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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => London and Middlesex => Topic started by: k.isard on Saturday 20 November 10 10:12 GMT (UK)
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Hi everyone
I am hoping that someone out there can help me, where can i find the history of a certain address, i am trying to find out who lived at the address in the 1960,s.
thanks
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The best way to do this is to consult the local Electral Rolls for the address.
They are held at the main record Office for the District, i.e Greater London would be the London Metropolian Archives. With in the counties they would be at the main Record Office of the County Town. You may be lucky & find the local main Library has them, worth an enquiry. I live near London & had an address in Keigthley nr Bradford, Yorks, that I was interested in c 1960s, 'phoned the main library who were most helpful in providing the info I needed.
Meliora
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thanks very much for the reply Meliora, i will give that a go, i was wondering is there not anyway of doing this via the internet.
thanks again for the help and quick reply
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Recent electoral registers won't be put online with free access due to data-protection legislation.
You may also find that the local archive who has the registers will only either confirm or deny who is living there after you have supplied the names. They may not do a speculative search of that address without a family name.
Through experience, I have found some local record offices are more forthcoming with information than others.
The London Metropolitan Archives has a reasonably concise set of electoral registers but they charge a research fee of £40 per hour for this type of look-up.
Dawn
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thanks very much dawnsh for the info, what i will do is make a phone call to the archives and hopefully they will give me the info.
thanks again for the help