Related organisations
We work with a number of other organisations across the county of Essex and beyond. The support and assistance of our partners is invaluable, and our work with them has enabled us to ensure that there is greater access to the historic records of the county.
Friends of Historic Essex
The Friends of Historic Essex is the charity which supports the work of the Essex Record Office. Support us by becoming a member for just £12 a year.
The Essex Society for Family History
Located in the ERO Searchroom, the Essex Society for Family History research centre contains copies of material useful for researching family history, including the General Register Office indexes for births, marriages and deaths.
The research centre is open to users of the ERO on Wednesdays between 1pm and 4pm and Thursdays between 10am and 1pm.
Find more information on the ESFH website.
The Victoria County History of Essex
The Victoria County History was founded in 1899 as a private enterprise, with the intention of producing a history of each English county to a standard plan. Work began almost immediately in 34 counties, and volumes (still known as big red books) appeared regularly from 1900. Today the VCH continues to produce red books, paperbacks, and web resources.
VCH Essex is useful to anyone who wants to find out about almost any aspect of the history of our county, or of any particular place within it. Many simply refer to the Essex VCH as a source of information in itself, while others use its footnote references to guide them to the original documents or printed sources, so that they can follow up their own interests. The comprehensive nature of the research makes the VCH a standard work of reference that no county interested in learning should be without.
London borough archives
Some parts of the ancient county of Essex are now London boroughs. Records for these areas may be held outside the ERO.
London Borough of Waltham Forest
Vestry House Museum and Archives houses parish registers for Walthamstow and most of Leyton and Chingford.
London Borough of Redbridge
Some records relating to Ilford, Wanstead and Woodford are now located at the Redbridge Local Studies and Archives Service.
London Borough of Newham
Records, other than parish records, relating to West Ham and East Ham are now located at the Newham Archives and Local Studies Centre.
Barking and Dagenham
Records other than parish records relating to Barking and Dagenham may be held at the Archives and Local Studies Centre.
Havering
Records other than parish records relating to Romford may be held at the Local Studies and Family History Centre.
