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:)I am trying to trace a missing family member for almost 20 years he last was living in Kent,I am told that he is on the electoral roll but i dont know how to access it from australia.
Any help will be appreciated.
(Names of living person removed - please ask and give advice but do not post detail of living people without their permission - Thanks)
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Hi Possumpete,
The only Free site I know of is...
b4usearch
At the moment the Electoral Roll is being updated but you might like to keep it on file for future reference...
Regards Ambers
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As well as www.b4usearch.com there is also www.192.com or www.tracesmart.co.uk. You can search phone directories at www.thephonebook.bt.com/........ (http://www.thephonebook.bt.com/publisha.content/en/find/residential/residential_numbers.publisha)
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The information on B4Usearch doesn't look to me as if it's up to date. I did a search and found a group of people apparently still living in the same household, where I know this is no longer the case.
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That's kind of strange... I searched for my surname and town and it came up with some of my chess tournament results!
B4Usearch searches the 2001 electoral role so it's a little out of date.
Andrew
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:) Hi there ,
I'm gone try the website "Find my past " to find an address I suppose ,
192.cim is to expensive
http://www.findmypast.co.uk/LivingRelatives.jsp
Grtz
Luc
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Oh dear!
What if your living relatives don't want to be found?
Invasion of privacy, identity theft etc?? Anything ring a bell there? :-\
Posts such as Comosus' just prove that!
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Hi fifer ,
Find my past is legal,
I, myself have, until now, had very positive results with my research,
I have done research on families of war victims, one by one, they are very happy with my contacts,
On the other hand you have right to say that there are people, who do not want to be "found",
Grtz
Luc
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Quote:
"What if your living relatives don't want to be found?"
Look for the box on the declaration form that the council send your that reads:
"Edited Register"
Tick the box if you do not wish to appear on the edited register
That means that you will only be shown on the locally held rolls and not on 192.com etc,
If you check the online sites fewer people are on after 2002
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;) Hi Huckleberry,
thanks for the information
regards
Luc
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Quote:
"What if your living relatives don't want to be found?"
Look for the box on the declaration form that the council send your that reads:
"Edited Register"
Tick the box if you do not wish to appear on the edited register
That means that you will only be shown on the locally held rolls and not on 192.com etc,
If you check the online sites fewer people are on after 2002
Unfortunately many older people do not understand the importance of the statement on the electoral form which they MUST BY LAW complete. Nor the intrusive uses that sites like FindmyPast, 192.com etc can be put to. If you think for a minute can you not see it is possibly not your past but someone else's present life you appear to be researching?
Genealogists have a duty to protect the living from abuses, which is why on this site so many posts are edited to remove direct references to living persons.
Thanks for the lesson though, I will make sure I tick the box as I don't want just any Tom Dick or Harry turning up on my doorstep! ;D
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,479016.0.html
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Fifer - you have no way of knowing why this poster wishes to contact a living relative, so now that you have made your point, please stop.
Thank you.
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Arranroots,
I did not think for one moment that a reply from me was necessary, An experienced researcher will trace living relatives or ex workmates etc with ease. I have a surname of which only 48 are on the GRO register since 1837 - It is pretty easy to find my lot - John Smith's proves a lot harder.
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:) Dear all, thanks for the comments and for all information, hints and websites.
Cheers
Luc
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I would like to find ancestors of mine on an electoral register but they have both been dead for many years, so this isn't a Live Search and there is no such complication with my search.
I know the exact address where they lived in the late forties & early fifties because I visited them and I also know that their last child was born elsewhere in 1929, so I want to search Electoral Registers for the village, which is in South Lanarkshire - for the period 1930 to 1950.
I would like to pinpoint, or get close to the date they (my father's mother and her children) went there. There is a mystery about when and how they got that house. Trying to find out if they owned it or rented it, or inherited it but need an approx date that they went there.
Is there a site where I could see on-line the old Scottish Electoral rolls? Would they only give the name of the head of the house, or do they give the names of all occupants?
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I would suggest that you contact:
http://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/info/427/libraries_and_archives/588/records_and_archives/7
archives@southlanarkshire.gov.uk
To see where the records are held and whether they offer a look-up service.
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your local family history centre for free ;)
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Is there a site where I could see on-line the old Scottish Electoral rolls? Would they only give the name of the head of the house, or do they give the names of all occupants?
The Electoral Roll will give all registered electors. But that depends on the head of household completing the registration form with everyone on it. It will not include minors, foreign nationals or those who are disenfranchised for whatever reason. Recent Rolls will include EU citizens though I don't know what proportion of them actually register. Commonwealth citizens are also included.
Things get complicated when people have two addresses, as for example university students do. They may well be registered in two places (which is perfectly legal: voting in two Parliamentary or European constituencies is not.)
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velpremus,
I sent an email to the South Lanarkshire Archives just this morning, explaining what I was trying to find out, so I am hopeful that this might lead to some useful information. The place in question is Lesmahagow, and I gave them the address. Besides enquiring about who owned the house before as well as when my grandmother lived there, I asked about where I could find the Electoral Registers for that area, and I also enquired if they would do a look-up regarding this.
neolithic,
I used to be a member of the Lanarkshire Family History Society, and I still sometimes have a look at the site as a guest. I may contact them. I could post a message on their public forum, or enquire directly to their Motherwell offices.
Graham,
I have never actually managed access to Electoral Records, either in England or in Scotland. I have used the 192.com live search with some success, but have never actually found a site that gives Electoral info for the period I am interested in.
Thanks everyone for your information!
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Hi Possumpete,
The only Free site I know of is...
b4usearch
At the moment the Electoral Roll is being updated but you might like to keep it on file for future reference...
Regards Ambers
Re: 3702.co.uk
There is a totally free electoral roll search site 3702 with electoral registers from 1980 - to this year, the website is simple with a free phone number search also available on a separate page - not sure why it is free but it does have adverts on the free results page. Good hunting though