Dagenham, Essex Genealogy

England Essex  Essex Parishes  Dagenham

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

Parish History
Dagenham, is a parish in Romford district, Essex; on an affluent of the Thames, and on the London and Southend railway, it is 2 miles WNW of Rainham railway station, and 3 1/2 miles SW of Romford. It includes the hamlets of Chadwell Heath and Beacontree Heath. There are two Wesleyan chapels, and a Free Methodist chapel.

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.

Poor Law Unions
Romford 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