Essex parish records online - project

[coombs]

Some of the SEAX parish registers go up to 1800. Although only a select number of parishes do. Most go up to about 1760ish.

[helvissa]

It's alright, I didn't delete it.

Sorry for having a tantrum! *is embarrassed* 

It's hard to know what other projects are going on - would I have to join the Essex Family History Society? I spose maybe I should....

[Lisajj]

Glad you haven't deleted it!  Don't worry about having a tantrum either!
Anyway, it doesn't really matter if you duplicate something that someone else has already done.  So many errors happen during transcription - look at FindMyPast & Ancestry - how many times do you find something on one and not the other when it should be on both!

[helvissa]

I wasn't feeling very well at the time... I'm ok now...

I got an email from someone the other day who googled the name of one of their ancestors and the regiment he was in, and it brought up the page on my site with his daughter's baptism on it as the second hit on Google! She was pleased as she didn't even know the existence of that particular child. I think people use Google a lot to search for things - I don't think it'll necessarily bring up things which are in databases but will on webpages.

[coombs]

Be good if SEAX released later records for Romford. It would be handy to get Romford burials online after 1750 as I may have found a Merritt/Merret connection there. I have tried parish register sales websites but nothing yet for Romford.

[Lisajj]

I think that the more people who put their stuff online - even duplicates - is just going to make things easier for people who aren't mobile.  Once I've finished renovating the house and have actually moved in, then I would like to set up my own website with all my family history related stuff on it.  It may be useful to someone else!

[Scrabble]

I am doing my Essex transcribing for FreeReg and they have permission for their volunteers to transcribe from the SEAX site so I am sure that is possible for others too.

Helvissa you are doing a great job, if we all do a bit we will benefit the whole genealogical community.

[footymum]

Will you be having anything on Little Clacton, in Essex, as many of my relatives orginate from there.

[kms1974]

It's great to see some Essex parish records put online.  I'm looking for records of my Lindsell relatives from Braintree and Bocking, particularly the marriage of James Lindsell (baptised 28/3/1802 at St. Mary's Bocking to a Hannah ? and their children James 1823, William 1827, Elisa 1829, James 1831, Sarah 1834, Frederick 1836 and my direct ancestor Charles b 1840.  They lived in Braintree in 1841, and some of their father James' brothers and sisters were baptised at St. Michael the Archangel Braintree.  If you're not doing Braintree and Bocking, do you know of anyone who could look them up for me because the dates are pre 1841 census, and I live in Sydney Australia, so can't easily get there to search myself, and so far they're not online.  Regards, Kathy.