Family Research



Useful Links for Family Researchers
	The new Record room at the museum

Essex Record Office
A wonderful place to find out about your Essex ancestors with an on-line catalogue which has a 'reserve ahead' facility for documents. The site is user-friendly and there are links to many other sites for researchers. Plenty of microfiche and film readers as well as computers with access to Ancestry. The staff are friendly and always willing to help - a great facility.
Wharf Road
Chelmsford, CM2 6YT
Tel. 01245 244 644 From overseas: +44 1245 244 644

History House

At the Essex Record Office many of the early Essex parish records have been digitalised and this site provides a guide to using them.

Coggeshall Parish Registers

A list of the registers for Coggeshall available at Essex Record Office

COGGESHALL ROLL OF HONOUR

To make the viewing of this easier it has been split into three pdfs

World War One A to L

World War One M to Z

World War Two

Lest we Forget

A site devoted to war memorials at home and abroad. A must for anyone tracing their fallen heroes.

1811 - 1856

Coggeshall Burial Records
Burials 1811 to 1856 in St Peter's churchyard
Burial records for the 'Old Burial Ground' which was opened in 1856. Burials continued here until 1916 when the new cemetery opened, although there were still interments in family graves up until the 1970s.

1916 - 1965 is still being transcribed. Nearly 50 years of records so please be patient!

All these records are lodged at the ERO, although these transcriptions give all details. They are in PDF format and Adobe reader is required.

1856 - 1866

1866 - 1879

1879 - 1916

1916 - 1979(Old Burial Ground only)

1965 - 1979

1979 - 1990

Burial Ground Plan
This shows the areas of the 1800s burial ground. The lettered sections are Church of England burials. There is no lettered plan for the non-conformist section

Alphabetical Register of Graves in Coggeshall Cemetery
The museum has transcribed the register of graves for Coggeshall cemetery. This register started in 1916 and is still in use. The register notes if a memorial is present on the grave. It does not record the interment of cremated remains in the Garden of Remembrance

Marriages

1680 - 1754

1754 -1851

Coggeshall Marriages
Outline transcription the register of marriages for Coggeshall for the dates shown. Some of the early registers are badly damaged so some entries are incomplete.

Baptist Records

Coggeshall Baptist Records
The museum has transcribed the records of baptisms for the Baptist Chapel 1829 to 1852. There are also notes of deaths contained in the book. The ERO reference is D/NB 26/1/1. They are in PDF format and Adobe reader is required

Methodist Baptisms 1861 - 1984

Coggeshall Wesleyan Methodist Baptisms
The museum has scanned the Register of Baptisms for this church with the kind permission of the pastor who has kindly agreed that it may be made available on the web for family research. They are in PDF format and Adobe reader is required

Congregational Church Baptisms

Coggeshall Congregational Baptisms
The museum has transcribed the records of baptisms for the Congregational Church 1856 to 1867, plus 1890. The ERO reference is D/NC 1/1/6. They are in PDF format and Adobe reader is required

Location of other Congregational Records

Register of Baptisms	1752	1821	-	Available at the National Archives
Register of Baptisms	1821	1837	-	Available at the National Archives

Register of Burials	1807	1821	-	Available at the National Archives
Register of Burials	1821	1837	-	Available at the National Archives

Baptisms

Marriages

Burials

From the magazines of the Parish church of St Peter
The museum has transcribed the records of baptisms, marriages and burials noted in copies of the parish magazines held in the museum. Large gaps appear in the records as copies of all the magazines have not been deposited. This is an on-going project. They are in PDF format and Adobe reader is required