Essex Record Office collaboration with Ancestry

[jonwarrn]

I haven't seen any mention so far on Rootschat of the new Essex transcriptions on findmpast. Perhaps not quite as many records as on ancestry, but an awful lot (I mean millions)
The indexes are free to search, so they may be of help
Baptism Index here, with links to the marriages and burials
https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/essex-baptism-index-1538-1920

I found the coverage given in the parish list was not always accurate.

[coombs]

FindMyPast seems to have better search features than Anc, although this is just my own experience. I am pleased that FindMyPast Fridays have released some Essex records. Still unable to find the baptism of my ancestor Nathan Jackson Quilter, perhaps his family were nonconformists. However the new Essex records have helped me break down many brickwalls.

[melba_schmelba]

The latest Lostcousins newsletter has an article about getting to the image from Ancestry's transcription. It's a bit long-winded, but may be of use to some of you:
https://www.lostcousins.com/newsletters2/endjun19news.htm#EssexTip

Thanks, very useful. I am not sure when this occurred, but SEAX have now hiked the subscription prices by £10 across the board, so 1 day is now £20, 1 week £30 etc.

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=816124.msg6775926#msg6775926

Have we been informed if the indexing is complete or not by Essex or Ancestry? There are also many Essex transcriptions on freereg

https://www.freereg.org.uk/

[melba_schmelba]

I haven't seen any mention so far on Rootschat of the new Essex transcriptions on findmpast. Perhaps not quite as many records as on ancestry, but an awful lot (I mean millions)
The indexes are free to search, so they may be of help
Baptism Index here, with links to the marriages and burials
https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/essex-baptism-index-1538-1920

I found the coverage given in the parish list was not always accurate.

I think they may have all the same transcriptions now that ancestry have.

[clairec666]

I haven't seen any mention so far on Rootschat of the new Essex transcriptions on findmpast. Perhaps not quite as many records as on ancestry, but an awful lot (I mean millions)
The indexes are free to search, so they may be of help
Baptism Index here, with links to the marriages and burials
https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/essex-baptism-index-1538-1920

I found the coverage given in the parish list was not always accurate.

I think they may have all the same transcriptions now that ancestry have.

I'm not sure whether the transcriptions are identical on both sites, but it's worth searching both anyway. I've found a couple of records on Findmypast that I couldn't find on Ancestry.

[melba_schmelba]

I haven't seen any mention so far on Rootschat of the new Essex transcriptions on findmpast. Perhaps not quite as many records as on ancestry, but an awful lot (I mean millions)
The indexes are free to search, so they may be of help
Baptism Index here, with links to the marriages and burials
https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/essex-baptism-index-1538-1920

I found the coverage given in the parish list was not always accurate.

I think they may have all the same transcriptions now that ancestry have.

I'm not sure whether the transcriptions are identical on both sites, but it's worth searching both anyway. I've found a couple of records on Findmypast that I couldn't find on Ancestry.

Interesting, possibly indicates they used their own transcribers? They usually tend to be better than Ancestry overall.

[coombs]

Getting the image from the Anc transcriptions does seem a lot of faffing around. FamilySearch has some images for Essex parish registers but they are hit and miss. FreeREG is good but many of the marriages 1754 onwards are transcribed from BT's or Phillimore, which omit the vital witness names. But many are from original PR's which have transcribed the witness names. Names of witnesses to marriages is fundamental.

[clairec666]

Despite these new transcriptions, I'm still going to carry on transcribing Essex records for FreeREG.

[coombs]

Despite these new transcriptions, I'm still going to carry on transcribing Essex records for FreeREG.

Keep up the good work as well. I think sadly the 1754-1774 marriage for Burnham on Crouch were destroyed in a fire one time, as people researching the Richmond family found this out. I am sure my James Hurrell married his 2nd wife Frances there c1767-1772. I descend from their son Jeremiah Hurrell born 1772. Fanny Hurrel died in 1814 aged 72 so born c1741/1742.

I have a strong feeling as to Frances' maiden name anyway as a Fanny Argo was baptised in Danbury in 1741 and an awful lot of Argo's witnesses marriages of James Hurrell's children, plus James Hurrell witnessed a marriage of a brother of the Fanny Argo/Argol baptised in 1741.