Essex Society for Family History

The area covered by the ESFH is that of the old Essex county with the exception of 'London Boroughs' which are considered to be in the area of East of London FHS and Waltham Forest which is in the area of Waltham Forest FHS.
Our headquarters is in Chelmsford and we have branches in Colchester, Harlow, Saffron Walden and Southend-on-Sea. Regular monthly meetings are held at each of our centres. Meetings are open to both members and non-members.
A printed copy of our magazine "The Essex Family Historian" is issued free to members or an Electronic copy at a reduced membership fee is available on our website to members using our Members Only area.
For the benefit of members who cannot get to the local meetings in Essex we operate a CDs by Post service from our On Line shop.
All the work of the Society is undertaken by volunteers. There are no paid officials.
Research on a particular surname or family is not organised by the Society, but members with similar aims and interests can get in touch with each other through the Society.
We also offer Search Services to members and non-members.