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Explore Essex
All Visitors can Explore Essex. Check back from time to time to see what’s new. If you sign up for our newsletter you will get notices of new material. If you are looking for something specific, please write to us.
Maps
Available Now
Maps of Essex, London, and Villages
Local History
Coming 2024
About places and events that impacted communities
Households, 1765
Check out this growing list of reports that examine where Wood families lived parish by parish. The goal is to identify every Wood family residing in Essex before 1852. When you share information about your Wood ancestors, you help all of us better understand the lives of the Wood families of Essex. By working together we can discover links between parishes.
Wood Households
Vital Records by Parish
Explore 19th century vital records for Wood families who lived in the heart of Essex. This collection of reports, which you can download, emphasize Marriages. We are working to upload new reports as fast as possible.
Although records for Wood families are scattered throughout Essex, the concentration of Marriages and Wills are in the Registration Districts of Bellericay, Chelmsford, Maldon, and Ongar, which form the heart of Essex. For now the focus is on these parishes.
Transcriptions of Original Sources
Register to access transcriptions of Original Sources. To register, you need to share information about an Anchor Ancestor who lived in Essex before 1852. Your contribution will help link the Wood families of Essex.
Newspaper Clippings
Coming 2024
Obituaries, announcements, and people in the News
Table of Clippings
Military, Trade, Crime
Coming 2024
Military, Apprenticeships, and Prosecutions
Will Downloads
With more than 2000 Wills, News Clippings, Estate Paper, and Quarter Session records to transcribe and upload. Our online collection is constating growing.
Download Wills
Will Index
The Index of Wills has over 200 entries, which includes the surname of Wood, plus surnames of spouses. The transcription are useful for anyone unfamiliar with Secretary Hand, which can be challenging for modern readers.
The index includes Wills not yet uploaded but we are working hard to provide them as soon as possible. Write us if you want to view a Will not yet uploaded, or if you a searching for a Will. We might have it.