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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. The 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 is quite separate from our subscription scheme.  Subscribers do not have free access to the click through service, but they may also find the indexes useful for identifying the entries that they need.

Many partial indexes are available elsewhere. For some free examples see FamilySearch or FreeReg.  Other indexes, such as the National Burial Index, may be available on CD or by subscription online.

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.


Documents held

Type of documentFromToReferenceFormat 
Register of baptisms17011756D/P 156/1/1Digital images. Microfiche (3) View
Register of baptisms17391802D/P 156/1/2Digital images. Microfiche (4) View
Register of baptisms18031812D/P 156/1/3Digital images. Microfiche (1) View
Register of baptisms18131843D/P 156/1/9Digital images. Microfiche (4) View
Register of baptisms18431868D/P 156/1/10Digital images. Microfiche (4) View
Register of baptisms18681883D/P 156/1/11Digital images. Microfiche (3) View
Register of baptisms18821888D/P 156/1/12Digital images. Microfiche (4) View
Register of baptisms18881893D/P 156/1/13Digital images. Microfiche (3) View
Register of baptisms18931896D/P 156/1/14Digital images. Microfiche (3) View
Register of baptisms18961900D/P 156/1/15Digital images. Microfiche (4) View
Register of baptisms19001904D/P 156/1/16Digital images. Microfiche (6) View
Register of baptisms19041906D/P 156/1/17Digital images. Microfiche (4) View
Register of baptisms19061909D/P 156/1/18Digital images. Microfiche (4) View
Register of baptisms19091912D/P 156/1/19Digital images. Microfiche (6) View
Register of baptisms19121914D/P 156/1/20Digital images. Microfiche (6) View
Register of baptisms19141919D/P 156/1/21Digital images. Microfiche (8) View
Register of baptisms19191923D/P 156/1/41Digital images. Microfiche (4) View
Register of baptisms19231930D/P 156/1/42Digital images. Microfiche (9) View
Register of baptisms19301937D/P 156/1/43Digital images. Microfiche (12) View
Register of baptisms19371946D/P 156/1/44Digital images. Microfiche (9) View
Register of baptisms19451947D/P 156/1/45Digital images. Microfiche (2) View
Register of baptisms19471956D/P 156/1/46Digital images. Microfiche (4) View
Register of baptisms19561960D/P 156/1/47Digital images. Microfiche (2) View
Register of burials17001755D/P 156/1/1Digital images. Microfiche (3) View
Register of burials17401812D/P 156/1/2Digital images. Microfiche (4) View
Register of burials18031812D/P 156/1/4Digital images. Microfiche (1) View
Register of burials18131838D/P 156/1/22Digital images. Microfiche (4) View
Register of burials18381860D/P 156/1/23Digital images. Microfiche (4) View
Register of burials18601873D/P 156/1/24Digital images. Microfiche (3) View
Register of burials18731881D/P 156/1/25Digital images. Microfiche (3) View
Register of burials18811886D/P 156/1/26Digital images. Microfiche (4) View
Register of burials18861890D/P 156/1/27Digital images. Microfiche (4) View
Register of burials18901916D/P 156/1/28Digital images. Microfiche (10) View
Register of burials19161921D/P 156/1/29Digital images. Microfiche (6) View
Register of burials19211926D/P 156/1/55Digital images. Microfiche (6) View
Register of burials19261935D/P 156/1/56Digital images. Microfiche (6) View
Register of burials19351945D/P 156/1/57Digital images. Microfiche (6) View
Register of burials19451948D/P 156/1/58Digital images. Microfiche (2) View
Register of burials19481953D/P 156/1/59Digital images. Microfiche (2) View
Register of burials19531960D/P 156/1/60Digital images. Microfiche (2) View
Register of marriages16961753D/P 156/1/1Digital images. Microfiche (3) View
Register of marriages17391755D/P 156/1/2Digital images. Microfiche (4) View
Register of marriages17551803D/P 156/1/5Digital images. Microfiche (5) View
Register of marriages18031812D/P 156/1/6Digital images. Microfiche (3) View
Register of marriages18131837D/P 156/1/7Digital images. Microfiche (4) View
Register of marriages18371885D/P 156/1/30Digital images. Microfiche (8) View
Register of marriages18851897D/P 156/1/31Digital images. Microfiche (6) View
Register of marriages18971904D/P 156/1/32Digital images. Microfiche (5) View
Register of marriages19041908D/P 156/1/33Digital images. Microfiche (5) View
Register of marriages19081916D/P 156/1/34Digital images. Microfiche (5) View
Register of marriages19161923D/P 156/1/35Digital images. Microfiche (5) View
Register of marriages19231930D/P 156/1/36Digital images. Microfiche (6) View
Register of marriages19301935D/P 156/1/37Digital images. Microfiche (5) View
Register of marriages19351939D/P 156/1/38Digital images. Microfiche (5) View
Register of marriages19391942D/P 156/1/39Digital images. Microfiche (5) View
Register of marriages19421946D/P 156/1/40Digital images. Microfiche (5) View
Register of marriages19461950D/P 156/1/48Digital images. Microfiche (5) View
Register of marriages19501957D/P 156/1/49Digital images. Microfiche (5) View
Register of marriages19571966D/P 156/1/50Microfiche (5) View
Register of marriages19661970D/P 156/1/51Microfiche (3) View
Register of marriages19701974D/P 156/1/52Microfiche (3) View
Register of marriages19741976D/P 156/1/53Microfiche (2) View
Register of marriages19761982D/P 156/1/54Microfiche (3) View
Bishop's Transcripts of baptisms18001841D/CR 166Many gaps in years. Original View
Bishop's Transcripts of burials18001841D/CR 166Many gaps in years. Original View
Bishop's Transcripts of marriages18001841D/CR 166Many gaps in years. Original View
Monumental inscriptions17471843T/G 369/46Original View
Transcript of baptisms18131841T/Z 542/1At searchroom desk View
Transcript of burials18131865T/R 269/11/6On shelf in searchroom View
Transcript of burials18131841T/Z 542/1At searchroom desk View
Transcript of marriages18031851T/R 203/3On shelf in searchroom View
Transcript of marriages18131841T/Z 542/1At searchroom desk View