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Once you’ve explored the main family history sources, it’s worth investigating the records that survive for the towns and boroughs where your ancestors lived. Local records can reveal a lot about their lives, documenting their trades, involvement in community affairs, … Continue reading →
Here at the Essex Record Office (ERO) we are pleased to be taking part in the national Grounds for Appeal (GfA) project. While there are not a huge number of surviving records at ERO in comparison to some of our project partners, it is still great to be able to participate in the GfA project and contribute the data from our records to the national database that is being constructed. Continue…
Here at the Essex Record Office our Archive Assistant (and events wrangler) Neil Wiffen has been looking at things again, specifically the 1777 Chapman and André map of Essex. Here he explains all: Continue reading →
In this blog post, Archive Assistant Robert Lee explores a previous example of how the ERO Search Service can assist with property history. One such case was a search request from Mr. Ben Parker of Great Braxted. The purpose of … Continue reading →
Archive Assistant Desmond Crone highlights examples of the types of material that you might find in the Essex Record Office collections when researching your property. Some are from searches recently carried out for customers of our Search Service. MapsModern copies … Continue reading →
In early May 1926, Britain was brought to a standstill. For nine days, over 1.5 million workers stopped work in support of coal miners facing wage cuts and longer working hours. Although the strike was national, its impact was profoundly … Continue reading →
In the first in a series of case studies on our search service, Archive Assistant Robert Lee takes a look at a search request to show what a will transcription may involve. Transcribing wills is not always an easy endeavour, … Continue reading →
To celebrate Women’s History Month 2026, Archive Assistant Rhiannon Bush has found records which illustrate the work women completed during WWI. In this post we would like to highlight a booklet published by the War Office which explores the important … Continue reading →
British Science Week, first held in 1994, is an annual ten-day celebration, and this year it is running 6th – 15th March. It is organised to celebrate, through a variety of events; science, technology, engineering and maths, and is intended … Continue reading →
Here at ERO we offer an in-house search service, wherein researchers can request archival material to be examined and reported on. This can be ideal for those keen to access historical Essex records that cannot otherwise visit the archives in … Continue reading →
