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Archives[edit | edit source]

Essex Record Office
Wharf Road
Chelmsford, Essex CM2 6YT UK
Telephone: 03330 132 500
Email: ero.enquiry@essex.gov.uk
Website
Essex Archives Online
Research services

Our holdings, which include parish registers, diaries, letters, court records, wartime records, manorial records and school records, take up nearly 8 miles of shelving, making us one of the largest county archives in England.

Parish registers

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.

Archives for Boroughs Now in London[edit | edit source]

Barking and Dagenham Archives and Local Studies Centre
Valence House
Becontree Avenue
Dagenham, London RM8 3HT UK
Telephone: 020 8227 2033
Email: localstudies@lbbd.gov.uk
Website

Havering Local Studies Library
Central Library
St. Edwards' Way
Romford, London RM1 3AR UK
Telephone: 01708 432392
Email: localstudies@havering.gov.uk
Website

Newham Archives and Local Studies Library
Stratford Library (First floor)
3 The Grove
Stratford, London E15 1EL UK
Telephone: 020 3373 6881
Email: archiveslocalstudies@newham.gov.uk
Website

Redbridge Archives and History
Redbridge Central Library
Clements Road
Ilford, London IG1 1EA UK
Telephone: 020 8708 2414
Email: info.heritage@visionrcl.org.uk
Website

Waltham Forest Archives and Local Studies Library
Vestry House Museum
Vestry Road
Walthamstow, London E17 9NH UK<brTelephone: 020 8496 4381
Email: vhm.enquiries@walthamforest.gov.uk
Website

Libraries[edit | edit source]

Essex Library Locations and Contact Information

Albert Sloman Library - Special Collections
Library
The University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester, Essex CO4 3UA UK
Telephone: 01206 873192
Email: libline@essex.ac.uk
Website

Museums[edit | edit source]

For a long list of Essex museums, go to List of museums in Essex in Wikipedia.

Chelmsford Museums
Oaklands Park
Moulsham St.
Chelmsford, Essex CM2 9AQ UK
Telephone: 1245 605700
Website

Chelmsford Museums consists of Chelmsford Museum, the Essex Regimental Museum, and the industrial and science collections at Sandford Mill.

Civil Registration Offices[edit | edit source]

The General Register Office holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their website (a login is required but it is free to register and search). However, in some cases research can be more efficient working with the smaller, more specific records collections of county/district registry offices.

Sometimes research might be required to determine where a town or parish was in a former registration district, or even its current district. For a list of the historic and current registration districts and their parishes, see UKBMD: Registration Districts in Essex.

Essex County Council Register Office

Certificate copies Get a certificate for a birth, marriage or death that happened in Essex.

We can give you certificates for births, marriages and deaths that happened in the area administered by Essex County Council, and from 1 July 1837.

We can’t give you certificates for births, marriages and deaths that happened in areas of Essex run by other Councils including Southend-on-Sea, Thurrock, e.g. Orsett, London Boroughs of Havering e.g. Romford, Hornchurch and Harold Wood, Barking and Dagenham, Waltham Forest, Newham and Redbridge e.g. Ilford.

We can’t supply certificates to people outside the UK.

For certificate orders from the other offices in Essex, see:

