Got below from the most recent Lost Cousins newsletter which may help further. You might need to be holding a tissue as the proposed prices made my eyes water a bit:- Essex Ancestors - launch delayed The launch of Essex Ancestors, the proposed online register service from the Essex Records Office which was due to start around now has been delayed by "a couple of months". However, the subscription prices have been announced: £5 for a day, £15 for a week, £25 for a month, £50 for 6 months and £75 for a year. It sounds expensive compared to sites like Ancestry and findmypast which offer far more records, but on the other hand it will still be cheaper for me than a 50 mile roundtrip to Chelmsford. Mick L -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of cherie everet Sent: 31 August 2011 08:48 To: [email protected] Subject: [Ess] On line records Are the records for Essex pre 1837 on line please? I thought that a paid site was due by the end of August? I am particularly interested in the Belchamp areas. Thanks in anticipation Cherie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thursday 8th - Sunday 11th September is the annual Heritage Open Days 'weekend' when historic sites, buildings, etc are open to the public. Some are open throughout the year but for this wekend only, there is no admission charge. For Essex details ... http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/county/Essex

Hi Cherie It is always worth having a look at FreeReg to see if the records you want are there. In your case it looks as if you may be in luck, if you are looking early enough. http://www.freereg.org.uk/parishes/ess/b.shtml#1 Cheers Steve On 31/08/2011 10:11, cherie everet wrote: > Hi Ingrid, > Many thanks for this information. I was unaware of this break > through before Simon told me this morning but will certainly visiting the > site. > Thank you and the other volunteers who are working so hard to bring > these records within reach. > Cherie > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ingrid billings [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 31 August 2011 10:01 > To: 'cherie everet'; [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Ess] On line records > > Cherie > Not sure if this helps but I am doing (with lots of others) Indexing for the > LDS and am doing Belchamp area (I think) at the moment - we seem to be going > alphabetically they have done Barking (that is BIG). These are the Parish > records by the way. With others have done pre 1837 (eyes still watering > with some 1500's). > Hope this helps - even just that it is being done. > Ingrid > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of cherie everet > Sent: 31 August 2011 08:48 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Ess] On line records > > Are the records for Essex pre 1837 on line please? I thought that a > paid site was due by the end of August? I am particularly interested in the > Belchamp areas. > Thanks in anticipation > Cherie > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Ingrid, Many thanks for this information. I was unaware of this break through before Simon told me this morning but will certainly visiting the site. Thank you and the other volunteers who are working so hard to bring these records within reach. Cherie -----Original Message----- From: Ingrid billings [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 31 August 2011 10:01 To: 'cherie everet'; [email protected] Subject: RE: [Ess] On line records Cherie Not sure if this helps but I am doing (with lots of others) Indexing for the LDS and am doing Belchamp area (I think) at the moment - we seem to be going alphabetically they have done Barking (that is BIG). These are the Parish records by the way. With others have done pre 1837 (eyes still watering with some 1500's). Hope this helps - even just that it is being done. Ingrid -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of cherie everet Sent: 31 August 2011 08:48 To: [email protected] Subject: [Ess] On line records Are the records for Essex pre 1837 on line please? I thought that a paid site was due by the end of August? I am particularly interested in the Belchamp areas. Thanks in anticipation Cherie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Cherie Not sure if this helps but I am doing (with lots of others) Indexing for the LDS and am doing Belchamp area (I think) at the moment - we seem to be going alphabetically they have done Barking (that is BIG). These are the Parish records by the way. With others have done pre 1837 (eyes still watering with some 1500's). Hope this helps - even just that it is being done. Ingrid -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of cherie everet Sent: 31 August 2011 08:48 To: [email protected] Subject: [Ess] On line records Are the records for Essex pre 1837 on line please? I thought that a paid site was due by the end of August? I am particularly interested in the Belchamp areas. Thanks in anticipation Cherie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Jennifer, Thank you for your very prompt response. Cherie _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 31 August 2011 08:52 To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Ess] On line records In a message dated 31/08/2011 08:50:39 GMT Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Are the records for Essex pre 1837 on line please? The release date has been put back to the 3rd. October. Jennifer

Are the records for Essex pre 1837 on line please? I thought that a paid site was due by the end of August? I am particularly interested in the Belchamp areas. Thanks in anticipation Cherie

In a message dated 31/08/2011 08:50:39 GMT Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Are the records for Essex pre 1837 on line please? The release date has been put back to the 3rd. October. Jennifer

Tendring in Essex was not included in Versions 1 &2 of the NBI and I was hoping it made it to #3. Looking for any Vesey/Veysey/Vessey entries for that Parish. Shouldn't be many and if there are would be 1725 - 1865 time frame. Can SKS help me with a look up in NBI 3? David Vesey Toronto

Hi Try this site you have to pay but it is worth it . I found an uncle after 25 yrs of none of the my family knowing where he was . http://www.192.com/ Jacquie Brisbane Oz > > Does anyone know the whereabouts of Robert Leslie BYFORD. I know he was > born 18/11/1939 at Romford. Essex. > > He is my direct cousin and im trying to find him. Would love to hear > from > him. If anyone has heard of him can they ask him to contact me on > [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) . > > Thank you. > > Pam Culver nee SAUNDERS > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any

Hi Does anyone know the whereabouts of Robert Leslie BYFORD. I know he was born 18/11/1939 at Romford. Essex. He is my direct cousin and im trying to find him. Would love to hear from him. If anyone has heard of him can they ask him to contact me on [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) . Thank you. Pam Culver nee SAUNDERS

