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*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2410 UK, Poll Books and Electoral Registers, 1538-1893], ($), index and images | *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2410 UK, Poll Books and Electoral Registers, 1538-1893], ($), index and images | ||
*[http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-55915/electoral-registers-since-1832-burgess-rolls?s=218489221 Electoral Registers Since 1832; and Burgess Rolls], ($), index | *[http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-55915/electoral-registers-since-1832-burgess-rolls?s=218489221 Electoral Registers Since 1832; and Burgess Rolls], ($), index | ||
*'''2002-2019''' : [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/uk-electoral-registers-and-companies-house-directors-2002-2019 UK Electoral Registers & Companies House Directors 2002-2019] at findmypast ($), index | |||
=== Electoral Records === | === Electoral Records === | ||
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It is a mistake to dismiss pre-1928 electoral registers of various kinds as containing too few people in too high an economic level to be worth the researcher’s time. Even if your ancestor couldn’t vote, maybe someone else in the family could—a brother, father, husband, uncle or in-law, perhaps. However, the touted value of electoral lists to provide at least the geographic areas where the surname occurs is really only useful if indexes are available. Census indexes for the period 1841-1901 are now more easily available than electoral lists, but the latter are valuable for geographic location of the surname prior to and after this time.<ref>Christensen, Penelope. "England Modern Electoral Records (National Institute)," ''The National Institute for Genealogical Studies'' (2012), https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/England_Modern_Electoral_Records_%28National_Institute%29.</ref> | It is a mistake to dismiss pre-1928 electoral registers of various kinds as containing too few people in too high an economic level to be worth the researcher’s time. Even if your ancestor couldn’t vote, maybe someone else in the family could—a brother, father, husband, uncle or in-law, perhaps. However, the touted value of electoral lists to provide at least the geographic areas where the surname occurs is really only useful if indexes are available. Census indexes for the period 1841-1901 are now more easily available than electoral lists, but the latter are valuable for geographic location of the surname prior to and after this time.<ref>Christensen, Penelope. "England Modern Electoral Records (National Institute)," ''The National Institute for Genealogical Studies'' (2012), https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/England_Modern_Electoral_Records_%28National_Institute%29.</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||