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-== Record Offices ==
+==Archives==
+'''Essex Record Office'''<br>Wharf Road<br>Chelmsford, Essex CM2 6YT UK<br>Telephone: 03330 132 500<br>Email: [mailto:ero.enquiry@essex.gov.uk  ero.enquiry@essex.gov.uk]<br>[http://www.essexrecordoffice.co.uk Website]<br>[http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk Essex Archives Online]<br>
-=== Essex Record Office ===
+[https://www.essexrecordoffice.co.uk/research/search-service/ Research services]<br>
+{{Block indent|Our holdings, which include '''parish registers, diaries, letters, court records, wartime records, manorial records and school records,''' take up nearly 8 miles of shelving, making us one of the largest county archives in England.}}
-'''Essex Record Office'''<br>Wharf Road<br>Chelmsford, Essex CM2 6YT UK<br>Telephone: 03330 132 500<br>Email: [mailto:ero.enquiry@essex.gov.uk  ero.enquiry@essex.gov.uk]<br>
+*[https://www.essexarchivesonline.co.uk/ParishRegisters.aspx Parish registers]<br>
-Website: [http://www.essexrecordoffice.co.uk Essex Record Office]<br>
+{{Block indent|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.|2}}
-Catalogue: [http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk Catalogue]
+{{Block indent|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.|2}}
+===Archives for Boroughs Now in London===
-:This is the online catalogue for the Essex Record Office. Here you can find a description of every document we look after. You can also see how each item fits into the collection.
+'''Barking and Dagenham Archives and Local Studies Centre'''<br>Valence House<br>Becontree Avenue<br>Dagenham, London RM8 3HT UK<br>Telephone: 020 8227 2033<br>Email: [mailto:localstudies@lbbd.gov.uk localstudies@lbbd.gov.uk]<br>[https://www.lbbd.gov.uk/leisure-parks-history-and-culture/museums-history-and-culture/local-archive-and-history-information Website]
+-----
-:The Essex Record Office holds many thousands of documents, maps, photographs, sound recordings and videos. Most of these have not been digitised. To see these you will have to visit the Essex Record Office in person, or apply for a search, or ask for a copy of a document to be sent to you.
-== Archives ==
-=== Barking and Dagenham Archives and Local Studies Centre ===
-'''Barking and Dagenham Archives and Local Studies Centre'''<br>Valence House<br>Becontree Avenue<br>Dagenham, London RM8 3HT UK<br>Telephone: 020 8227 2033<br>Email: [mailto:localstudies@lbbd.gov.uk localstudies@lbbd.gov.uk]<br>
-Website: [https://www.lbbd.gov.uk/residents/leisure-libraries-and-museums/history-heritage-and-archives/archives-and-local-studies-centre/about-us/ Archives and Local Studies Centre]
-:Visit the Archives and Local Studies Centre at Valence House and delve into our wonderful collection of maps, manuscripts, photographs, local newspapers, books, CD-Roms, and much more.
-=== Havering Local Studies Library ===
 '''Havering Local Studies Library'''<br>Central Library<br>St. Edwards' Way<br>Romford, London RM1 3AR UK<br>Telephone: 01708 432392<br>Email: [mailto:localstudies@havering.gov.uk localstudies@havering.gov.uk]<br>
-Website: [https://libraries.havering.gov.uk/client/en_GB/havering/ Havering Local Studies Library]
+[https://www.havering.gov.uk/info/20039/libraries/683/local_studies_library Website]
+-----
-:If you are interested in Havering's history, want to start tracing your family history, find an old newspaper report, information about your house or street in the past, a photograph or other illustrations of Havering's buildings and historial events we may be able to help you.
+'''Newham Archives and Local Studies Library'''<br>Stratford Library (First floor)<br>3 The Grove<br>Stratford, London E15 1EL UK<br>Telephone: 020 3373 6881<br>Email: [mailto:archiveslocalstudies@newham.gov.uk archiveslocalstudies@newham.gov.uk]<br>[https://www.newham.gov.uk/libraries-arts-culture/local-history-archives/1 Website]
+-----
-=== Newham Archives and Local Studies Library ===
-'''Newham Archives and Local Studies Library'''<br>Stratford Library (First floor)<br>3 The Grove<br>Stratford, London E15 1EL UK<br>Telephone: 020 3373 6881<br>Email: [mailto:archiveslocalstudies@newham.gov.uk archiveslocalstudies@newham.gov.uk]<br>
-Website: [https://www.newham.gov.uk/Pages/Services/Local-history-and-archives.aspx Newham Archives and Local Studies Library]
-:We have a range of facilities, resources and museum collections at our Archives and Local Studies Library that can help you to find out about the history of the borough and its people.
-=== Redbridge Archives and History ===
 '''Redbridge Archives and History'''<br>Redbridge Central Library<br>Clements Road<br>Ilford, London IG1 1EA UK<br>Telephone: 020 8708 2414<br>Email: [mailto:info.heritage@visionrcl.org.uk info.heritage@visionrcl.org.uk]<br>
-Website: [https://www.redbridge.gov.uk/libraries/archives-and-history/ Redbridge Archives and History]
+[https://www.redbridge.gov.uk/libraries/archives-and-history/ Website]
+-----
-:The Heritage Service is on the second floor in Redbridge Central library. It is free to use and offers a diverse range of local and family history resources. Many of these general resources including books, historic newspapers and online resources are available during normal Library opening times.
