The following is a list of reference works on Essex which volunteers are willing to search for specific entries. To ask for a look-up, please click on the name by the reference. Requests should be specific: give as much detail as you can. Abuses of the kindness of these volunteers will probably cause them to withdraw their names so please don't ask for all references to a common name, or for time-consuming research. Volunteers may or may not be willing to obtain copies of the relevant pages. If they are, expect to reimburse expenses.
Many Family History Societies produce publications related to their county. You may want to consider purchasing your own copy of relevent resources to aid your research or maybe support research in this area by joining the society. Details can be found at their respective web-sites or see Genuki's Family History Society listings. For Essex, the relevant society is the Essex Society for Family History.
| Title | Volunteer |
|---|---|
| Pigot's National & Commercial Directory for Essex 1839 - Please note, this directory is arranged by township, then by occupation, then by surname. | John Hitchcock or Sue Lote |
| Kelly's Directory 1922 for Woodford, Loughton, Chignford & Buckhurst Hill: private residents and businesses. It gives head of each house, and address. | Kristy McCarrick |
| Colchester Quakers by Stanley H.G. Fitch - contains information on individuals and families from 1600s to 1837. | Cornelia |
| Parish Register Transcription Society Catholic Marriage Index - marriages in Essex and London from the 18th Century to the 1870s | Linda Smith |
| Aldham Parish Registers: C 1677-1879, M 1677-1935, B 1723-1944. | Linda Collie |
| Ashdon Parish Registers: M 1557-1812. | June Greenough |
| Ashingdon Parish Registers: M 1568-1835. | June Greenough |
| Blackmore Parish Registers: C 1602-1812, M 1602-1802, B 1602-1812. | Pat Krishnan |
| Bobbingworth Parish Registers: C 1559-1785, M 1559-175, B 1558-1785. | Pat Krishnan |
| Bowers Gifford Parish Registers: M 1559-1812. | June Greenough |
| Boxted Parish Registers: M 1559-1837. | June Greenough |
| Braintree Parish Registers: C 1740-1859, M 1837-1891. | Dennis W. Galley |
| Chappel St Barnabas Parish Registers: C 1764-1998, M 1754-1956, B 1764-1963. | Linda Collie |
| Chelmsford Parish Registers: M 1539-1770, 1771-1837. | June Greenough |
| Coggeshall Parish Registers: C 1813-1841, M 1813-1837. | Dennis W. Galley |
| Colne Engaine Parish Registers: C 1629-1928, M 1629-1840, B 1629-1897 | Linda Collie |
| Doddinghurst Parish Registers: C 1560-1873, M 1560-1837, B 1560-1946. | Pat Krishnan |
| Fordham All Saints Parish Registers: C 1813-1974, M 1813-1943, B 1813-2000 | Linda Collie |
| Gestingthorpe Parish Registers: M 1626-1672, 1727-1837. | June Greenough |
| Great Canfield Parish Registers: M 1539-1812. | June Greenough |
| Great Hallinbury Parish Registers: M 1661-1837. | June Greenough |
| Great Horkesley Parish Registers: M 1538-1836. | June Greenough |
| Great Leighs Parish Registers: M 1560-1837. | June Greenough |
| Great Waltham Parish Registers: CMB 1566-1707; CMB 1703-1782; C,B 1783-1812; M 1756-1812; C 1813-1855. N.B. Great Waltham is not Walthamstow, Waltham Abbey or Waltham Holy Cross so please do not send requests concerning those areas. | Liz Holliday |
| Great Tey St Barnabas Parish Registers: C 1665-1984, M 1665-1933, B 1714-1874. | Linda Collie |
| Halstead Parish Registers: C 1694-1812, M 1694-1800, B 1713-1812. | Dennis W. Galley |
| Hazeleigh Parish Registers: C 1573-1661, 1675-1812; M 1589-1634, 1737-1748; B 1584-1662, 1674-1812. | June Greenough |
| High Easter Parish Registers: C,M,B 1654-1815; M and banns 1754-1787 | Liz Holliday |
| High Easter Parish Registers: C 1657-1723, M 1654-1730, B 1654-1678. | Pat Krishnan |
| High Laver Parish Register transcripts: M 1616-1838 and 1868-1894;
B 1614-1812 High Laver tithe Award Map Index 1847 |
Liz Holliday |
| Kelvedon Hatch Parish Registers: M 1561-1665, 1669-1836. | June Greenough |
| Kelvedon Hatch Parish Registers: C 1695-1783, M 1695-1749, B 1695-1783. | Pat Krishnan |
| Leaden Roding Parish Registers: CMB 1572-1703. | Pat Krishnan |
| Little Horkesley Parish Registers: M 1568-1835. | June Greenough |
| Little Laver Parish Register transcripts: M 1842-1856; B 1813-1837 and 1881-1899. | Liz Holliday |
| Little Leighs Parish Registers: M 1680-1837. | June Greenough |
| Loughton Parish Registers: M 1675-1837. | June Greenough |
