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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => London and Middlesex => Topic started by: RoserAncestors on Saturday 03 March 18 06:00 GMT (UK)

Title: Electoral roll updating, 1930s London
Post by: RoserAncestors on Saturday 03 March 18 06:00 GMT (UK)

Hi, I am just wondering what the process for updating the electoral roll in London in the early 1930s was? I am looking at ordering a death registration for someone in the 1st quarter of 1933 but I see the same person on the London electoral roll of 1934 on Ancestry (for the last time that I see definitely). Is it possible I still have the right death registration to order even though the person was still on the roll until the next year?

Title: Re: Electoral roll updating, 1930s London
Post by: rosie99 on Saturday 03 March 18 07:13 GMT (UK)

If you go back to the first page of that register it should show the dates that it covers.  It would normally have been canvassed within the previous 6 months.    There is always the possibility however that the persons name has been left on the register from the previous canvas.  I know that an authority I worked for recently did not remove names if forms were not returned.

Title: Re: Electoral roll updating, 1930s London
Post by: stevemiller on Tuesday 06 March 18 08:16 GMT (UK)

This is a very useful site
http://www.electoralregisters.org.uk/index.htm

Title: Re: Electoral roll updating, 1930s London
Post by: RoserAncestors on Tuesday 06 March 18 09:20 GMT (UK)

Thanks Rosie & Steve, much appreciated!