Essex Church Records

Essex County parish registers digitization project (no cost):

 * Essex County Archivist is digitalizing parish registers county-wide and posting these images online. At the present time, this trend-setting project among just a few other counties, places numerous parishes and their church registers of christenings, marriages and burials currently for public access. As this is a work-in-progress, be certain to visit frequently if your parish is not yet available online. Here is their website link with search engine:

Essex Online Parish Clerk Project - church registers transcriptions online

 * Currently, Essex County has its own Online Parish Clerk project underway, albeit, a fledgling project at this time. Be sure to visit often and, even consider assisting in the transcribing of your parish. To determine availability, visit their excellent website to determine online availability of your favourite parishes: