Essex Church Records

Significant County-wide Projects

 * 1538-1997 - at FamilySearch — index. To learn more about this record set review the Wiki article.
 * 1613-1971 - at FamilySearch — index and images

61,787 Essex entries are included in England &amp; Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 at Ancestry (£). Formerly known as British Isles Vital Records Index - 2nd Ed. Coverage.

92% of Essex's parishes are indexed in Boyd's Marriage Index (£). Coverage. Popular places to marry included the towns of Bocking, Chelmsford, and Saffron Walden.

23,400 Essex entries are included in England &amp; Wales Marriages, 1538-1940 at Ancestry (£). Formerly known as British Isles Vital Records Index - 2nd Ed. Coverage.

Burials from 255 Essex places (793,723 entries) are included in the National Burial Index (£). Coverage.

Essex County parish registers digitization project

 * 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: http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk/