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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 baptisms15591654D/P 139/1/0Digital images. Microfilm View
Register of baptisms16541677D/P 139/1/1Digital images. Microfiche (1). View
Register of baptisms16771728D/P 139/1/2Digital images. Microfiche (3). View
Register of baptisms17301768D/P 139/1/3Digital images. Microfiche (2). View
Register of baptisms17681808D/P 139/1/4Digital images. Microfiche (3). View
Register of baptisms18081812D/P 139/1/5Digital images. Microfiche (1). View
Register of baptisms18131843D/P 139/1/8Digital images. Microfiche (3). View
Register of baptisms18431946D/P 139/1/14Digital images. Original View
Register of baptisms19461965D/P 139/1/15Digital images. Original View
Register of baptisms19661987D/P 139/1/49Digital images. Original View
Register of burials15591579D/P 139/1/0Digital images. Microfilm View
Register of burials15961653D/P 139/1/0Digital images. Microfilm View
Register of burials16531678D/P 139/1/1Digital images. Microfiche (1) View
Register of burials16781728D/P 139/1/2Digital images. Microfiche (3) View
Register of burials17301762D/P 139/1/3Digital images. Microfiche (2) View
Register of burials17681808D/P 139/1/4Digital images. Microfiche (3) View
Register of burials18081812D/P 139/1/5Digital images. Microfiche (1) View
Register of burials18131857D/P 139/1/9Digital images. Microfiche (3) View
Register of burials18571885D/P 139/1/22Digital images. Original View
Register of burials18851919D/P 139/1/23Digital images. Original View
Register of burials19191935D/P 139/1/24Digital images. Original View
Register of burials19351941D/P 139/1/25Digital images. Original View
Register of burials19411945D/P 139/1/26Digital images. Original View
Register of burials19451950D/P 139/1/27Digital images. Original View
Register of burials19501956D/P 139/1/28Digital images. Original View
Register of burials19561962D/P 139/1/29Digital images. Original View
Register of burials19621980D/P 139/1/30Digital images. Original View
Register of burials19771990D/P 139/1/31Digital images. Original View
Register of dedications of children19691970D/P 139/1/32Original View
Register of marriages15591578D/P 139/1/0Digital images. Microfilm View
Register of marriages15971653D/P 139/1/0Digital images. Microfilm View
Register of marriages16541677D/P 139/1/1Digital images. Microfiche (1). View
Register of marriages16781728D/P 139/1/2Digital images. Microfiche (3). View
Register of marriages17301761D/P 139/1/3Digital images. Microfiche (2). View
Register of marriages17541771D/P 139/1/6Digital images. Microfiche (1). View
Register of marriages17721812D/P 139/1/7Digital images. Microfiche (3) View
Register of marriages18131837D/P 139/1/10Digital images. Microfiche (2) View
Register of marriages18371940D/P 139/1/16Digital images. Original View
Register of marriages19401949D/P 139/1/17Digital images. Original View
Register of marriages19491956D/P 139/1/18Digital images. Original View
Register of marriages19561963D/P 139/1/19Digital images 1956-1957; original 1958-1963 View
Register of marriages19631967D/P 139/1/20Original View
Register of marriages19671971D/P 139/1/21Original View
Register of marriages19711979D/P 139/1/50Original View
Register of marriages19791985D/P 139/1/51Original View
Register of marriages19851991D/P 139/1/54Original View
Register of marriages19911998D/P 139/1/55Original View
Register of marriages19982007D/P 139/1/56Original View
Register of marriages20072020D/P 139/1/57Original View
Banns register17721824D/P 139/1/7Digital images. Microfiche (3) View
Banns register18241832D/P 139/1/11Microfiche (1) View
Banns register18321874D/P 139/1/12Microfiche (2) View
Banns register19331963D/P 139/1/33Original View
Banns register19631974D/P 139/1/34Original View
Banns register19741979D/P 139/1/35Original View
Banns register19791983D/P 139/1/36Original View
Banns register19831986D/P 139/1/37Original View
Banns register19861994D/P 139/1/38Original View
Banns register19942002D/P 139/1/52Original View
Bishop's Transcripts of baptisms18001868D/CR 63Many gaps in years. Original View
Bishop's Transcripts of burials18001867D/CR 63Many gaps in years. Original View
Bishop's Transcripts of marriages18001837D/CR 63Many gaps in years. Original View
Index15591664D/P 139/1/53Original View
Monumental inscriptions15591994T/Z 151/129Original View
Transcript of baptisms15591654T/R 141/1Index only. Original View
Transcript of burials15591653T/R 141/1Index only. original View
Transcript of burials18131865T/R 269/15/3On shelf in searchroom View
Transcript of marriages15591653T/R 141/1Index only. Original View
Transcript of marriages15591754T/R 168/5Microfilm in searchroom View
Transcript of marriages17541837T/R 203/42On shelf in searchroom View