This will bring up instances of all sorts of registers, not just church, or parish, registers, for a certain place. It will, however, give you an idea of the range of documents that the ERO looks after. All the Church of England parish registers deposited in the ERO, except for a few of the most recent ones, have been digitized, so you should find that they all have the a picture frame icon at the end of their entry in the search results.
But if it is, remember to check for the photo frame icon to find out whether there is a digital image associated with the document. Here you will be able to refine your search to the parish you are interested in. It is worth remembering that not every parish will have records going back to so do check the catalogue before subscribing to avoid disappointment. Every parish has its own unique number assigned to it. Take time to familiarize yourself with the catalogue before taking out a subscription.
And do bear in mind that even if a parish register survives then early registers have baptisms, marriages and burial scattered throughout them so you will probably need to go hunting through the register for the entry that might be there — or might not. In the Tudor, Stuart and Georgian period it was very much down to the individual incumbent, or his deputy, as to how much effort was put into keeping the registers up to date.
Not every vicar, rector or church clerk was as assiduous a record keeper as we might have liked him to have been. Fortunately, if you have a subscription to Ancestry, we have worked together with them to create a name index, which can take a lot of the leg work out your research.
You can even buy digital images of what you find directly from Ancestry. Handwriting can also be difficult to read, although some incumbents like Rev Thomas Cox in Broomfield and the famous Essex historian Rev Philip Morant, have beautifully clear handwriting. Sometimes the writing is faint or illegible and the register itself might be damaged. Remember these were working documents that have spent several centuries in damp and cold churches before being deposited at ERO.
One last thing, if you have identified that there are parish registers that you want to look though that have digital images associated with them, and you take out a subscription, then make sure that you take down the reference of what you have looked at and what you have found as you work your way through them.
This will save time in the long-term and if you share your research with others you can tell others in what document you found the information.
You might start out looking for one thing but get distracted by something else. If you require any assistance, having taken out a subscription, then you can contact the Duty Archivist at ero. While the Record Office is shut, emails are being monitored remotely during the present crisis. Please bear with us though. I, like many others of my age and with underlying health conditions, am in self-isolation. 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. Until 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. Document reference: Search. Parish registers Parish registers record baptisms, marriages and burials in Church of England parishes.
Do you have ancestors who lived in Essex, England? Parish registers — records of baptisms, marriages and burials which in some cases date back to You can find out more here. Electoral registers — these registers of electors tell you the addresses of people registered to vote. They are available online for , and
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