Forum: Essex county-wide forum

Hi All, The following is pasted from an E Bulletin from the ERO which I received: Pay-to-Browse Launch Essex Record Office will be launching Essex Ancestors on 30 August. This new service will offer unlimited pay-to-browse access to Essex parish registers and many wills, giving customers...

Hello, Is anyone out there feeling very helpful for 2010. I would love someone to do an Essex Look up for me. Essex Records Office. Ref.T/R 172/1 Parish Records Berechurch St.Margaret/St. Michael D/P 199/1/3 1813-1951 GEORGE HENRY WOOD about 1816. Also love to obtain ANY...

Can anybody find a marriage for Frances/Fanny Prayle/Prail? On the 1891 census she is Mother in Law.Widow age 80 born 1811 Woodham Ferris,Essex On the 1881 she is Mother in Law.Married age 67 born 1814 Danbury,Essex On the 1871 she is enumerated as Playle.Housekeeper age 57 born 1814...

Hi, does any kind soul have access to St. Andrew Rochford Baptism records who could confirm whether my Mary Ann Banyard is listed in a baptism record in 1810/1812 please. I realise that these records are now live on payment of a subscription and I am happy to do that if I can confirm she was...

I have the following fiche, which I am happy to search for specific queries. I am transcribing for FreeReg, so when transcribed I can search for surnames in the spreadsheet. Black Notley C,M,B 1751-1812 D/P 150/1/3 Debden CMB 1746-1805 D/P 242/1/3 Debden C,B 1794-1812 D/P 242/1/4 Debden...

Is anyone aware of which churches or cemeteries are in the area of Canning Town as I would like to write to them to see if I can find out where some of my ancestors are buried.

I have an ancestor who lived in West Ham, who died in 1928 by being knocked down by a tramcar in Leyton. There was an inquest, and in my experience, these are often reported in local newspapers. Can anyone tell what local newspapers are worth trying, and if so, where these are accessible? I've...

I sent off for the death certificate for the following registration: Deaths Sep 1935 Day William 73 W.Ham 4a 59 Who I believe was the William Day that was married to my grandad's aunt Rose (she passed away in 1931), but upon receiving the certificate today, I noticed that the informant...

I am trying to find two couples that I believe were in Essex (possibly Bradwell area) around 1800. William Douce and Mary Biggs had a daughter, Jane Douce christened on the 5th April 1829 in Bradwell on Sea. William Dyce and Janet Branch had a son John Dyce in about 1815. Eventually John and...

Hello everyone, I am searching for information about my GMother, and Aunt. They are buried together in Romford Burial Ground. My GMother is: Lizzie Smart Date of Burial: July 24th 1974 Elizabeth McMaster

Hi, Wondering if anyone can offer explanations regarding why the following first two children of Richard & Mary Pudney were baptised in such a way. Mary bap 9 May 1659 at Terling then bap 5 Jun 1659 at Fairstead, buried 1 Jul 1659 at Terling. Mary bap 12 Jul 1660 at Fairstead then bap...

I have a third cousin Eleanor (Ellanora) Francis PECK who married a ROZIER in the first quarter of 1930 in the Tendring district - probably Harwich - but the 'R' pages are missing from ancestry's beta images. Robina, do you know if she married one of Nathaniel's sons? Christine :) Australia

My ancestor, Richard Clare 1847-1929, a coppersmith who sailed to Austalia with his family in 1859 has possibly conflicting birth places. On his marriage certificate it has his birth as Ashford. On his death certificate it has birth as Essex. Yet in a 1851 census it would seem Richard at 4...

Hi, I am looking for any information regarding William Wren born around 1816 in Littlebury Essex. William married Elizabeth Stock in April 1843 in Stepney, London and died in Shoreditch in 1865. I believe his father to be James Wren & his mother to be Mary? Thanks for any help.