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Tracker: Goal 4: Learn about Essex church and cemetery records.
Choices
ALearn about Essex church records.
- Get an overview of Essex church records in this article.
FS—Essex Church Records - Learn about Essex parish registers.
Essex Record Office: Parish Registers - Learn about and search Essex parish registers.
FS: Essex Parish Registers - Learn about Essex non-conformist registers.
Essex Record Office: Parish Registers - Explore the
church records link on the GenUKI Essex site. - Explore the parish map on the Essex Society for Family History site.
- Search for Essex church records on the Essex Society for Family History site.
- Explore parish records on the FreeReg.org site.
- Use this parish page to explore parish records in Essex.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for church records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
Simeon Hillary was christened in 1773. Use information from the "FS: England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- Where and when was Simeon christened?
- What are the names of Simeon's parents?
- What was the occupation of Simeon's father?
- In the search screen for the QUIKLink above, enter "Simeon Hillary" in the appropriate search fields.
- Use the index transcription and the record image to answer the questions.
- John was christened in Wanstead, Essex, England, on October 21, 1773.
- Simeon's parents are Simeon and Elizabeth Hillary.
- Simeon's father was a coachman.
QUIKLinks
- FS: England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997
- AC: Essex, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
- AC: Essex, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1918
- AC: Essex, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1935
- FS: England, Essex Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1971
- FMP: Essex Baptism Index 1538-1917
- FMP: Essex Marriage Index 1538-1900
BExplore Essex cemetery records.
- Explore Essex cemetery records on the Gen UKI site.
- Search the Find a Grave site for cemetery records.
- Search the BillionGraves site for cemetery records.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for cemetery records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
QUIKLinks