Danbury, Essex Genealogy

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

Parish History
Danbury, is a village and a parish in Chelmsford district, Essex. The village stands on high ground; it is 4 1/2 miles E by S of Chelmsford railway station. It includes the hamlets of Runwell and Bicknare.

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

Online images are available Seax - Essex Archives Online From the Essex Record Office St John the Baptist See also Danbury Congregational later United Reform Church

Parish registers, 1673-1920 Microfilm copy of original at the Essex Record Office in Chelmsford. Reference D/P114/1/1-8.Contents: item 4. Baptisms, burials, 1673-1759; marriages, 1673-1754 -- item 5. Baptisms, burials, 1758-1812 -- item 6. Marriages, 1754-1807 -- item 7. Marriages, 1807-1812 -- item 8. Baptisms, 1813-1862 -- item 9. Burials, 1813-1897 -- item 10. Marriages, 1813-1837 -- item 11. Marriage banns, 1807-1920. FHL BRITISH Film 1472208 Items 4-11

Bishop's transcripts for Danbury, 1629-1631 Microfilm of original records at the Guildhall Library, London. IN Copies of parish registers brought in at visitations, various dates / Church of England. Diocese of London. Baptisms, marriages, burials, 1629-1631 (55th parish). FHL BRITISH Film 413720

Bishop's transcripts for Danbury, 1800-1875 Essex Record Office, Chelmsford, reference: D/CR 115.

Baptisms, burials, 1800-1835, 1852-1875; marriages, 1800-1835. FHL BRITISH Film 1702263 Item 4

Danbury Branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Record of members, 1852-1858 Microfilm copy of original records in the LDS Church Archives, Salt Lake City. These records may contain dates which predate the creation of the records. Includes record of members, 1852-1858; ordinations, 1852-1855; and blessings, 1852. May print only direct ancestor and those born 95+ years ago. All other information must be crossed out. Historian's Office Library no.: 257 Record of members FHL BRITISH Film 86994 Item 2.

Non-Conformist Churches

 * The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Poor Law Unions

 * Chelmsford 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 ($)

Danbury on GENUKI