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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 baptisms16501742D/P 30/1/1Digital images. Microfiche (2) View
Register of baptisms17431793D/P 30/1/3Digital images. Microfiche (2) View
Register of baptisms17931812D/P 30/1/4Digital images. Microfiche (1) View
Register of baptisms18131837D/P 30/1/9Digital images. Microfiche (3) View
Register of baptisms18371846D/P 30/1/10Digital images. Microfiche (2) View
Register of baptisms18461868D/P 30/1/11Digital images. Microfiche (4) View
Register of baptisms18681907D/P 30/1/12Digital images. Microfiche (5) View
Register of baptisms18841900D/P 30/1/19South Metropolitan District School. Digital images View
Register of baptisms19071964D/P 30/1/17Digital images View
Register of baptisms19641985D/P 30/1/18Digital images View
Register of burials16651680D/P 30/1/1Digital images. Microfiche (2) View
Register of burials16781789D/P 30/1/2Digital images. Microfiche (3) View
Register of burials17891812D/P 30/1/5Digital images. Microfiche (2) View
Register of burials18131847D/P 30/1/13Digital images. Microfiche (3) View
Register of burials18481878D/P 30/1/14Digital images. Microfiche (3) View
Register of burials18781931D/P 30/1/20Digital images View
Register of burials19311955D/P 30/1/21Digital images View
Register of burials19511969D/P 30/1/5Digital images. Microfiche (2) View
Register of marriages16671743D/P 30/1/1Digital images. Microfiche (2) View
Register of marriages17441754D/P 30/1/3Digital images. Microfiche (2) View
Register of marriages17541783D/P 30/1/6Digital images. Microfiche (2) View
Register of marriages17821808D/P 30/1/7Digital images. Microfiche (3) View
Register of marriages18021812D/P 30/1/8Digital images. Microfiche (2) View
Register of marriages18131837D/P 30/1/15Digital images. Microfiche (2) View
Register of marriages18371881D/P 30/1/16Digital images. Microfiche (6) View
Banns register17821808D/P 30/1/7Microfiche (3) View
Banns register18081823D/P 30/1/8Microfiche (2) View
Banns register18231901T/R 112/15Microfilm View
Banns register18231901D/P 30/1/26Original View
Banns register19011934D/P 30/1/27Original View
Banns register19531967D/P 30/1/28Original View
Banns register19671976D/P 30/1/29Original View
Banns register19761979D/P 30/1/30Original View
Banns register19791982D/P 30/1/31Original View
Banns register19821985D/P 30/1/32Original View
Banns register19851987D/P 30/1/33Original View
Banns register19871990D/P 30/1/34Original View
Banns register19901995D/P 30/1/35Original View
Banns register19952002D/P 30/1/36Original View
Bishop's Transcripts of baptisms18001866D/CR 418Many gaps in years. Original View
Bishop's Transcripts of burials18001866D/CR 418Many gaps in years. Original View
Bishop's Transcripts of marriages18001831D/CR 418Many gaps in years. Original View
Census18111811D/P 30/18/6Original View
Monumental inscriptions16651989T/Z 151/29Original View
Register of confirmations18881897D/P 30/1/58Original View
Register of confirmations18971906D/P 30/1/59Original View
Register of confirmations19041915D/P 30/1/63Original View
Register of confirmations19071922D/P 30/1/60Original View
Register of confirmations19071922D/P 30/1/61Original View
Register of confirmations19231989D/P 30/1/62Original View
Transcript of burials18131865T/R 269/11/13On shelf in searchroom View
Transcript of marriages16671754T/R 168/17Microfilm in searchroom View
Transcript of marriages17541837T/R 203/25On shelf in searchroom View
Transcript of marriages18371851T/R 203/79On shelf in searchroom View