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Tracey

Tracey Report 4 Feb 2012 22:59

Hi Guys -NEED HELP!

Searching for my Grandad in Willesden.. 1925, 26,31,34,35 and 36(which i have found) But he lived in the area for another 20 years but cant find any records for the remainder time spent in Willesden...

Can anyone explain why??? PLEASE.....

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 4 Feb 2012 23:06

Looks like Ancestry stop at 1936 for Willesden


Have you looked at their phone book records

Researching:
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Tracey

Tracey Report 4 Feb 2012 23:11

In that case GlitterBaby why are there no records coming up before 1925? x

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 4 Feb 2012 23:14

Well I think it comes under Brent now but perhaps it came under something else after 1936

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GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 4 Feb 2012 23:16

Perhaps he lived somewhere else

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

Flick

Flick Report 4 Feb 2012 23:17

How OLD was he in 1925?

Tracey

Tracey Report 4 Feb 2012 23:18

no stayed in the same area from 1911 to around 1970 ish x

Tracey

Tracey Report 4 Feb 2012 23:19

Flick My grandad would have been 34 x

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 4 Feb 2012 23:22

On the earliest one you have found - pick a neighbour and see if they show on any

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

Anne-Marie

Anne-Marie Report 4 Feb 2012 23:43

If you are looking at ancestry there is a high possibility that not all the records have been uploaded yet. Ancestry often specify that they have loaded data for a particular range of years, in this case London Electoral Rolls 1835-1965 but what they don't tell you is that there may be 1 record loaded for the first year then there's a 20 year gap and then a few more years have been loaded.

For example, I have Cummings ancestors that lived in Willesden and if I look at ancestry it shows people for 1869, 1870, 1872, 1873, 1878, 1882 then there is a big gap to 1922 then every year thereafter is listed upto 1936 then nothing after then.

If you search this data set on ancestry and specify only a year and no names you will in fact find there are no entries listed prior to 1847 and the last entries are for 1961, even though they stipulate in the data set heading that it covers 1835-1965.

Ancestry commonly deceive users by stating that their data sets cover a particular date range without telling you all the data is not there. You will either need to wait for them to eventually upload the years you are looking for or contact your local Electoral Office to see if they have copies you can access in their office.

Have a look at the following leaflet from London Metro Archives for further info on researching the Electoral Rolls.

http://217.154.230.218/NR/rdonlyres/37CAD668-217E-46C2-B877-DFA02B3C7D9D/0/infono21.pdf

MaureeninNY

MaureeninNY Report 5 Feb 2012 00:52

This thread :
http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.page/board/genealogy_chat/thread/1289923

made me happy that I didn't have someone I wanted to find!

Maureen :-(