The Black presence in 17th C England
Parish registers aren’t just lists of names and dates. Sometimes the notes left behind by vicars of old can tell us more about the people who lived in the...
Category: Essex
West Mersea burials
Nearly 1,200 burials for West Mersea, Essex, from 1738-1812!
West Mersea baptisms
Over 1,000 baptisms for West Mersea from 1738-1812 now online.
Alresford records
I’ve started to transcribe Alresford’s parish registers, which survive from the 1740s. I’ve discovered burials 1679-1740s in two vestry minute...
Essex marriage licences – online, for free!
And here’s my tips on how to navigate them.
More Boxted records!
Over 1,000 more records added for Boxted, Essex, from 1760 to 1813 – 775 baptisms and 630 burials.
More Boxted burials
Over 800 burials for Boxted St Peter’s, Essex, now added, from 1676-1759.
Boxted update!
Over 1,000 baptisms and marriages for Boxted St Peter’s, Essex, now added to the site, from 1669-1759.
Where are Althorne’s missing registers?
The village of Althorne, near the River Crouch, has lost some of its registers. You won’t be surprised, I’m sure, bearing in mind how many missing r...
Site updates
Hello all! Happy New Year. I’ve been very busy lately, but I’ve updated the Poor Law page (adding some new records, as well as ditching the PDFs and...