I am looking for the birth and/or baptism record for Ellen Elizabeth BENNETT, born Apr - Jun 1869 @ Islington, London. Birth reference is: Vol. 1(b), Page 339. Her Father's name was Charles Henry BENNETT. Thanks in advance.. Dennis Galley, Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada

Sorry, List! Not sure if I got the name of the ERO archivist right on my last message. Apologies all round if I did :-(

Dear List and Peter LAYZELL, Hear, hear! I think credit goes to ERO for putting anything online, at a time when other places around the country (eg. Hammersmith & Fulham) have been threatening to actually close their Records Offices. I was interested to see that one of the messages on the list was from someone researching an ancestor in Northfleet, Kent. Stephen Dixon, the present archivist at Chelmsford, moved there from Medway Local Studies in Kent, where he made his mark by putting digital images of their holdings of parish registers online - and accessible without charge. I have traced Northfleet and neighbouring ancestors in this way. He moved to ERO in Chelmsford and successfully got this project started there too. I think those of us with ancestors in Kent and Essex are indebted to this man. We have to pay Ancestry, Findmypast and other organisations large subscriptions to get any similar service for other parts of the country. Best wishes, Edwina Higgins ---------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2011 22:57:44 +0100 From: Peter Layzell <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Ess] Good News To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Rather than complaining about what's not being published by Essex Records Office we should congratulate them on having a great online catalogue and publishing many of their records online saving the need for expensive trips.

Hello: I am looking for a Baptism record for Minnie RINGWOOD, who was born about 1880 @ Leyton, Essex. She appears in the 1891 Census for Wanstead Parish in Leyton, Essex as a sister-in-law to John GALLEY, and her age is given as 11. I could not find her in the 1881 Census. Any assistance would be most appreciated... Dennis Galley Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada

Rather than complaining about what's not being published by Essex Records Office we should congratulate them on having a great online catalogue and publishing many of their records online saving the need for expensive trips. Some of the Records Office in the UK that have records of interest to me don't even have a decent online catalogue let alone publish copies of their BMD online. The economic crisis has hit all publicly owned institutions and ERO is no exception.It would have been easy to use the financial crisis as an excuse to stop the digitilisation but in the words of the original post it is really good news that it is continuing. As I understand it any BMD records shown in the Essex online catalogue will eventually be online. Of course the Non Conformist records still held by the relevant church or those who have been lodged with the National Records Office will not appear in this list. In the meantime members of Essex Family History Society, whop have an office at ERO, will be prepared to conduct searches at very reasonable rates. I look forward to seeing all of the BMD records, both Parish and Non Conformist held by Essex online. Peter Layzell

Well put Peter. I'm here in Florida so I am ever grateful for anything that is online. I can wait patiently for it to arrive. Just in case you have forgotten, there are many resources on the Online Parish Clerks sites for many Counties, which includes Essex. Peter has adopted many Essex Parishes, for which we at the Essex Online Parish Clerks site are very grateful. Shirley in Florida ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Layzell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 5:57 PM Subject: Re: [Ess] Good News > Rather than complaining about what's not being published by Essex > Records Office we should congratulate them on having a great online > catalogue and publishing many of their records online saving the need > for expensive trips. > > Some of the Records Office in the UK that have records of interest to me > don't even have a decent online catalogue let alone publish copies of > their BMD online. > > The economic crisis has hit all publicly owned institutions and ERO is > no exception.It would have been easy to use the financial crisis as an > excuse to stop the digitilisation but in the words of the original post > it is really good news that it is continuing. > > As I understand it any BMD records shown in the Essex online catalogue > will eventually be online. Of course the Non Conformist records still > held by the relevant church or those who have been lodged with the > National Records Office will not appear in this list. > > In the meantime members of Essex Family History Society, whop have an > office at ERO, will be prepared to conduct searches at very reasonable > rates. > > I look forward to seeing all of the BMD records, both Parish and Non > Conformist held by Essex online. > > Peter Layzell > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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 >

East of London FHS have 5 people currently registering "GALLEY" as a surname of interest. Their website is also useful for those researching the Tower Hamlets area (this includes Whitechapel, Mile End Old and New Town). http://www.eolfhs.org.uk/ 4856 GALLEY Any offline 01/01/10 5847 GALLEY Bethnal Green 18th offline 01/01/10 12651 GALLEY Bermondsey 19th offline 01/01/10 12651 GALLEY Bethnal Green 19th offline 01/01/10 12651 GALLEY St George in the East 19th offline 01/01/10 This is a snip from their surname list. Paulette

Dear List and Andy, Can I post a plug for the Essex Society for Family History (ESFH), please? You can find them at <http://www.esfh.org.uk/> and membership is not expensive. Ordinary Member: £12.00; Family Member (2 Adults in the same family): £14.00. The quarterly society journal, 'The Essex Family Historian', contains updates from the Essex Records Office from time to time, and is also really informative about all kinds of Essex related things. Best wishes, Edwina Higgins Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 09:30:41 +0100 From: "Andy Claxton" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Ess] Good News To: "'sylvia'" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" This is interesting. I seem to recall that sometime last year it was posted here that ERO 'hoped' to have a lot more PR images available on line by the end of the year (2010). Certainly the parishes I have interest in were not, and are still not, covered by this update. If there is anyone from the ERO who access this list could they consider updating us on progress? Andy Claxton

