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Details of family living in 1920's-40's

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Martin

Martin Report 3 Feb 2011 01:40

Hello I was just wondering is there anyway you can find out where your family was living in 1920's-40's. Is there some kind of census or Electoral roll or any other documents that were filled in to show where a family were living?

Linda

Linda Report 3 Feb 2011 01:58

There was the Electoral rolls but you need to have a fair idea where they lived to find them.

I have found these to be a valuable source of information!

Linda.

Researching:
BrowelHenderson-Martin-Snowden-Pile-Pyle-Tonkinson-Allan- North East England....Thompson-Upton-Foster-Woodmansey-Mason-Parker-Bransby-North Yorkshire;;...Pritchard-Davies.South Wales...Turner; Scotland... Frill- Ireland

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 3 Feb 2011 01:59

Birth, marriage or death certificates should give a location.

Old electoral lists are searchable and can be found in main libraries or archives local to the address, but they are NOT listed by surname, but by address, ie. a town / area is split into parliamentary wards, eg. South Ward, Central Ward etc then each ward has an alphabetical list of streets within that area, then individual households in the street are listed by nuber / name of each house.
In a small known village it wouldn't be too much of a problem to check addresses, but in a town or city it would be a huge task.

Gwyn

Martin

Martin Report 3 Feb 2011 20:00

I am trying to find out if my grandfathers family lived in either Pontyclun a village in South Wales or Cowbridge. I know they lived in Loftus Terrace in 1911 in Pontyclun and don't think they would have gone far but I know they did move to cowbridge by 1940. Any other advice?

Martin

Martin Report 4 Feb 2011 15:26

Thank you everyone!! Very Much appreciated : )