Essex Genealogical Resources

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The purpose of this project is to outline the regional resources available for research in Essex, both geographical/physical and online.

GENUKI Essex

Cyndi's List - Essex

Resource Centres - Repositories

• Essex Genealogy Links
• The Essex Record Office s the county’s central repository for resources about the history of the county, its people and buildings.

Wharf Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 6YT
Email: enquiry@essex.gov.uk
Telephone: 01245 244644

Local Family and Local History Societies

• Essex Family History
• Essex Society for Family History

Office address - ESFH c/o Essex Record Office, Wharf Road, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 6YT

Online

Research Guides

Historical documents

• Essex On-Line Parish Clerks
• Essex BMD
• Ancestry.co.uk, Essex Resources - £ - membership required

History of Essex Communities

Places

Historical Resources

...online publications

• The Domesday Book Online - Essex
• The visitations of Essex by Hawley, 1552; Hervey, 1558; Cooke, 1570; Raven, 1612; and Owen and Lilly, 1634 : to which are added miscellaneous Essex pedigrees from various Harleian manuscripts, and an appendix containing Berry's Essex pedigrees v.13
• The visitations of Essex by Hawley, 1552; Hervey, 1558; Cooke, 1570; Raven, 1612; and Owen and Lilly, 1634 : to which are added miscellaneous Essex pedigrees from various Harleian manuscripts, and an appendix containing Berry's Essex pedigrees v.14

Forums

• Rootschat Essex
• Rootsweb Message Board - Essex

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