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National Burial 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 transcription consists of 710,440 entries mainly from the 19th century and covering the County of Essex. The East of London FHS covers other parts of the County.

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

• Forenames.
• Surname (in CAPITALS).
• Date (separate fields for day, month and year)
• Age at death (inf indicates an infant, generally under one year of age).
• Place - sometimes called the 'parish'.
• Description - usually the dedication of the church - but it may be the address of a non-conformist register or a cemetery.
• Denomination - the denomination when the records were registered - not always a valid assumption.
• County - Chapman code relating to place.

Note: where there is parish such as 'Anytown St Martin' (where the St Martin appears to be part of the placename) we also enter the Description (dedication) as 'St Martin'.

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.

Checking

All the entries have been checked.

Grouping

There are no record groups in this database.

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

The second edition of the National Burial Index is available on four CD-ROMS from many family history societies and GENfair, the online bookshop of the Federation of Family History Societies (Publications) Ltd.

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 index users are advised to view the originals of the appropriate registers (or facsimiles thereof, e.g. microfilm) and 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 registers.)

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