The Society for everyone, young and old,
with an interest in their family history,
especially those with ancestors from Essex.
As well as our website with online shop, we offer
- Frequent online talks and workshops with live local audiences (COVID permitting)
- Research Centre within the Essex Record Office at Chelmsford
As a member, you can:
- Get three magazines each year
- Advertise your Surname Interests and edit your own advert at any time
- Search our database of Parish Register & Gravestone Transcriptions
- Watch recordings of past talks
- View archive of our magazines plus exchange journals from other FHS
Come and join us. Become a member, with immediate effect.
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NEW RECORDS ADDED
Some more Christening records have been added to our Genealogy Database taking the total number of records in our datbase (Christenings, Marriages, Burials & Monumental Inscriptions) to over 2 million.
Details of the new christening records added can been seen here.


Office address:-
ESFH, c/o Essex Record Office, Wharf Road, Chelmsford, CM2 6YT