Just gone on Ancestry.....exciting

[Loopy Linda in La La Land]

London, England, Electoral Registers, 1835-1965


Linda

[Darksecretz]

oooh that is good news for all those with London connections.. wonder if they will roll it out nationwide?

[Loopy Linda in La La Land]

Wouldn't it be great.

I am so lucky in having nearly all my family in London in thelare 1800's and 1900's so am having a great time

Linda

[Darksecretz]

it'd certainly help folks pin down their relatives, fingers crossed they do roll it out! and I hope you have some success Linda :smilee:

[Loopy Linda in La La Land]

Having been born in London this is fascinating. Looking at the road I was born in 1946 and recognizing so many names. Mum and Dad didn't leave that address till 1980 so I know so many of them

Good Luck to everyone

Linda

[Punchs mum]

Just gone on Ancestry, done a search, found what I was looking for but when I clicked on image I was taken to Ancestry.com and needed to subscribe?

Is this facility not available for Ancestry.co.uk? I do not have worldwide subs, just the Premium one. Could this be the reason I cannot view the page?

Lesley

[Liz from Lancs]

Oooh, is this the place to ask if someone could check those for my elusive Coulls on the electoral rolls before 1851? Can't trace them in 1841.

Am looking for:

Thomas Coull (he died around 1835) bookseller. In the early 1830s, when his children were bap at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, london, he was living in that area too.

Wife: Caroline (k/a Emily) b1810 Surrey
Son: Thomas b1829
Son: William b1831
Son: Francis James (Frank) b1834.

Let me know if I should put this as a separate request thread on Research...many thanks.

[JuneR]

I also tried to do a search and it sent me to subscribe for Ancestry.com.

I'm on Ancestry .Co.Uk I've Premium subs.

Surely you wouldn't have to have Worldwide subs for London Electoral rolls.

June

[Darksecretz]

Just gone on Ancestry, done a search, found what I was looking for but when I clicked on image I was taken to Ancestry.com and needed to subscribe?

Is this facility not available for Ancestry.co.uk? I do not have worldwide subs, just the Premium one. Could this be the reason I cannot view the page?

Lesley

not sure Lesley, I can see them on co.uk (but I do have ww subs)

[WendyPusey]

I only have the uk subs, not the WW one and I just found my GG Grandfather. Viewed image OK.

Not that it tells me any more than I already knew.

[Night Owl]

I have UK Premium subs and can view the images. Having said that, its causing Internet Explorer to freeze so I tried it in Google Chrome and the images are fine

[SmallTownGirl]

I can't quite work out how to use it. I know nothing about London districts/ electoral wards etc and the people I'm looking for have a very common surname (and no middle name), so other than trawling through pages and pages of stuff, I'm a bit stuck.

Say, I was looking for a Nellie Davies*, who I know was living in Alderbrook Road, Balham in 1953. How would I go about refining the search to get to her in the years after 1953, please?

Thanks
STG

* b. abt 1890, so long gone from this world

[Anne in Carlisle]

Hmmmm. Can't get IE to open the images. I'll have a look later.

Anne

[SmallTownGirl]

Hmmmm. Can't get IE to open the images. I'll have a look later.

Anne

Whereas I can see plenty of images, I just can't see the ones I'm looking for!

STG

[Elaine ..Spain]

I think they are having a few problems. There is a mention on Facebook that people are gettting "no longer available" messages!

[Loopy Linda in La La Land]

I've been on all morning and having a whale of a time..no problems...yet!!

Linda

[herky]

Just gone on Ancestry, done a search, found what I was looking for but when I clicked on image I was taken to Ancestry.com and needed to subscribe?

Is this facility not available for Ancestry.co.uk? I do not have worldwide subs, just the Premium one. Could this be the reason I cannot view the page?

Lesley

I get the same - I have world wide membership but it takes me to .com

[SmallTownGirl]

I've been on all morning and having a whale of a time..no problems...yet!!

Linda

So how do you do it, please?

If I know the name - Nellie Davies - and the address - 21 Alderbrook Road, Balham - why can't I find her?

Please take pity on me somebody. Pretty please.

STG

[Elaine ..Spain]

STG - do you have some dates when you think Nellie might be at that address?
Any other names in the household?

[SmallTownGirl]

STG - do you have some dates when you think Nellie might be at that address?
Any other names in the household?

I know she was there in 1951 with Betty and Peggy Davies, Gladys and Frederick C Plumber, Hilda and Cyril Mitchell - quite a lot of adults for a small house!

STG