| Magdalen Laver Parish Register transcripts: M 1557-1836. Magdalen Laver tithe Award Map Index 1847 |
Liz Holliday |
| Navestock Parish Registers: M 1538-1812. | June Greenough |
| Navestock Parish Registers: C 1538-1804, M 1538-1753, B 1538-1804. | Pat Krishnan |
| Panfield Parish Registers: M 1570-1830. | June Greenough |
| Rayne Parish Registers: M 1558-1836. | June Greenough |
| Ridgewell C 1563-1865, M 1562-1837, B 1563-1888, Banns 1754-1812 | Brenda Lyons |
| Roxwell Parish Registers: M 1559-1837. | June Greenough |
| Stambourne C 1559-1898, M 1559-1836, B 1559-1956, Banns 1755-1872 and 1874-1930 | Brenda Lyons | Steeple Bumpstead C 1676-1939, M 1676-1944, B 1676-1970. Note that some of the early pages are faded and unreadable. | Karen |
| Stisted Parish Registers: C 1765-1843, M 1755-1837, B 1765-1859. | Dennis W. Galley |
| Tollesbury Parish Registers: C 1770-1949, M 1754-1959, B 1770-1813 | Linda Collie |
| Tolleshunt D'Arcy Parish Registers: C 1783-1955, M 1754-1938, B 1783-1957 | Linda Collie |
| Twinstead Parish Registers: C 1570-1718, M 1568-1718, B 1567-1837. | June Greenough |
| Wakes Colne Parish Registers: M 1605-1836. | June Greenough |
| Walthamstow Parish Registers: M 1650-1837. | June Greenough |
| Widford Parish Registers: M 1619-1837. | June Greenough |
| Woodford Parish Registers: M 1638-1837. | June Greenough |
| Wormingford Parish Registers: M 1559-1837. | June Greenough |
| Writtle Parish Registers: M 1634-1827. | June Greenough |
| "Your Chingford Ancestors" privately pub. 1985 by Richard Brown.
This book contains: BTs 1639-1640 (from Guildhall Library); M 1755-1790 (from water-damaged original Vestry House, Walthamstow, and checked against Erith transcript 1950); BMD 1790-1812 from Parish Clerk's copy (no other registers are known to exist); Monumental inscriptions in Chingford Old Church (from Fragmenta Genealogica, XIII, by F A Crisp, 1909); Census 1851 (persons born in Chingford prior to 1804 from Chingford, Walthamstow and Leyton returns); Wills 1283-1756 (Emmison). |
Dr. Richard Brown |
| Parish Census Listings 1695-1840 Parish Census Listings 1797-1831 |
Sue Lote |
| Census returns, 1841 to 1901. As much information as possible should be supplied: at least, full name and approximate age. | Sylvia Quinn | 1881 complete census | Karen Archer, Dianne, Howard Archer or Lisa Feasey |
| 1891 Essex census: no indexes, so an address must be supplied. | Judy Ayres |
| 1891 Essex census: name required, age and area helpful | Census Barlow |
| Northern Border Parishes 1851 census index | Sue Lote |
| Dunmow 1861 census returns | Barbara Tunley |
| Epping 1851 and 1861 census returns | Barbara Tunley |
| Halstead 1851 census index | Sue Lote |
| Magdalen Laver 1851 census returns | Liz Holliday |
| Maldon 1851 census index | Sue Lote |
| Bradley UK database. Thousands of references to this surname. | John Bradley |
| Name Index to Poor Law and Settlement Papers | Sue Lote |
| Complete set of Elizabethan wills at Chelmsford as transcribed by Dr. F.G.Emmison (various publishers) and also his transcripts of wills from the Bishop of London's consistory court (now at Chelmsford). This jurisdiction is that of the Essex Archdeaconry of the Diocese of London, i.e. Essex plus what are now small parts of E. Herts (15-20 parishes) and S.E. Cambridgeshire (3 parishes). Bocking and two other parishes that formed a Peculiar of the Archdiocese of Canterbury are probably not included. Testators and witnesses are indexed. Dates: ca.1557 to 1605. | Tony Fox |
| Coggeshall wills from the Archdeaconry of Colchester: index 1688-1773 and 1782-1857, extracts 1784-1857. The index includes everyone named in the wills - testators, legatees, tenants, witnesses, etc. - over 1100 persons in all. Now also available on a web page. | Maureen Bryson | Histories:
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Tony Fox |
Please contact Peter Alefounder (alefounder@one-name.org) if you are willing to add your name to this list. Give the full title(s) of any reference you are prepared to check. Suitable items would include tax lists, electoral rolls, directories, census indexes, indexed parish registers etc. It would help, for automatic sorting of email, if you include "[E]" in the subject line. This should ensure that your message is recognised as being important, and not as junk mail or "spam", of which I get a great quantity.
