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Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 770 Send Message	GeordieCath	Report	11 Dec 2012 15:09
	Hi Can any one please tell me the difference between the Burgess roll and electoral Roll Thanks
	Researching: Haley ,Healey ,Hill ,Smelt ,Harrington,Potter
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 3,379 Send Message	George_of_Westbury	Report	11 Dec 2012 15:24
	From Google http://www.oldham.gov.uk/info/200391/sources/665/electoral_registers_and_burgess_rolls Plenty of other info as well if you google George
	Researching: My avatar is that of my Dad and shipmates, taken onboard HMS Blanche in 1938, place unknown From left to right, my Dad,Sidney Mellor and Sidney Bateman.
Member Since: July 2006 Posts: 21,823 Send Message	brummiejan	Report	11 Dec 2012 15:24
	Click here, I think it explains: http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/electoral-registers It looks like Burgess Rolls were local rather than national. Jan
	Researching: Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 770 Send Message	GeordieCath	Report	11 Dec 2012 15:54
	Thanks for help and links . I was looking at these rolls today and found that next to the address where the people i was looking for lived there was some times another 2 addresses .Does any one know what that means
	Researching: Haley ,Healey ,Hill ,Smelt ,Harrington,Potter