Essex Society for Family History News Page
Registered Charity No 290552   

Welcome to the page that brings you
all the latest news items from the Society. 

The Annual General Meeting of the Society will be held

in  the Theatre at the  Essex Record Office on

Saturday 27th September 2008 at 2pm.

As foreshadowed at the 2007 AGM a revised draft Constitution will be presented for adoption if members present at the meeting agree. A copy of the proposed Constitution  in .pdf format may be viewed by following the link.

Essex Family Historian - June 2008 Edition

Chelmsford Tutorial Programme
The Tutorial  on 19th July is not now as advertised in the Essex Family Historian but is "Go Tell it to the Marines" with John Young

CD Review
Please note that in the review in the June 2008 Issue of the Essex Family Historian (page 44) the quoted cost for the three Colchester CDs is for each of them and orders should be sent to :-

ESFH Postal Book Service,
6  The Woodlands,
Brightlingsea,
Essex CO7 0RY

and not to the ESFH Research Room at Chelmsford.

FFHS Website Award 2007

  The Essex Society for Family History website was again awarded the third place in    the  2007 Best Websites competition run by the Federation of Family History Societies having been similarly placed in the 2006 awards.

Our picture shows  our President, Lord Petre presenting the award to our webmaster, Colin Smith at our Annual General Meeting in September. 

New CD-ROMs available from our Postal Bookshop  

Monumental Inscriptions - Over the coming months the Essex Society for Family History will be producing CDs to replace the microfiche of Monumental Inscriptions which we previously offered for sale  and including  memorials to be found in other graveyards in the same area which have been completed since the sales of microfiche were discontinued. For full details see our Postal Bookshop.

All the CDs can also be obtained over the counter at our Research Centre in the Essex Record Office in Chelmsford and at local Branch meetings.

An index showing the availability of data on each church included in  our Church Record List indexes is now available for the convenience of members researching in Essex.  Is your particular interest included?  A site providing photographs of many of the Essex Churches themselves can be found at http://www.essexchurches.info.

Postal Book Service - We offer a selection of titles of books about about Essex through our postal bookshop  Many of these will make excellent birthday or Christmas presents - take a look if you are stuck for ideas for your Family History friends. 

The Society's Annual General Meeting was held in the Essex Record Office Theatre in Chelmsford on Saturday 15th September 2007  under the Chairmanship of Our President, The Lord Petre.

The Chairman's Annual Report  and the Accounts are available by following these links.

The National Family History Conference

29-31st August 2008

Full details of the conference are now available.

 ONS VACATE PUBLIC SEARCH FACILITIES AT FRC

The Office of National Statistics (ONS)  have closed their public search facilities at the Family Records Centre (FRC) Myddelton Street, London. Ordering of BMD certificates is now ONLINE only.  The microfiche indexes of births, marriages and deaths needed to order certificates are still available in our Research Room. 

Essex Freemason's Records -Southchurch Masonic Study Circle is engaged in a project to transcribe the surviving returns held at the Essex Record Office made by Freemasons Lodges as a result of the Unlawful Societies Act of 1799. The returns include Name, Address and Occupation of members and the details are being transcribed into a database which you can view at:- http://www.southchurch.mesh4us.org.uk/oaths.php Although by no means complete the records for 1799, 1895 and 1900 may be of use to members.

Internet access 1901 Census and Family History on Line (FHOL)  - Vouchers, value £5 and valid for 6 months from the date of first use, are available from the Society's Research Centre in the Essex Record Office, from the Treasurer and at Branch Meetings. There is a 5% discount for Society Members on the 1901 Census vouchers ONLY. We regret there is no discount on the FHOL vouchers.  Applications made by post must include a stamped and addressed envelope with the order and quote the membership number (if applicable).  Vouchers can be used in the Research Centre.

Changes of e-mail address - Please remember to notify us of any change in your e-mail address by notifying our  e-mail controller  Many people trying to contact members with a common  surname interest  write to us saying that their e-mail has been returned and  asking for updated address. We can only keep the addresses up to date if you tell us of any change. Remember you may be missing the person who can provide you with your missing link in your family tree.   

 

Last updated 04 July, 2008