Genealogy Chat

The subscription figures have vanished from the link I gave on the 1st August. I hope they aren't going to increase them already.

I don't know how access to the information is going to differ from the present setup. It might therefore be worthwhile if potential users register with SEAX and familiarise themselves with what is available and how to access it.

If you have not seen parish records (as opposed to transcripts of records) before, Barking St Margaret is a good place to start as it has a images from 1558 to 1991 available now. so you can see how the format has changed over time.

When you select a parish and a set of images, there may well be a hundred images in that set and it will speed your searches if you can work out which image to start at. When using microfiche at a record office you can usually locate the image you want in a few seconds but on a PC each image takes a second or two to load and then you have to move around the image to see the part you want. For the old records (before forms were used) sometimes baptisms, burials and marriages are grouped together and sometimes separated. Hopefully there will be a better index to access the records.

Ken

Yes, long stay parking (exceeding 3 hours) at Wharf Road is £3.90.

If you consider the Dartford Tolls is £1.50 each way + Petrol + parking (possibly) + a snack, £5 for a day of intensive searching is quite good value for money.

And all from the comfort of your own home!

Just noticed on the SEAX site that it says what the charges will be.

I have since edited them out as they are no longer on that site (edited 6 Aug 2011 at 22:17)

http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk/default.asp

Ken

access to the images will be free in the ERO Searchroom.

Would anyone fancy a permenant job of sitting there and doing look ups:-)

free of course !!!!

Bump for those who haven't seen :-)

Nudge :-)

Thanks KSE
Bookmarked for later use

Tony, I agree with your comment as whilst I do not live as far away as you,my home is in Spain, I will use Seax as well, if I go back and have some spare time I may be able to use this resource.

04.08 hrs Spain :-)

Have been using SEAX for some years now.

The digital images dating back through the century's for varying parishes have been a great resource for peeps like myself that live O/seas.

I to hope that the existing images will still be available for free.
60% of my family history relates to Essex.

Thanks for adding the thread.

Tony ( Australia )

nugde to save for later

KSE

I wondered that too.

But it did explain why they had started putting them up and then it all stopped. Someone obviously realised they could make much needed money by making them 'pay to view' and I certainly don't begrudge them doing so :-)....Just have my fingers crossed that the cost is reasonable.

Chris

I wonder if the existing images that are currently available will still be free to view?

When I was born in Walthamstow it was still considered as part of Essex.

A lot of my ancestors started off in Islington which was fine for London records...then they moved a mile or two and were now in Essex aghhh

jax

Hope it covers Maldon/Heybridge Billericay etc as its a day trip for me to get to Chelmsford Record Office and then when i get there I dont really know what I am doing with all those microfiche records.lol :-(

Thank you for the information. When my grandmother got married in the early 1900's Walthamstow was also considered to be part of West Ham. It just goes to show how careful you have to be when looking for ancestors in a particular part of the country where county borders have changed over the years (e.g. London, Essex, Middlesex and Surrey).

Good news! Thank you :)

Good news, as long as it is at a reasonable cost

For some reason the Hatfield Broad Oak parish has not deposited the records with the ERO. There is some discussion about that on Rootsweb.

Ken