Essex, England Genealogy

Guide to Essex ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.
 * This article is about the county in England. For other uses, see Essex (disambiguation).

Essex, England Online Genealogy Records

County Information
In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Essex like this:

Essex, maritime co. in SE. of England; is bounded N. by Cambridgeshire and Suffolk, E. by the North Sea, S. by the river Thames, and W. by Middlesex and Herts; greatest length, N. and S., 44 miles; greatest breadth, E. and W., 57 miles; 987,032 ac.; pop. 576,434. On the coast are several marshy islands, such as Canvey, Foulness, Wallasea, Mersea, &c. Essex is one of the Metropolitan shires, or "Six Home Counties, " and took its name from the East Saxons. It rests upon the London clay, and is watered by the Stour, Colne, Chelmer, Crouch, Thames, Roding, and Lea; the surface, flat near the coast and the rivers, is undulating and sometimes hilly towards the NW.; the soil is generally fertile. ...

Parishes
Use an interactive mapto find jurisdictions for each parish in Essex.

Church Records

 * 1538-1997 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1613-1971 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Civil Registration Districts
List of Essex Civil Registration Districts.

Websites

 * Essex Resources and help pages on RootsChat Essex Resources and help pages. (Free).
 * History House - the history of Essex. Dips into the history of its towns, villages, parishes, and its people; includes White's 1848 and 1863 Directories and 1874 Post Office Directory. www.historyhouse.co.uk
 * 1930 - at FamilySearch — index