Hallo Listers Just contacting again to see if anyone has connections with : -- Peter JOSLING b. 1789 who married Catherine Wackrill 1817 Peter died 1849 and is buried at St Andrews Church Sandon Peter and Catherine had eleven children. I am trying to find Peter's parents. Any help appreciated Marion

correction. St. Botolph's not only doesn't have the originals, it still isn't scanned. sorry for the miss-leading report. Cornelia On Fri 04/08/11 12:13 AM , "JFHH" [email protected] sent: Cornelia, ----- Original Message ----- From: > > one caveat (I think). it appears that SEAX does not have all the > parish records-at least, they might have all the Church of England > Parish records, there's far too many to tell what may be missing, but > they seem to be missing some of the nonconformist records. also, I > don't know if the nonconformist records are included in this scanning > set. they should be, but perhaps SEAX is only focused on CofE records. > it would be a shame for the non-conformist records to be neglected. > there is access to some, through FamilySearch and TheGenealogist, but > most remain unacknowledged and unaccessable in any cohesive format. > Cornelia I do not think SEAX are neglecting non-conformists in the immense task of scanning and uploading registers: I have been most grateful to discover scans of non-conformist burials in Maldon, for instance. Kind regards, John Henley Links: ------ [1] mailto:[email protected]

that's only one record of how many? where's some sections of Lion Walk Congregational? all of Colchester Quaker Monthly Meeting? and they don't even have records for Colchester Wesleyan Methodist. where am I supposed to see those scanned? no, you cannot base the availability of records on Maldon. I was pleasantly suprised to find all of St. Botolph's CofE records are now available, that's one I've waited for, for a long time. but they aren't non-conformist. I have some non-conformists marrying there, though. Cornelia On Fri 04/08/11 12:13 AM , "JFHH" [email protected] sent: Cornelia, ----- Original Message ----- From: > > one caveat (I think). it appears that SEAX does not have all the > parish records-at least, they might have all the Church of England > Parish records, there's far too many to tell what may be missing, but > they seem to be missing some of the nonconformist records. also, I > don't know if the nonconformist records are included in this scanning > set. they should be, but perhaps SEAX is only focused on CofE records. > it would be a shame for the non-conformist records to be neglected. > there is access to some, through FamilySearch and TheGenealogist, but > most remain unacknowledged and unaccessable in any cohesive format. > Cornelia I do not think SEAX are neglecting non-conformists in the immense task of scanning and uploading registers: I have been most grateful to discover scans of non-conformist burials in Maldon, for instance. Kind regards, John Henley Links: ------ [1] mailto:[email protected]

Have only just received these posts. I do have a GALLEY family in my tree - birthplaces include Northfleet in Kent and areas of east London, from about 1810 onwards. Not a close link but I'll share what I have if it will help someone. Please contact me offlist. Margaret (currently in Warwickshire)

Cornelia, ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]>> > one caveat (I think). it appears that SEAX does not have all the > parish records-at least, they might have all the Church of England > Parish records, there's far too many to tell what may be missing, but > they seem to be missing some of the nonconformist records. also, I > don't know if the nonconformist records are included in this scanning > set. they should be, but perhaps SEAX is only focused on CofE records. > it would be a shame for the non-conformist records to be neglected. > there is access to some, through FamilySearch and TheGenealogist, but > most remain unacknowledged and unaccessable in any cohesive format. > Cornelia I do not think SEAX are neglecting non-conformists in the immense task of scanning and uploading registers: I have been most grateful to discover scans of non-conformist burials in Maldon, for instance. Kind regards, John Henley

The birth index shows the following birth John Henry Galley, Mile End Old Town, 1868 1st quarter, volume 1c, page 548 -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Galley Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 10:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Ess] Birth Record - 1868 I am trying to find a birth record for John GALLEY, who was born about 1868. The 1891 Census for Wanstead, Leyton, Romford indicates that he was born @ Commercial Road, London. The 1901 Census for Leyton, Walthamstow gives his place of birth as London, Whitechapel. A Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage between John GALLEY and Ellen BENNETT dated August 5, 1888 indicates that they both resided @ Leytonstone at the time of the marriage. John GALLEY's father's name is given as John GALLEY, and his occupation as "Drover" Any assistance in tracing John GALLEY's place of birth, and both parents names would be most appreciated. Dennis Galley, Port Elgin, Ontario Canada ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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

