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Parish History

Foulness, is a parish in Rochford district, Essex. It lies on the south side of the of the river Crouch; it is seperated on the west from Wallasea island, it is bounded on the SE and E by the North sea; and is 9 miles NE of South end railway station.[1]

Resources

Civil Registration

Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records

Online Foulness, Essex Parish Register Images and Indexes
 
Baptisms
Marriages
Burials
Earliest
1695
1695
1695
Images 1695-2007 EssexAncestors[2] 1695-1957 EssexAncestors[2] 1695-1994 EssexAncestors[2]
Indexes 1695-1899 FreeREG[3] 1695-1967 FreeREG[3] 1695-1882 FreeREG[3]
1695-1754 FindMyPast[4]

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.

Census records

Census records from 1841-1891 are available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library. The first film number is 241375. To view these census images online, they are available through the following websites for a fee ($) or free:

  • FamilySearch has some of the British Censuses available.
  • FindMyPast ($) has all available census records including images, and is free at Family History Centers and the Family History Library and some public and academic libraries.
  • Ancestry.co.uk ($) has now all available census records but free at Family History Centers and the Family History Library and at numerous public and academic libraries. The library versions are known as AncestryInstitution.com.
  • The Genealogist.co.uk ($) has all available censuses and is free at Family History Centers and the Family History Library and various other libraries.
  • FreeCen is a UK census searches. It is not complete and individuals are always asked to consider helping out with transcriptions.

Poor Law Unions

Rochford Poor Law Union, Essex

Probate records

Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Essex Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers

Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.

Web sites

References

  1. ↑ Wilson, John M., Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1870. Date accessed: 21 May 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Essex Ancestors: Unearth Your Roots, Seax - Essex Archives Online From the Essex Record Office, accessed 16 April 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Essex Coverage in FreeReg, FreeREG, accessed 19 April 2012.
  4. ↑ 'Boyd's Marriage Index - Parish details by county,' Origins.net, (WayBack Machine) accessed 3 March 2012.
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