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Essex Memorial Inscription Index (Essex SFH)

• Transcription and conventions used
• Coverage
• Checking
• Grouping
• Abbreviations and codes
• Contact details
• How to buy
• Copyright

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Transcription and conventions used

The transcriptions result from the patient work of many members of the Essex Society for Family History over many years. Inscriptions have been transcribed from all available memorials, whether individual or collective, wherever they may be found. Not all Essex Parishes have yet been surveyed nor have all completed transcriptions yet been indexed and checked.

The checked index here consists of 154,807 entries from the 14th century to the present day from the County of Essex. Further Parishes will be added as they become available.

The index includes the following fields - there may be more information in the original record:-

• Name - Forenames and Surname.
• Date - in various formats or may not exist
• MI Ref - reference to full transcription and location data in ESFH hardcopy and fiche
• Comments - brief additional information (for some entries only)
• Location - usually the Parish.
• Church - or other location
• Denomination - the denomination when the records were registered - not always a valid assumption.
• County - Chapman code relating to place
• Fiche - whether or not a fiche copy of the Parish data is available

Full Transcriptions, in printed form, are held by the Society at their Research Centre at the Essex Records Office in Chelmsford. Typically, these contain a map showing the location and a discription of each memorial stone or plaque and a transcription of its inscription, as far as it is readable. It is recommended that users consult the full transcription and/or the original source to confirm the details.

Copies of the full trancription may be obtained, on request, for 0.85p + VAT per item, on supply of the Parish and MI Ref. from this index.

Where available, fiche copies of the whole Parish may be purchased from the Society. Details of how to buy are given below or at www.esfh.org.uk .

Coverage

The following places or parishes are included in this database. Note that there may be more than one church, chapel or burial ground in each place.

Inscriptions have been recorded and indexed with dates between 1348 and 2003.

County of Essex

Checking

All the entries have been checked.

Grouping

Records have been grouped by MI Reference so that all people mentioned on a gravestone can be easily identified.

Abbreviations and Codes

The Chapman County codes have been used. The code for Essex is 'ESS'.

Contact details

For more information about the Essex Society for Family History please see the web site www.esfh.org.uk

How to buy

Orders may be placed by post directly to ESFH (see www.esfh.org.uk )

The Essex SFH also provides postal research services and their web site provides information about other privately held indexes that may be of value.

Copyright and disclaimer

© Essex Society for Family History.

While every care has been taken in the preparation of the transcription and index, users are advised, whenever possible, to view the original memorials to form their own interpretation.

The Essex Society for Family History accepts no liability for any errors or omissions that remain (although they would welcome notification of alternative interpretations of the inscriptions).

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