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Using old electoral registers to find people...
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Ellen | Report | 1 May 2007 09:21 |
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Hi I'm trying to track someone down who is currently missing from December 1901 to when they got married in 1926. I believe I might be able to find them on electoral registers once they reach 21 years? Can anyone advise how to go about finding them? I'm thinking I would need to try the Dover area (as this is where he was born) and maybe the Croydon area as this is where he married. I don't suppose there is a nice big database anywhere that cross checks them all? (Ha ha) Thanks Ellen |
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Ellen | Report | 1 May 2007 10:19 |
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Oh, ok. Doesn't sound like a promising way forward then! Apart from waiting for the 1911 census to come out (sigh!) can you think of any other way of tracking a missing person? |
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ErikaH | Report | 1 May 2007 10:19 |
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You need to have an address to search historical ER's. They are usually held at the main public libraries of the relevant area(s). Only certain categories of people were eligible to vote in those days, and only those will be listed. Reg |
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ErikaH | Report | 1 May 2007 10:26 |
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I'm not sure what you mean by 'missing'......if you have the 1901 census, and his marriage, the only other record (other than ER's, if he was eligible)would be the 1911 census. When was this person born? Reg |
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Ellen | Report | 1 May 2007 10:30 |
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He was born 1900 in a home for unmarried mothers, he kept his birth surname all his life - but I can categorically say he didn't stay with his Mum. She went on to have my Grandmother 10 years later, and we never knew about the little chap born in 1900 until we found him on the census - quite by accident! his early life is a complete mystery. |
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Ellen | Report | 1 May 2007 10:32 |
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He seems to have worked for the GPO later in life, I don't know if that qualifies as a trade... Roll on 1911! thanks |
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ErikaH | Report | 1 May 2007 10:34 |
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Well, you won't find him on an ER till at least 1921. Did he have a trade? He was probably too young to have been involved in WW1. I think 1911 census is your best hope......... Reg |
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