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Terry

Terry Report 22 Aug 2014 17:12

Does anyone know any reasonably priced researchers in the Croydon area who can search electoral records for me from 1923-1947? I live in Inverness so travelling there not really an option. Thanks for any help.

Terry

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 22 Aug 2014 17:26

How about contacting East Surrey FHS?

http://www.eastsurreyfhs.org.uk/

Looking for an address would be relatively easy; searching for a name (21 or over) would be very time consuming.
Remember that there wouldn't be an ER during WW2 ie 1939-1945

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Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 22 Aug 2014 17:40

Staff at Croydon library have in the past checked an address ( 1950s ) and told me who else was there, besides a person whose death cert. I had just bought.

They might be willing to check an address in a particular year for you, because that is how books are arranged, ie. by town, Parliamentary ward ( eg. town, south ward etc ) then street.

They are not surname indexed.

Gwyn

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 22 Aug 2014 17:54

Surrey ER for this period are on Ancestry - searchable.
In England anyway public libraries have Ancestry which can be used free of charge. I assume it is the same in Scotland.

there you go

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle

jax

jax Report 22 Aug 2014 19:34

Looks to me that Croydon is only on ancestry from 1963-65 when they included Greater London

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Nothing much

Kucinta

Kucinta Report 22 Aug 2014 21:30

Surrey ERs are on Ancestry supposedly to 1945 . Not sure if they include Croydon or not.

Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1945

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=4829

Researching:
Eayres (Northants/London) Walker (Surrey) Loveday (Northants) Moore (Tipperary)

jax

jax Report 22 Aug 2014 21:36

If thats the case, if Terry would like to give some details maybe someone can take a look for him... to save him trapesing to the nearest library

Researching:
Nothing much