ESSEX DIRECTORY
ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES Barking And Dagenham Archives And Local Studies Centre
a Valence House, Becontree Avenue, Dagenham RM8 3HT
t 020 8227 2033 e localstudies@lbbd.gov.uk w valencehousecollections.
co.uk/visit-us
You can find research guides, online exhibitions and a catalogue via the website.
Essex Libraries
w libraries.essex.gov.uk
This site gives information about libraries in the county, including local-history collections and Essex Record Office access points.
ESSEX RECORD OFFICE
a Wharf Road, Chelmsford CM2 6YT
t 033301 32497 e ero.enquiry@essex.gov.uk w essexrecordoffice.co.uk
ERO looks after parish registers, census and Poor Law records, wills, family and estate records, and newspapers. You can search the catalogue at essexarchives online.co.uk, where you can also sign up for the Essex Ancestors subscription service.
Grays Library
a Thameside Complex, Orsett Road, Grays RM17 5DX
t 01375 413976 e grays.library@thurrock.gov.uk w tinyurl.com/thurrock-local The library’s collection on the history of Thurrock includes the
Thurrock Gazette on microfilm (1886 to present), pamphlets and maps (1800s–1980s).
Havering Local Studies And Family History Centre
a Central Library, St Edwards Way, Romford RM1 3AR
t 01708 432392 e localstudies@havering.gov.uk w tinyurl.com/hav-loc-stud
The website has information on its holdings including rate books,
Newham Archives And Local Studies Library
a 1st Floor, Stratford Library, 3 The Grove, Stratford E15 1EL
t 020 3373 6881 e archiveslocalstudies@ newham.gov.uk
w tinyurl.com/newham-arch Visit for local newspapers, school and hospital records, registers, returns and directories. You can also browse historic photographs at newhamphotos.com.
Redbridge Heritage Centre
a 2nd Floor, Redbridge Central Library, Clements Road, Ilford IG1 1EA t 020 8708 2422 e info.heritage@visionrcl.org.uk w tinyurl.com/red-heritage The heritage centre includes material from Ilford, Redbridge, Wanstead and Woodford.
The Forum Southend- On- Sea
a Elmer Square, Southend-onSea SS1 1NS t 01702 5345011 w tinyurl.com/forum-library Southend’s library spans two floors of the Forum.
Waltham Forest Archives And Local Studies Library
a Vestry House Museum, Vestry Road, Walthamstow E17 9NH
020 8496 4391 wfa.enquiries@walthamforest. gov.uk
w tinyurl.com/waltham-arch The resources available here include records from parishes back to 1575 and material from Chingford Mount Cemetery.
GROUPS AND SOCIETIES East Of London Family History Society
e membership.secretary@eolfhs. org.uk
w eolfhs.org.uk
The society covers parts of historic Essex that are now within Greater London – Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Newham and Redbridge.
Essex Society For Archaeology & History
w esah1852.org.uk
This site provides free online access to a number of resources, including details of feet of fines back to the 12th century.
Essex Society For Family History
w esfh.org.uk
Established in 1974, the society has branches in Chelmsford, Colchester, Harlow, Saffron Walden and Southend-on-Sea. It runs a research centre on the first floor of Essex Record Office.
Waltham Forest Family History Society
w wffhs.org.uk
The society covers south-west Essex. You can search its online resources, including memorial inscriptions and burial records, at records.wffhs.org.uk.
MUSEUM Essex Police Museum
a PO Box 2, Headquarters, Springfield, Chelmsford CM2 6DA t 01245 457150 e museum@essex.police.uk w tinyurl.com/essex-pol-mus
The museum offers a research service for material that includes officers in the Essex County Constabulary, Colchester Borough Police, Southend Borough Police, Second World War reserves and women auxiliaries.
WEBSITES Ancestry
w tinyurl.com/anc-ess-registers Ancestry has extensive records in association with ERO including ‘Essex, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538–1812’.
Essex Sounds
w essexsounds.org.uk
Listen to oral history recordings.
Findmypast
w tinyurl.com/fmp-ess-parishes The site has five million records from the county’s parishes.