Genealogy Chat

I think it all depends on the library.

I got all sorts of information from a gentleman at Hastings Library when I asked if he could look up an address in the 1930's when I was looking for my grandfather. This gentleman found my grandfather for me, and then followed him through all the addresses on different electoral registers, found his married daughter living with him, then found obituaries for my grandfather and his second wife and managed to follow the family right up until the 1980's giving me an address which enabled me to eventually make contact with my grandfather's daughter from his second marriage - this lady being my late father's half sister that he never knew about.

The gentleman at Hastings library did all this for me and emailed me all the details on one Saturday afternoon nearly three years ago - all because he said it gave him job satisfaction. I owe him a huge debt of gratitude - and all this cost me absolutely nothing.

Kath. x

Thanks all
Does anyone know if there is a charge for looking at electorial rolls thru the library?

Most main libraries have a web site of some sort which will tell you which records they hold.

It is possible that pre-war records are no longer held by the library but by the nearest Archive Office, again it should tell you on the website.

Remember it is not like a census, it will only show those who were eligible to vote, which in 1930 will be eligible male and female adults over 21.

You'll find the electoral registers at the nearest reference library to the address.

If you don't live nearby most libraries have an email address so that you can contact them that way. You should find the address with a Google search.

Kath. x

go to the electoral registers

can anyone tell me how I go about finding who lived at an address in 1930