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Essex
Catalogue of Film, Film & CDs
Note that the spelling of place names may have changed over the years so remember to check all variations.
 Updates highlighted in Red
Many of the records for Essex were donated by the former Essex Special Interest Group and its members. Essex is now one of the counties
covered by the Eastern Counties Interest Group, so If you have research interests in Essex, why not join the Eastern Counties Interest Group.

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PARISH   REGISTER  INDEXES

Barking St Margaret's.  CB.  1813-1851  M.  1813-1848 
fiche Ess 486-489
Dagenham St Peter & St Paul.  CMB.  1800-1842
fiche Ess 46-47
East  Ham St Mary Magdalen.  CMB.  1813-1841
fiche Ess 485
East  Tilbury St Catherines.  CMB.  1799-1880 
fiche Ess 490
Grays  Thurrock St Peter & St Paul.  CMB.  1813-1825 
fiche Ess 48
West  Ham All Saints.  CMB.  1813-1835 
fiche Ess 481-484
West  Tilbury St James.  CMB.  1813-1880
fiche Ess 491
[For other Indexes in this `Riverside' Series see Kent & Surrey]

PARISH   REGISTER  TRANSCRIPTS

Colchester Parish Registers 1752-1782
Indexes and transcripts of 12 churches in Colchester.
CD
Colchester Parish Registers 1783-1799 [Indexes and transcripts of 12 churches in Colchester]
CD
Colchester Parish Registers 1800-1812
Indexes and transcripts of 12 churches in Colchester.
CD
Colchester Parish Registers 1813-1851 [Indexes and transcripts of 12 churches in Colchester]
CD
Colchester Extra Mural PR [Indexes and Transcripts 1752 -1812]
Berechurch
[West Donyland]
Greenstead
Lexden
Mile End [Myland]
CD
Colchester Extra Mural PR [Indexes and Transcripts 1813 -1851]
Berechurch

Greenstead
Lexden
Mile End
CD
Waltham Holy Cross Abbey Church PR Transcripts CMB. 1563-1812
CD

POOR  LAW

Essex Poor Law Documents - 1574-1895 [Indexes]
CD
Name Index to Poor Law Settlement Papers
fiche Ess 57-60
Name Index to Poor Law Settlement Papers [Supplement]
fiche Ess 966
The Company of Watermen & Lightermen of the River Thames
Admission of Pensioners for Relief 1794-1837
CD

QUAKER or SOCIETY  of  FRIENDS  REGISTERS

Essex Quakers Digest  Register Index: Transcriptions
Births        1613-1837 with Supplement 1660-1751
Marriage    1659-1837 with Supplement 1666-1753
Burial        1630-1837 with Supplement 1665-1749
CD
Essex Quarterly Meeting [RG-6 / 1612]  Marriages 1776-1794
Film Gen 47
London & Middlesex Quarterly Meeting
Births        1644-1838 with supplement 1694-1836
Marriage    1657-1837 with supplement 1670-1770
Burial        1661-1837 with supplement 1678-1785
Includes Esher, Croydon, Kingston, Wandsworth, Southwark, Peckham, Dept,
Westerham, Plaistow, Epping, Barking & Waltham Abbey.
CD

QUARTER  SESSIONS

Essex Quarter Sessions     [AJCP M838]
Drafts of Orders of the Quarter Sessions for transportation
May 1845 – June 1853
Gives name crime and sentence
Returns of transportation orders with name, age, crime and sentence 1844 – 1853
Details of criminal prosecutions, and organisation of transports
Process Books of Indictments
Vol 16        15 Jan – 2 Oct 1792
Vol 17        15 Jan – 1793 – 13 Jan 1807
Vol 18        7 April 1807 – 11 Jan 1819
Vol 19        19 April 1819 – 27 April 1824
Vol 20        13 July – 30 Nov 1831
Vol 21        3 Jan – 1 Dec 1835
Film Ess 13
Essex Quarter Sessions    [AJCP M839]
Process Books of Indictments
Vol 22        5 Jan 1836 – 30 June 1840
Vol 23        20 Oct 1840 – 28 Nov 1843
Vol 24        2 Jan 1844 – 16 May 1848
Vol 25        27 June 1828 – 30 Nov 1852
Vol 26        27 June 1848 – 30 Nov 1852
Film Ess 14

VISITATIONS

Visitation of Essex 1552, 1558, 1570, 1612, 1634
East Anglican Pedigrees
CD

WILLS
Wills before 1858 were proved in Ecclesiastical Courts. The principal one for Essex was the Archdeaconry of Essex.
Others included the Archdeacon of Essex, Archdeacon of Colchester and the London Commissary Court for Essex & Hertfordshire.
The Superior Court was the PCC. Prerogative Court of Canterbury See England General

Index to Probate of the Wills in Essex CRO
Covers Essex & East Hertford 1400-1619
Court of Archdeacon of Essex
Court of Archdeacon of Colchester
Court of Archdeacon of Middlesex [Essex & East Hertford]
Court of London's Commissary Court for Essex & Herts [used by almost every Parish]
Courts of the Peculiars of Writtle with Roxwell
Court of the Peculiar of the Deanery of Bocking
Court of the Peculiar of Good Easter
Court of the Peculiar of the Liberty of the Sokens 
fiche Ess 840-845

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Index to Probate of the Wills in Essex CRO
Covers Essex & East Hertford 1620-1720
Court of Archdeacon of Essex
Court of Archdeacon of Colchester
Court of Archdeacon of Middlesex Essex & East Hertford
Court of London's Commissary Court for Essex & Herts [used by almost every Parish]
Courts of the Peculiars of Writtle with Roxwell
Court of the Peculiar of Good Easter
Court of the Peculiar of the Deanery of Bocking
Court of the Peculiar of the Liberty of the Sokens 
fiche Ess 835-839

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Index to Probate of the Wills in Essex CRO
Covers Essex & East Hertford 1721-1858
Court of Archdeacon of Essex
Court of Archdeacon of Colchester
Court of Archdeacon of Middlesex Essex & East Hertford
Court of London's Commissary Court for Essex & Herts [used by almost every Parish]
See Films 5-7 below
Courts of the Peculiars of Writtle with Roxwell
Court of the Peculiar of the Deanery of Bocking
Court of the Peculiar of the Liberty of the Sokens 
fiche Ess 49-53

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
Diocese of London Commissary Court for Essex & Herts
Copy Wills  1741-1750
For Index see fiche Ess 49-53 
Film Ess 5

 
Diocese of London Commissary Court for Essex & Herts
Copy Wills  1750-1759
For Index see fiche Ess 49-53 
Film Ess 6

   
Diocese of London Commissary Court for Essex & Herts
Copy Wills  1818-1826
For Index see fiche Ess 49-53 
Film Ess 7

 

 

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