Hi all there is a line of Reynolds graves to the south of the church in St Michael's churchyard, Great Sampford. Three of them have headstones. I recently photographed them in what was a good light and transcribed them. The first is to James Reynolds (1761-92): http://www.flickr.com/photos/norfolkodyssey/6076600894 The second is to Susanna Reynolds (1783-1823) and her son Thomas Reynolds (1809-21): http://www.flickr.com/photos/norfolkodyssey/6076064889 The third is to Thomas Reynolds (1782-1849): http://www.flickr.com/photos/norfolkodyssey/6076602734 From looking at baptismal records (Great Sampford PRs now being on line) I think the following is correct. James (headstone 1) was the younger brother of my 5g-grandfather Thomas Reynolds. Thomas (headstone 3) was the eldest son of that 5g-grandfather Thomas Reynolds, and the elder brother of my 4g-grandfather Edmund Reynolds. Susanna (headstone 2) was the wife of Thomas Reynolds on headstone 3, and the Thomas Reynolds on headstone 2 was their son. Susanna was Susanna Thurgood of Great Sampford, and they married on 5th August 1806. Please feel free to take copies of these images for your records. Hopefully this will be of use or interest to someone! Simon norfolkchurches.co.uk suffolkchurches.co.uk

On 27/08/2011 16:59, Bruce Peeke wrote: > One problem is whether Susanna ALDHAM was unmarried or a widow in 1841. Am I looking for a marriage with a (William?) ALDHAM or her birth as an ALDHAM? I have found the death of a William ALDHAM in Lexden District in the 2nd quarter of 1840 which looks possible but I don’t know Essex. The 1851 Census says that Susanna was born in Frating and then aged 34, making her birth year about 1817. The births of two William LAND’s were registered at Rochford in 1840 and if one of these is my William it could explain why he later became LAND and then ALDHAMLAND when he discovered this. But there is also a William ALDHAM born at Rochford at the end of 1839. Lexden is Colchester. Rochford is Southend - so these are at opposite ends of the county. Angelika

Hi Bruce Susannah and George's marriage certificate should help. Best wishes Caroline > > I have traced my maternal grandmother’s family back to William ALDHAM > who in 1841 was aged 1 and was with (his assumed mother) Susanna ALDHAM > dressmaker aged 20 and George COCKS aglab aged 25 living in West > Street, Rochford. Susanna was head of household and in the 3rd quarter > of 1841 she married George COX. > > SNIP > If anyone can come up with any suggestions or able to look up the > relevant parish records I would be very grateful. > > Bruce Peeke > Devon FHS

I have traced my maternal grandmother’s family back to William ALDHAM who in 1841 was aged 1 and was with (his assumed mother) Susanna ALDHAM dressmaker aged 20 and George COCKS aglab aged 25 living in West Street, Rochford. Susanna was head of household and in the 3rd quarter of 1841 she married George COX. In 1851 William COX aged 12 is with Susannah and George COX and 5 siblings, one of whom was born as George ALDHAM in the 3rd quarter of 1841 but, like William, is COX in 1851. All were born in Rochford and they are living in Workhouse Lane, Rochford . I’ve been unable to find William in 1861 but he married in Gravesend as William aldham LAND on 4 Apr 1863 and he is LAND in the 1871 Census. In 1881 and 1901 he is ALDHAM but his 10 children between 1863 and 1886 were ALDHAMLAND as he is for his death and burial in 1910. One problem is whether Susanna ALDHAM was unmarried or a widow in 1841. Am I looking for a marriage with a (William?) ALDHAM or her birth as an ALDHAM? I have found the death of a William ALDHAM in Lexden District in the 2nd quarter of 1840 which looks possible but I don’t know Essex. The 1851 Census says that Susanna was born in Frating and then aged 34, making her birth year about 1817. The births of two William LAND’s were registered at Rochford in 1840 and if one of these is my William it could explain why he later became LAND and then ALDHAMLAND when he discovered this. But there is also a William ALDHAM born at Rochford at the end of 1839. If anyone can come up with any suggestions or able to look up the relevant parish records I would be very grateful. There is an Aldhamland Family web site run by Peter Aldhamland in Australia who I would like to contact because I could give him some information but I have had an email to the address given returned and the site was last updated in January 2006. Bruce Peeke Devon FHS

Hi List, If anyone has the marriage records for this church,would they please check for a marriage for William Standen/Standing to Hannah,surname unknown,around 1811 =/- 5 years. Thank you Gilly

Jane STAFFORD was a widow when she married William COE on 11 Oct 1773 at Ashdon. Have been trying to find her earlier marriage but STAFFORD marriages and burials too in this part of Essex are rare. Cambridgeshire is nearby of course but before venturing over the border - does anyone have Jane in their tree or suggestions for further research please? Peter Knott

Hello everyone I was in the churchyard of the parish church at Henbury (Bristol) when I came across an impressive memorial with the following inscriptions: In memory of ANN WEBB widow of JOHN WEBB of Chigwell Essex Born vii March mdcclxxxvii Died xx Feb mdccclxxxiii aged xcv years In memory of EDWARD WEBB born xii September mdcccxxv Died xix January mdccccvi The family vault of Edward Webb Esquire I can send a photo iuf anyone is interested. Best wishes Mary Leicestershire

Hello, I believe that my 5 x Great Grandparents were the above. Thomas LINDSELL was born in Prittlewell C1736 and was buried C1788, marrying Ann in ????. They had at least three children, Thomas (1758 - 1821), my 4 x Great Grandfather, John (1769 - 1832) and Mary (1772 - ????). Please can anyone fill in the blanks or let me know if they have any further information. I would welcome proof that these are indeed the parents of Thomas of 1758. David Lindsell

Dear Essex List, Am seeking Birth/Christening of Elizabeth EMERY Leigh Essex year given is 1825. Her marriage is to James Frederick Rippingale but have not got a marriage date - I assume it took place in Leigh Essex. Any assistance gratefully received. Renee Oz.