Grays Library open.
Grays Library is open today but the Cromwell Road entrance is currently closed. Access is via the main entrance in Orsett road. The Library may be slightly colder than usual as we carry out the remaining repairs to the heating.
History research at your library
Family history
You can research your family's past using our collection of family history resources on the first floor of Grays library.
These include:
- Thurrock parish registers – births, deaths, marriages – on microfilm
- Thurrock census returns on microfilm 1841-1891
- Thurrock census returns on microfiche 1901
- indexes to census returns 1851,1881
- Thurrock electoral registers 1936-2001
We also have a range of books on how to research your family, which you can order online or through any Thurrock library.