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WHO LIVED WHERE , WHEN

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Alva

Alva Report 25 Aug 2004 22:26

Hi all: Does anyone know how I would go about finding out who lived at an address probably in the 1930's? I have an old address book of my mother's with several U.K. addresses but only the first initial of the person and last name. She passed away in Nov 2002 and I'm sure these were her aunts and uncles so they would be long gone but would like to try to find their children. Since I can't look in the census how would I go about locating this information? I live in British Columbia so don't have access to the same information that some of you would. Any information much appreciated! Alva

Daniel

Daniel Report 25 Aug 2004 22:32

I would say email the Record office local to the address and explain your situation. Kindly ask if it is possible for a look up on one of the decades electoral roles.

Alva

Alva Report 26 Aug 2004 02:47

Thank you Strump (In Sussex). That's a great idea and would be very helpful. The areas are Hale, Blackburn, Bootle Liverpool and Manchester. I'll wait for a response before I get into names and addresses. The house in Hale had an actual name, Walwood. I even have a picture of it. Thanks again for the advice. Alva

GypsyJoe

GypsyJoe Report 2 Jun 2010 08:25

If living in the UK how would I go about doing something similar.

I have an address that my great grandmother, great aunt and uncle all returned to when they came back from living in Australia - I'm curious as to who was living at that particular address in 1924 when they came home. How would I find out please?

Gypsy joe

Researching:
Hall, Davis, Foley, Bailey, Ellis, Shillcock, Sommerville, Hay, Tait,

+++DetEcTive+++

+++DetEcTive+++ Report 2 Jun 2010 09:55

Gypsy Joe - you will need to track down the electoral rolls, which at least will show the names of the resident adults who were registered to vote. Some towns also produced Directories during that period which showed the name of the head of the household. (and possibly other adult's names...can't remember!)

Find the contact details of the library closest to the address, and go from there. If they don't hold them, they should know who does. They may charge a fee for a search if you can't look at the books in person.

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GypsyJoe

GypsyJoe Report 2 Jun 2010 12:45

Thank you Det

I'll look into that, it was in Balham Hill so I'm thinking I'll have to look at Wandsworth.

I'm thinking it was her husband but I don't want to assume. :)

Thanks again
Gypsy joe

Researching:
Hall, Davis, Foley, Bailey, Ellis, Shillcock, Sommerville, Hay, Tait,

Deanna

Deanna Report 4 Jun 2010 17:08

Dan.... are you young Dan of the TOP HAT?

Deanna X

Suzi-Wong

Suzi-Wong Report 4 Jun 2010 18:33

SIX year old thread!

Suzanne

Researching:
Allison, Wylie,Turnbull, Ker, McDougall, Stuart, Beer, Montgomery, Chapman, Harmon, Lillicrap, Muraldi, Hislop, McKay, McCordick