Parish registers

Parish registers record baptisms, marriages and burials in Church of England parishes. They are still being created today. For links to parishes' official websites and maps of current parish boundaries please see https://www.achurchnearyou.com

Parish registers are essential sources for family history. The Essex Record Office (ERO) holds registers from over 400 parishes, covering the present county of Essex, including Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock, and also those parts of north-east London that used to be in Essex. Most parishes have registers from the 17th or 18th century onwards, but some go back to 1538.

Essex Archives Online includes images of all registers of baptisms, marriages and burials that have been deposited either in the ERO or with our partners at Waltham Forest Archives. It excludes only baptism registers less than 16 years old and marriage registers from after 1957.

Please note that these images are not indexed on our site, except by place and date range. However, Ancestry has created name indexes to most of our images of parish registers, except the very latest ones. Their indexes cover baptisms 1538-1918, marriages 1538-1935, and burials 1538-1994. Ancestry is a subscription site, but you can see it free of charge in the Essex Record Office or in any Essex library. Users of these indexes on Ancestry can click through to Essex Archives Online and buy an emailed copy of any particular indexed image.

This single-image service provided in association with Ancestry is quite separate from our subscription scheme. Subscribers do not have free access to the single-image service. However, if you are intending to subscribe, you may find the indexes useful for identifying the entries that you need in advance. Ancestry's indexes are complete for the years that they cover, but many partial indexes are available elsewhere. For some free examples see FamilySearch or FreeReg.

To find out what registers we hold, and to identify images available, select the first letter of the parish name in the list below, and then the parish and church that you need.

The lists show

all the registers of baptisms, marriages, burials or banns from Anglican or other churches, or from cemeteries, and any transcripts of them, that are available through the ERO, and
the formats in which the records are available: either as digital images, or as microfiches or microfilms, or - if no copy exists - as original documents. Only items marked 'digital images' are available in that form; otherwise, clicking on 'View' will simply show you the catalogue entry for the document.

Until 1812 many parish registers covered more than one type of event. These registers will appear in the lists several times, but with the same reference each time.

To see images of parish registers online, please register and buy a subscription. Images are free to view in the ERO Searchroom.

Select the first letter of the parish:

Select a parish:

Select a church:

