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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 :-(

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

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

Flick My grandad would have been 34 x

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

How OLD was he in 1925?

Perhaps he lived somewhere else

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

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

Looks like Ancestry stop at 1936 for Willesden


Have you looked at their phone book records

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.....