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electrol registers after the war help !!

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Carter

Carter Report 18 Mar 2010 10:25

i wondered if anyone could tell me if i have someones name but not address apart from the town and area of the town that they lived in ,could i find it on an electrol register. the name is an unusual name i and i think it would be perhaps one of only 2 or 3 people in that area. i am looking for records after 1945 but before 1951. would i be able to find them on name and area alone?
thanks for any advice
linda

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 18 Mar 2010 10:33

If in the Midlands you might be lucky, but unsure of anywhere else.
www.midlandshistoricaldata.org/

jan

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham

Carter

Carter Report 18 Mar 2010 11:04

thanks for your help i think i will try to get to the library and see if i can start to narrow it down. thats on my to do list
cheers linda

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 18 Mar 2010 17:25

Are they likely to have had a telephone?
Lists of directories for that time are on Ancestry..

Electoral lists for towns can be quite complex to look through at first.
The town is split into Parliamentary Wards eg. Anytown, West ward....Anytown Central ward, ... so you'd need to search each Ward , which then each have that ward's streets listed alphabetically.

Gwyn