Bures St Mary, Essex Genealogy

Parish History
BURES-ST MARY, a parish in the district of Sudbury and counties of Essex and Suffolk; on the river Stour and on the Sudbury railway, at Bures station, 5 miles SSE of Sudbury. There are a Baptist chapel, a national school, and charities £10. As this parish is mostly in Suffolk, a more detailed description is viewable on Genuki.org.uk in Suffolk.


 * Wilson, John Marius, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Family History Library Catalog entries for parish church records are located only under Suffolk.

Census records
Census records from 1841-1891 are available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library. The first film number is 474633. To view these census images online, they are available through a number of websites for a fee or free.

■FindMyPast (fee-based) but free at Family History Centers and the Family History Library and various other libraries. ■Ancestry.co.uk(fee-based) but free at Family History Centers and the Family History Library and various other libraries. The library versions are known as AncestryInstitution.com. ■The Genealogist.co.uk(fee-based) but free at Family History Centers and the Family History Library and various other libraries. ■FreeCen is a free based UK census searches. It is not complete and individuals are always asked to consider helping out with transcriptions.

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Essex Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.

■England Jurisdictions 1851 ■Vision of Britain

Web Sites
Essex Society for Family History