The Essex Record Office on newly available parish registers online

In an Essex Record Office blog post, Edward Harris, Customer Service Team Lead, takes a look at some of the unusual stories found in the pages of their parish registers. Also information on accessing the county BMB records through an index on Ancestry, and also Findmypast.

Access to original record images for Ancestry users is simple, a click-through from the index to Essex Archives Online in order to buy a copy of the indexed image. Images are emailed out automatically on payment; each one costs £2.99 including VAT.