Genealogy Chat

I used it recently and it seemed very good value. I just took out the day subscription (£5) and because I knew the parishes I wanted to look at, and the rough dates, was fairly quickly able to find and download about 30 images from the registers.

The records for Hatfield Broad Oak have recently been deposited with the ERO and are available in Essex Ancestors.

My daughter-in-law is 100% Essex, If we cut her in half she would have Essex written right through her like a bit of rock!!
Wanted this in my thread.
Kathy

I have been using it this morning and find it faster than the previous system. There are many more records available than just parishes A to F (I have been looking at Prittlewell).

Should now be live but read this thread first
http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.page/board/genealogy_chat/thread/1284869

SEAX changed the launch date to 'shortly ' because they are having issues with the new programming that collects the subscription money. Also, be aware, the when Essex Ancestors comes online they have said only parishes named A to F will initially be available and the rest will come online in due course.

I don't think any of the currently free to view registers will continue to be free to view. However, you may wish to save the particular registers that are most useful to you before they become subscription view only. Registers can be saved image by image if you copy using 'right-click' on your mouse and then pasting into Paint, which most should have.

Hmm, not seeing anything...

Chris :)

Looks like it's slipped again.

Rollo, some of the places you mention have Archive Access Points where parish records are available on microfiche.
See:
http://www.essex.gov.uk/Libraries-Archives/Record-Office/Visiting-Essex-Record-Office/Pages/Archive-Access-Points.aspx
If you can visit a site which has such records on microfiche it is usually quicker to access them on microfiche than paging through images on a PC. The on-line images are most useful when you cannot get to the site or if you know exactly which images to access.

Since a day's parking next to the RO at Chelmsford is £3.90, the £5 per day charge for on-line access is not unreasonable. If you use the Park and Ride it is £2.20 and free for concessionaries after 9am.

Ken

The site is now displaying the following:

On 24 October Essex Record Office will be launching Essex Ancestors, a new online service giving unlimited access to Essex parish registers and wills. Use of Essex Ancestors will be subject to payment of a subscription for a chosen period ranging from one day to one year. Access to this online resource will be free in the Essex Record Office searchroom. Seax will be unavailable from 8 a.m. (BST) on 24 October for approximately one hour.

Typical - I wanted an L parish :-0

Thanks for the update

The following information is from the latest ERO Newsletter:


The go-live date for Essex Ancestors, our new pay-to-browse subscription service for parish registers and wills has been re-scheduled for 17 October. We apologise for any disappointment caused to customers eager to register for this long-awaited upgrade to Seax.


Essex Ancestors will offer all parish registers for the historic county of Essex 1538-1837 and parishes A-F from 1837-date and many of our wills from go-live date. Parishes G-Z and the remainder of our wills will follow in coming months after the recruitment of a second digitiser. Marriages for the last 50 years will be excluded, in conformity with Stationery Office guidelines.


Access will be free in the ERO public searchroom and at Saffron Walden Archive Access Point. Subscriptions are 1 day £5.00, 1 week £15.00, 1 month £25.00, 6 months £50.00 and 1 year £75.00


We look forward to receiving your feedback and suggestions for future service improvements.

Thanks for the update Chris.

Ken

17th October now, with the following...

Seax will be unavailable from 8 a.m. (BST) on 17 October for approximately one hour.

Chris :)

Just a reminder that they are supposed to go on-line next Monday (3rd October).

Hi KenSE,

Thanks for that.

Regards
Steve

Hello Steve,
After you select a parish and church you get a list of BMD documents. If a document has 'digital images' against it then you can see the record on line. It looks like West Ham only has records on line for part of the 17th century. You will have to go to the ERO to see the microfiches of the other documents or wait until October 3rd.
Ken

Hi KenSE,

I've read your post and I am interested in information about baptism, marriages and deaths in the West Ham area. I never used the Seax site before so I thought give it a go.

Unfortunatley I seem to be missing the point somewhat because I have not manage to actually see any records yet just document references numbers. These I presume are held at the Essex records office.

Am I doing something wrong?

Regards
Steve

I've just noticed the starting date has been put back to 3rd October.

23 days to go
got stuck on a marraige
fingers crossed the records will be there !!!!!