Thanks Keith and for the link . Another puzzle. Family Search threw up a marriage result for one of my Fen edge ag labs ( with not especially common names ) in an unlikely Braintree. It is one I have been trawling images of several parishes to find. Would I be correct in assuming that because Essex have an online record image viewing service organised themselves ( at a fairly steep £10 a day), they have not allowed FS to put the images on line or am I missing trick in how to browse the Essex images on FS? Rosie On 31/01/2016 03:46, Keith Drage via wrote: > Looks to me like nobody has answered the original posters question, > possibly because > - to be accurate one has to go down to the parish level. > - the commercial organisations are very sparse on identifying the > original source of their information, and on whether a new index has > been created or they have just imported an existing index from elsewhere. > > I did find the following blog page that attempted to do some of this: > > http://elizabethwalne.co.uk/blog/2015/8/2/norfolk-parish-registers-online

As a frequent user of Essex RO material I can confirm that ERO did their own digitisation. The funds paid for viewing of those images is an obvious revenue source for them. It would be very unlikely for them to give that source away. It is a free view when you are in the ERO reading room. Mike > On 31 Jan 2016, at 08:21, xpn11 via <norfolk@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Thanks Keith and for the link . > Another puzzle. > Family Search threw up a marriage result for one of my Fen edge ag labs > ( with not especially common names ) in an unlikely Braintree. It is one > I have been trawling images of several parishes to find. > Would I be correct in assuming that because Essex have an online record > image viewing service organised themselves ( at a fairly steep £10 a > day), they have not allowed FS to put the images on line or am I > missing trick in how to browse the Essex images on FS? > Rosie > > On 31/01/2016 03:46, Keith Drage via wrote: >> Looks to me like nobody has answered the original posters question, >> possibly because >> - to be accurate one has to go down to the parish level. >> - the commercial organisations are very sparse on identifying the >> original source of their information, and on whether a new index has >> been created or they have just imported an existing index from elsewhere. >> >> I did find the following blog page that attempted to do some of this: >> >> http://elizabethwalne.co.uk/blog/2015/8/2/norfolk-parish-registers-online > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Rosie As you suggest, Essex have their own website and charge for access to their PRs and other records, rather than let a commercial company come in and scan and they get a kick back for viewed pages as many other counties do Familysearch do not have the images online for the transcriptions they have online, probably as they can't get a licence from Essex CC as that would lessen their income A lot of the Parish register information the LDS have on film/fiche is of the BTs, not the actual parish register There is a decent write up on the Essex PRs they have <https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/England,_Essex_Parish_Registers_%28FamilySearch_Historical_Records%29> And a linked page with known or reported issues <https://familysearch.org/ask/salesforce/viewArticle?urlname=England-Essex-Parish-Registers-1503-1997-known-issues&lang=en> Why not post the marriage entry you have and perhaps we can help find it or at least suggest why we can't One possible reason for a marriage recorded in two or more places, is the calling of banns being wrongly recorded as a marriage Banns should have been called in both home parishes of the parties marrying (unless they resided in the parish of marriage for three weeks as many did to save a banns fee) Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 31/01/2016 08:21, xpn11 via wrote: > Thanks Keith and for the link . > Another puzzle. > Family Search threw up a marriage result for one of my Fen edge ag labs > ( with not especially common names ) in an unlikely Braintree. It is one > I have been trawling images of several parishes to find. > Would I be correct in assuming that because Essex have an online record > image viewing service organised themselves ( at a fairly steep £10 a > day), they have not allowed FS to put the images on line or am I > missing trick in how to browse the Essex images on FS? > Rosie --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

The majority of the Norfolk images that exist on Family Search do so because a number of years back LDS offered to microfilm for free parish registers providing they could keep their own copy of the microfilm. I assume there also has had to be some additional discussion as to whether that source material could be made available online, but LDS already had the images. I believe Essex has always done its own microfilming, and therefore LDS has never had this as a source. You can check what LDS microfilms exist by clicking the Catalog tab at www.familysearch.org, anything listed should still be orderable for viewing at local LDS Family History centres, even if it is not directly available online (or of course you can go to Salt Lake City and see it there immediately!). It does seem to have the Essex BTs, which may be where your reference came from. For Essex records from the record office service, £10 is the daily rate - it gets significantly cheaper if you subscribe for a longer period (although that doesn't help if you only want a few entries). The FAQ does say you can request single images without subscribing, but I could not find a price for that. It used to be possible to buy copies of their fiche (at a reasonable price), but they currently do not advertise that service. Another option (not specific to Essex) usually available is to join the local FHS and use any search or lookup service they may provide, frequently free for members. Finally if you can get to London, the the SoG library has a number of the fiche and also some transcripts for Braintree. The catalogue can be searched online without being a member. regards Keith Drage Swindon UK On 31/01/2016 08:21, xpn11@aol.com wrote: > Thanks Keith and for the link . > Another puzzle. > Family Search threw up a marriage result for one of my Fen edge ag > labs ( with not especially common names ) in an unlikely Braintree. It > is one I have been trawling images of several parishes to find. > Would I be correct in assuming that because Essex have an online > record image viewing service organised themselves ( at a fairly steep > £10 a day), they have not allowed FS to put the images on line or am I > missing trick in how to browse the Essex images on FS? > Rosie > > On 31/01/2016 03:46, Keith Drage via wrote: >> Looks to me like nobody has answered the original posters question, >> possibly because >> - to be accurate one has to go down to the parish level. >> - the commercial organisations are very sparse on identifying the >> original source of their information, and on whether a new index has >> been created or they have just imported an existing index from elsewhere. >> >> I did find the following blog page that attempted to do some of this: >> >> http://elizabethwalne.co.uk/blog/2015/8/2/norfolk-parish-registers-online >