Documents held

Type of document	From	To	Reference	Format
Baptism register	1584	1653	D/P 36/1/1	Digital images. Microfiche (4)	View
Baptism register	1653	1681	D/P 36/1/2	Digital images. Microfiche (2)	View
Baptism register	1680	1811	D/P 36/1/3	Digital images. Microfiche (6)	View
Baptism register	1731	1731	D/P 36/1/2	Digital images. Microfiche (2)	View
Baptism register	1731	1735	D/P 36/1/1	Digital images. Microfiche (4)	View
Baptism register	1811	1812	D/P 36/1/9	Digital images. Microfiche (1)	View
Baptism register	1813	1841	D/P 36/1/10	Digital images. Microfiche (4)	View
Baptism register	1841	1873	D/P 36/1/11	Digital images. Microfiche (4)	View
Baptism register	1874	1897	D/P 36/1/12	Digital images. Microfiche (3)	View
Baptism register	1897	1940	D/P 36/1/18	Digital images. Microfiche (3)	View
Baptism register	1940	1991	D/P 36/1/75	Digital images. Microfiche (4)	View
Burial register	1558	1653	D/P 36/1/1	Digital images. Microfiche (4)	View
Burial register	1653	1679	D/P 36/1/2	Digital images. Microfiche (2)	View
Burial register	1683	1811	D/P 36/1/3	Digital images. Microfiche (6)	View
Burial register	1731	1735	D/P 36/1/1	Digital images. Microfiche (4)	View
Burial register	1811	1812	D/P 36/1/9	Digital images. Microfiche (1)	View
Burial register	1813	1865	D/P 36/1/13	Digital images. Microfiche (5)	View
Burial register	1865	1886	D/P 36/1/14	Digital images. Microfiche (2)	View
Burial register	1886	1912	D/P 36/1/19	Digital images. Microfiche (2)	View
Burial register	1912	1943	D/P 36/1/20	Digital images. Microfiche (2)	View
Burial register	1943	1981	D/P 36/1/21	Digital images. Microfiche (2)	View
Marriage register	1561	1653	D/P 36/1/1	Digital images. Microfiche (4)	View
Marriage register	1653	1682	D/P 36/1/2	Digital images. Microfiche (2)	View
Marriage register	1679	1753	D/P 36/1/3	Digital images. Microfiche (6)	View
Marriage register	1731	1735	D/P 36/1/1	Digital images. Microfiche (4)	View
Marriage register	1754	1770	D/P 36/1/5	Digital images. Microfiche (3)	View
Marriage register	1770	1783	D/P 36/1/6	Digital images. Microfiche (2)	View
Marriage register	1783	1796	D/P 36/1/7	Digital images. Microfiche (3)	View
Marriage register	1796	1812	D/P 36/1/8	Digital images. Microfiche (3)	View
Marriage register	1813	1837	D/P 36/1/15	Digital images. Microfiche (3)	View
Marriage register	1837	1872	D/P 36/1/16	Digital images. Microfiche (6)	View
Marriage register	1872	1914	D/P 36/1/17	Digital images. Microfiche (6)	View
Marriage register	1915	1936	D/P 36/1/22	Digital images. Microfiche (3)	View
Marriage register	1936	1942	D/P 36/1/23	Digital images. Microfiche (2)	View
Marriage register	1942	1952	D/P 36/1/24	Digital images. Microfiche (2)	View
Marriage register	1953	1981	D/P 36/1/25	Digital images (partial). Microfiche (3)	View
Marriage register	1981	1988	D/P 36/1/26	Microfiche (2)	View
Marriage register	1988	1995	D/P 36/1/76	Microfiche (2)	View
Marriage register	1995	2001	D/P 36/1/77	Microfiche (2)	View
Marriage register	2001	2004	D/P 36/1/78	Original	View
Marriage register	2004	2008	D/P 36/1/79	Original	View
Marriage register	2008	2011	D/P 36/1/80	Original	View
Banns register	1754	1772	D/P 36/1/4	Microfiche (2)	View
Banns register	1772	1783	D/P 36/1/5	Digital images. Microfiche (3)	View
Banns register	1783	1796	D/P 36/1/7	Digital images. Microfiche (3)	View
Banns register	1796	1813	D/P 36/1/8	Digital images. Microfiche (3)	View
Banns register	1822	1822	D/P 36/1/8	Digital images. Microfiche (3)	View
Banns register	1865	1905	D/P 36/1/27	Microfiche (3)	View
Banns register	1905	1932	D/P 36/1/28	Microfiche (3)	View
Banns register	1932	1965	D/P 36/1/29	Microfiche (3)	View
Banns register	1965	1973	D/P 36/1/30	Microfiche (1)	View
Banns register	1973	1986	D/P 36/1/31	Microfiche (1)	View
Bishop's Transcripts of baptisms	1800	1863	D/CR 91	Many gaps in years. Original	View
Bishop's Transcripts of burials	1800	1863	D/CR 91	Many gaps in years. Original	View
Bishop's Transcripts of marriages	1800	1814	D/CR 91	Many gaps in years. Original	View
Transcript of baptisms	1584	1810	T/R 168/6	Microfilm in searchroom	View
Transcript of baptisms	1584	1811	T/R 276/1/1	Original	View
Transcript of burials	1558	1704	T/R 276/2	Original	View
Transcript of burials	1559	1810	T/R 168/6	Microfilm in searchroom	View
Transcript of burials	1704	1811	T/R 276/3	Original	View
Transcript of burials	1813	1865	T/R 269/2/17	On shelf in searchroom	View
Transcript of marriages	1561	1754	T/R 168/6	Microfilm in searchroom	View
Transcript of marriages	1561	1754	T/R 276/2	Original	View
Transcript of marriages	1754	1851	T/R 203/59	On shelf in searchroom	View