I am trying to find a birth record for John GALLEY, who was born about 1868. The 1891 Census for Wanstead, Leyton, Romford indicates that he was born @ Commercial Road, London. The 1901 Census for Leyton, Walthamstow gives his place of birth as London, Whitechapel. A Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage between John GALLEY and Ellen BENNETT dated August 5, 1888 indicates that they both resided @ Leytonstone at the time of the marriage. John GALLEY's father's name is given as John GALLEY, and his occupation as "Drover" Any assistance in tracing John GALLEY's place of birth, and both parents names would be most appreciated. Dennis Galley, Port Elgin, Ontario Canada

one caveat (I think). it appears that SEAX does not have all the parish records-at least, they might have all the Church of England Parish records, there's far too many to tell what may be missing, but they seem to be missing some of the nonconformist records. also, I don't know if the nonconformist records are included in this scanning set. they should be, but perhaps SEAX is only focused on CofE records. it would be a shame for the non-conformist records to be neglected. there is access to some, through FamilySearch and TheGenealogist, but most remain unacknowledged and unaccessable in any cohesive format. Cornelia On Wed 04/06/11 11:00 PM , "sylvia" [email protected] sent: I had emailed SEAX asking why they were copying PR's starting with the beginning years instead of c1837 and going backwards, also (as I had seen they had indexed some PR's) whether they could put those online meanwhile. Thought the response might be of interest to all: Thank you for your email. We decided to digitise the older parish registers initially as they are generally harder to read and we felt that the quality of the images that we obtain would be of more use in reading these particular registers. However, we are currently nearing the end of a very large project to digitise our post-1700 registers. We cannot yet say when they will be made available on SEAX but we hope it will be later this year. If you like to contact us again in a few months, we may have more definite news by then. Indexes are usually compiled by private individuals so there may be copyright implications; we have no plans to digitise them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] [1] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] [2] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Links: ------ [1] mailto:[email protected] [2] mailto:[email protected]

This is interesting. I seem to recall that sometime last year it was posted here that ERO 'hoped' to have a lot more PR images available on line by the end of the year (2010). Certainly the parishes I have interest in were not, and are still not, covered by this update. If there is anyone from the ERO who access this list could they consider updating us on progress? Andy Claxton -----Original Message----- From: sylvia [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 07 April 2011 07:00 To: [email protected] Subject: [Ess] Good News I had emailed SEAX asking why they were copying PR's starting with the beginning years instead of c1837 and going backwards, also (as I had seen they had indexed some PR's) whether they could put those online meanwhile. Thought the response might be of interest to all: Thank you for your email. We decided to digitise the older parish registers initially as they are generally harder to read and we felt that the quality of the images that we obtain would be of more use in reading these particular registers. However, we are currently nearing the end of a very large project to digitise our post-1700 registers. We cannot yet say when they will be made available on SEAX but we hope it will be later this year. If you like to contact us again in a few months, we may have more definite news by then. Indexes are usually compiled by private individuals so there may be copyright implications; we have no plans to digitise them.

Registration Districts do not always pay attention to county boundaries, and Edmonton is a particularly tricksy one. Until 1939, it included Cheshunt in Hertfordshire and Waltham Holy Cross in Essex, as well as its own section of Middlesex, including Enfield (and, until 1848, Hampstead, which confuses many people!). Best wishes Caroline > I have an Enfield Marriage, St Andrew from Ancestry.co.uk 1880. The > registration district is Edmonton. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Caroline Bradford" <[email protected]> > To: "sylvia" <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 1:59 PM > Subject: Re: [Ess] Enfield? > > > > Hi Sylvia > > > > Enfield has never been in Essex. It was in Middlesex until becoming a > > London borough. Ancestry has the baptism registers for St Andrew's, > the > > original parish church - originals and film are at the LMA. > > > > Best wishes > > > > Caroline > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > On 6 Apr 2011, at 18:47, "sylvia" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Enfield does not come under parishes at SEAX - so is this Middlesex > or > >> hidden elsewhere in Essex? I'm looking for baptisms c1800. Thanks, > >> Sylvia > >> > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >> Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK- > [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: Essex-UK- > [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: Essex-UK- > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

"I have an Enfield Marriage, St Andrew from Ancestry.co.uk 1880. The registration district is Edmonton." Yes that's quite correct, Edmonton is also in Middlesex, or at least was until being absorbed into The London Borough of Enfield. You must remember that Registration Districts do not follow County boundary lines. For example Waltham Abbey ( Waltham Holy Cross ) is in Essex, always has been but is in the Edmonton Registration District or was but the boundaries seem to change like the weather. Regards, Mick

I had emailed SEAX asking why they were copying PR's starting with the beginning years instead of c1837 and going backwards, also (as I had seen they had indexed some PR's) whether they could put those online meanwhile. Thought the response might be of interest to all: Thank you for your email. We decided to digitise the older parish registers initially as they are generally harder to read and we felt that the quality of the images that we obtain would be of more use in reading these particular registers. However, we are currently nearing the end of a very large project to digitise our post-1700 registers. We cannot yet say when they will be made available on SEAX but we hope it will be later this year. If you like to contact us again in a few months, we may have more definite news by then. Indexes are usually compiled by private individuals so there may be copyright implications; we have no plans to digitise them.