-=== Waltham Forest Archives and Local Studies Library ===
 '''Waltham Forest Archives and Local Studies Library'''<br>Vestry House Museum<br>Vestry Road<br>Walthamstow, London E17 9NH UK<brTelephone: 020 8496 4381<br>
 Email: [mailto:vhm.enquiries@walthamforest.gov.uk vhm.enquiries@walthamforest.gov.uk]<br>
-Website: [https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/content/waltham-forest-archives-and-local-studies-library Waltham Forest Archives and Local Studies Library]
+[https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/content/waltham-forest-archives-and-local-studies-library Website]
+==Libraries==
-:The Waltham Forest archives and local studies library are based at Vestry House Museum.  We can help you if you are interested in researching your family history, the history of your house or street, the development of the local area and local communities, or subjects for a school project or for academic research.
+*[https://libraries.essex.gov.uk/library-locations-and-opening-times/ '''Essex Library Locations and Contact Information''']
+----
-== Libraries ==
-=== Albert Sloman Library - Special Collections ===
 '''Albert Sloman Library - Special Collections'''<br>Library<br>The University of Essex<br>Wivenhoe Park<br>Colchester, Essex CO4 3UA UK<br>Telephone: 01206 873192<br>Email: [mailto:libline@essex.ac.uk libline@essex.ac.uk]<br>
-Website: [https://library.essex.ac.uk/speccol Sloman Special Collections]
+[https://library.essex.ac.uk/speccol Website]
 == Museums ==
+*For a long list of Essex museums, go to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Essex '''List of museums in Essex'''] in Wikipedia.
-=== Chelmsford Museums ===
+----
+'''Chelmsford Museums'''<br>Oaklands Park<br>Moulsham St.<br> Chelmsford, Essex CM2 9AQ UK<br>Telephone: 1245 605700<br>[https://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/leisure-theatres-and-museums/museums/ Website]
-'''Chelmsford Museums'''<br>Oaklands Park<br>Moulsham St.<br> Chelmsford, Essex CM2 9AQ UK<br>Telephone: 1245 605700<br>
+{{Block indent|Chelmsford Museums consists of Chelmsford Museum, the Essex Regimental Museum, and the industrial and science collections at Sandford Mill.}}
-Website: [https://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/leisure-theatres-and-museums/museums/ Chelmsford Museums]
+==Civil Registration Offices==
+The [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ '''General Register Office'''] holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ '''website'''] (a login is required but it is free to register and search). However, in some cases research can be more efficient working with the smaller, more specific records collections of county/district registry offices.
-:Chelmsford Museums consists of Chelmsford Museum, the Essex Regimental Museum, and the industrial and science collections at Sandford Mill.
+----
+Sometimes research might be required to determine where a town or parish was in a former registration district, or even its current district.  For a list of the '''historic and current registration districts and their parishes''', see [https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/ESS.html UKBMD: Registration Districts in Essex].
-For a long list of Essex museums, go to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Essex List of museums in Essex] in Wikipedia.
+----
+'''Essex County Council Register Office'''<br>
+*[https://www.essexrecordoffice.co.uk/services/certificate-copies '''Certificate copies'''] '''Get a certificate for a birth, marriage or death that happened in Essex.'''
+{{Block indent|We can give you certificates for births, marriages and deaths that happened in the area administered by Essex County Council, and from 1 July 1837.|2}}
+{{Block indent|'''We can’t give you certificates for births, marriages and deaths that happened in areas of Essex run by other Councils including Southend-on-Sea, Thurrock, e.g. Orsett, London Boroughs of Havering e.g. Romford, Hornchurch and Harold Wood, Barking and Dagenham, Waltham Forest, Newham and Redbridge e.g. Ilford.'''|2}}
+{{Block indent|We can’t supply certificates to people outside the UK. |2}}
+-----
+'''For certificate orders from the other offices in Essex, see:'''<br>
+*[https://www.southend.gov.uk/directory-record/773/the-register-office Southend-on-Sea Register Office]<br>
+*[https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/certificates Thurrock Register Office]<br>
+*[https://www.havering.gov.uk/info/20014/births_deaths_and_marriages/189/copy_certificates Havering Register Office]<br>
+*[https://www.lbbd.gov.uk/births-deaths-marriages-and-nationality/copy-certificates Barking and Dagenham Register Office]<br>
+*[https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/births-deaths-and-marriages Waltham Forest Register Office]<br>
+*[https://www.newham.gov.uk/births-deaths-marriages/newham-register-office/4 Newham Register Office]<br>
+*[https://www.redbridge.gov.uk/births-deaths-marriages-and-citizenship/order-a-copy-certificate/ Redbridge Register Office]<br>
+----
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