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Date:         Mon, 16 Nov 1992 21:32:52 +1000
Reply-To:     Rodney Van Cooten <Rodney_Van_Cooten@MUWAYF.UNIMELB.EDU.AU>
From:         Rodney Van Cooten <Rodney_Van_Cooten@MUWAYF.UNIMELB.EDU.AU>
Subject:      Re: Oxford student in 1700's

Subject:  RE>Oxford student in 1700's
Paul Cowan writes

> I have an ancestor, James COLLINS, who was supposedly a university
> student (at Oxford as I recall) in the early 1700's, when he was
> shanghaied to sea, the result of which he jumped ship in America
> (Annapolis or Baltimore). This has something of the ring of a
family
> legend, but there is evidence that he taught school, so it has some

> plausibility. The question is, is there some way to search a list
of
> students at a university from those days?
> Perhaps some kind reader in England could help.

A good reference to consult is Alumni Oxonienses for Oxford, and
Alumni Cantabrigienses for Cambridge. There a several volumes
covering many years, and they tend to be available in many libraries.
Below is the list of references in MELVYL, just by way of example:

1. University of Oxford.
Alumni oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford,
1500-1714:
their parentage, birthplace, and year of birth, with a record of
their
degrees. Being the matriculation register of the University,...
Early
series.  Oxford and London : Parker and co., 1891-92.
       UCB   Main      LF524 .A2 1500-1714 v.1-4 (1891-1892)
       UCLA  Clark     LF 524 F75
       UCSD  Central   LF 524 .A22 1500 -1714 CIRC Annex

2. University of Oxford.
Alumni oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford,
1500-1714;
their parentage, birthplace, and year of birth, with a record of
their
degrees. Being the matriculation register of the university,...
Nendeln/ Liechtenstein, Kraus, 1968.
       SRLF            LF524 .A2 1968 Type EXP SRLF for loan details.

3. University of Oxford.
Alumni Oxonienses : the members of the University of Oxford,
1500-1714 :
their parentage, birthplace, and year of birth, with a record of
their
degrees : being the matriculation register of the university,...
Nendeln/ Liechtenstein : Kraus Reprint, 1968.
       UCLA  Biomed    LF 524 U58a 1891F Hist Div History Division
Reference
                       Library has: v. 1-4
       UCSB  Library   LF524 .A2 1500-1714

4. University of Oxford.
     Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford,
1715-1886:
   their parentage, birthplace, and the year of birth, with a record
of their
   degrees. Being the matriculation register of the University,...
Nendeln,
   Liechtenstein, Kraus Reprint, 1968.
       UCSB  Library   LF524 .A2 1715-1886

5. University of Oxford.
     Alumni oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford,
1715-1886;
   their parentage, birthplace, and year of birth, with a record of
their
   degrees; being the matriculation register of the University,...
Oxford, J.
   Parker, 1891.
       UCSD  Central   LF524 .A22 1715-, 1886

6. University of Oxford.
     Alumni oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford,
1715-1886:
   their parentage, birthplace, and year of birth, with a record of
their
   degrees. Being the matriculation register of the University,...
Oxford and
   London, Parker and co., 1888.
       UCB   Main      LF524 .A2 1715-1886 v.1-4 (1888)
       UCLA  Clark     LF 524 F75a
       CSL   Main Lib  q 378.42 OF Reference Center

7. University of Oxford.
     Alumni oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford,
1715-1886:
   their parentage, birthplace, and year of birth, with a record of
their
   degrees. Being the matriculation register of the University,...
Oxford and
   London, Parker and co., 1891.
       UCLA  URL       LF 524 B31 1891

8. University of Oxford.
     Alumni Oxonienses : the members of the University of Oxford,
1715-1886 :
   their parentage, birthplace, and year of birth, with a record of
their
   degrees : being the matriculation register of the University,...
Nendeln/
   Liechtenstein : Kraus Reprint, 1968.
       UCLA  Biomed    LF 524 U58a 1887F Hist Div History Division
Reference
                       Library has: v. 1-4

9. University of Oxford.
     Alumni Oxonienses : the members of the University of Oxford,
1715-1886,
   their parentage, birthplace and year of birth.  London : Joseph
Foster,
   1888.
       CSL   Sutro     LA630.O85 F6
       UCSD  Central   LF 524 .A22 1500 -1714 CIRC Annex

1. University of Cambridge.
     Alumni cantabrigienses; a biographical list of all known
students,
   graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge,.
Cambridge,
   University Press,  1922-54.
       UCSB  Library   LF124 .A2 1900 Ref

2. University of Cambridge.
     Alumni cantabrigienses; a biographical list of all known
students,
   graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge,
from the
   earliest times to 1900, comp. by John Venn and J. A. Venn.
Cambridge,
   University Press, 1922-54.
       UCD   Main Lib  LF124 .A2 1900
       UCI   Main Lib  LF124 .A2 1900a
       UCR   Rivera    LF124 .A2 1922
       UCSD  Central   LF124 .A2 1900 CIRC Annex

3. University of Cambridge.
Alumni cantabrigienses; a biographical list of all known students,
graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from
the
earliest times to 1900.  Cambridge, Univ. Press, 1922-54.
 Series title:  pt.v.
 UCLA  Biomed    LF 124 A2 C144a Hist Div Ref. History Division
Reference
 UCLA  URL       LF 124 A2 1900

4. University of Cambridge.
Alumni cantabrigienses : a biographical list of all known students,
graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from
the
earliest times to 1900 / compiled by John Venn and J. A. Venn.
Nendeln :
Kraus Reprint, 1974.
 UCLA  Clark     LF 124 A2 1974 Library has: PT. I v. 1-3, PT. II. v.
1, 3-6

Rodney Van Cooten,              Searching Van Cooten,
Microcomputer Support Group,    Neuendorf, Bischoff
University of Melbourne         Thomas
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