East Ham, Essex Genealogy

Guide to East Ham, Essex ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
East Ham also known as Ham, East (St. Mary Magdalene), is a parish, in the union of West Ham, the hundred of Becontree, southern division of Essex, it is 6 miles E from London. There is a Lady chapel as well as a place of worship for Wesleyans.

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
East Ham parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:


 * St Mary Magdalene, High St South

Baptisms 1701-1960, Marriages 1696-1982, Burials 1700-1960: ERO

Baptisms 1960- date, Marriages 1982- date, Burials 1960-1975: Not deposited

Monumental Inscriptions: EoLFHS Publications


 * St Andrew, Roman Rd, Beckton

Baptisms 1934-1952, Marriages 1946-1952: ERO


 * St Bartholomew, Barking Rd

Baptisms 1945-1952, Marriages 1903-1977: ERO

Baptisms 1952- date, Marriages 1977- date: Not deposited


 * St George and St Ethelbert, Burford Rd

Baptisms 1923-1955, Marriages 1924-1967: ERO

Baptisms 1955- date, Marriages 1967- date: Not deposited


 * St John the Baptist, High Street North

Marriages 1871-1902: ERO


 * St Michael and All Angels, Beckton Rd, Beckton

Baptisms 1909-1941, Marriages 1924-1941: ERO


 * St Paul, Burges Rd

Baptisms 1924- date, Marriages 1925- date: Not deposited


 * St Michael, (Roman Catholic), Tilbury Rd, Formed 1926


 * Primitive Methodist Chapel, High St. South

Marriages 1913-1940: ERO


 * Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Abbotts Park

Baptisms 1893-1904: ERO

Non-Conformist Churches

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)
 * 1613-1971 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)


 * Lady Chapel
 * Wesleyans

Poor Law Unions

 * West Ham Poor Law Union, Essex

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

Websites
Essex Ancestors - offers images of genealogical records for the county of Essex ($)

East Ham on GENUKI