Unfortunate ways to die in Elmstead
Elmstead’s earliest burials register contains the cause of death for a few of the residents, and they give an insight into how life was lived – and ...
Elmstead’s earliest burials register contains the cause of death for a few of the residents, and they give an insight into how life was lived – and ...
Most of the children who appear in Dedham‘s baptism register in the early/mid-eighteenth century are born to married parents, with only a few illegitimate...
I was on Peter Holmes’ BBC Essex show this morning, talking about the wonderful snippets of history I’ve found in parish registers. In the UK, you c...
I’ve found something rather fun on Google Books – Suckling’s Memorials etc of Essex, published in 1845. He went round many of the parish churc...
Another blog based on the notes in Langham‘s parish register. A certaine person When Nathaniel Hinds got married in 1702, rather than just state that his ...
There’s some very interesting notes in Langham‘s parish registers, which revive moments in the lives of Langham’s long-dead inhabitants. This ...
Nearly 700 burials added for Bradfield, Essex, from 1564 to 1695.
Nearly 1,000 baptisms for Toppesfield, Essex, from 1813-March 1844 now online.
Transcriptions of over 200 marriages for Toppesfield, Essex, from 1813-1843, now available.
I’ve finished transcribing the earliest register for Bradfield, Essex, from 1564 to 1695. I’ll be adding spreadsheets of baptisms, burials and marri...