical background.

Any historian will tell you that researching ancestors for people who may or may not have lived in a particular town can be a long, tedious process which may or may not yield results. That ancestor may not have lived in the town you thought they lived in or the spelling of their last name changed. There are many factors that could make searching for ancestors a difficult one. The same could be said when searching for a loved one who was taken away many years ago. Searching for any female member of a family is always difficult because of the name change when they marry.

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