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I have transcribed Fingringhoe parish registers held at ERO for St. Andrew, CoE church. Full transcriptions are available below. All these transcriptions can be searched for at FreeREG.

A query in The East Anglian, 1897-8, about the Simons family of Fingringhoe. A response, regarding a deed between the Simons and Partridge families.

Notes

• Gap: no burials for 1777.
• Some Fingringhoe families appear in the registers for Wivenhoe Independent/Congregational chapel.
• There are marriages for many Fingringhoe residents at Colchester All Saints (late 1600s/early 1700s).
• Fingringhoe stray: on 17 April 1691, Edward Cooke, a widower of Fingringhoe, married Elizabeth Cooke of Kersey. The marriage took place in Kersey.

Baptisms

• 1653-1774: 997 baptisms (PDF – 274 KB)
• 1774-1812: 523 baptisms (PDF – 208 KB)
• 1813-1859: 816 baptisms (PDF – 252 KB)
• 1859-1925: 803 baptisms (PDF – 281 KB) (note: years containing dashes are 20th century)

Burials

• 1678-1774: 1,094 burials (PDF – 265 KB)
• 1774-1812: 536 burials (PDF – 256 KB)
• 1813-1894: 802 burials (PDF – 225 KB)

Marriages

1681-1754

• Alphabetically by groom surname: 92 marriages (PDF – 152 KB)
• Alphabetically by bride surname: 92 marriages (PDF – 151 KB)

1754-1812

Note: Groom abodes and marital status in groom list only, and brides vice versa.

• Alphabetically by groom surname: 250 marriages (PDF – 216 KB)
• Alphabetically by bride surname: 250 marriages (PDF – 208 KB)

1813-1837

Note: Groom abodes and marital status in groom list only, and brides vice versa.

• Alphabetically by groom surname: 91 marriages (PDF – 162 KB)
• Alphabetically by bride surname: 91 marriages (PDF – 160 KB)

1837-1957

Marriages for 1837-1957 can be searched for at FreeREG. The marriages contain a lot of information, so it is very time-consuming to create legible, logical spreadsheets for them. I might include a surname index at some point, rather than the full transcriptions.

Miscellaneous

• Confirmations 1889-1899 96 confirmations (PDF – 144 KB) (appears in the back of the baptism register covering 1859-1925)