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Kent / Re: Kent Electoral Registers
« on: Monday 16 June 25 06:02 BST (UK)  »
Cheers

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Kent / Kent Electoral Registers
« on: Sunday 15 June 25 02:58 BST (UK)  »
Ancestry now has quite a comprehensive collection of searchable English county electoral registers online, typically covering from the 1830s to the 1970s.

Kent is one of the few exceptions.  Anybody have any insight into whether digitisation of the Kent electoral registers might be in the works?  And if not, is there any reason why Kent registers might be problematic in terms of future digitisation?

Cheers

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Buckinghamshire / Re: Property Ownership data, 1930s and 1940s
« on: Thursday 05 June 25 01:28 BST (UK)  »
Many thanks Molly.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Addendum to 1939 Register Entry
« on: Thursday 05 June 25 01:27 BST (UK)  »
To my eyes, there are two sets of amendments, clearly written in two different hands at two different times. 

The birthdate was amended at the same time that the date 29-6-48 was added along with the 1939 Register Area Code DYD, which corresponds to Henley.  So this amendment occurred in 1948 at Henley, probably associated with the advent of the new NHS.

The author of the other changes - the addition of Louise and what might be 'EHA' above it - was using a different pen, with a noticeably thicker nib.  I have assumed this amendment pre-dates the 1948 amendments, but cannot be sure of course. 

So I'm still left with the question of the meaning of this 'EHA' annotation, if indeed it is EHA and whether it is an Area Code.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Addendum to 1939 Register Entry
« on: Wednesday 04 June 25 13:11 BST (UK)  »
That is indeed Emily.  Her forenames were certainly Emily Louise, but there was never any 'Ella' associated with her name.

I know where they were in the first years after the War and then Henley after that.  It is this 'EHA' that has me intrigued as a pointer to a possible Eastbourne location at some point during the War years.  But if not an Area Code, and it is certainly not 'Ella', what else might it be?

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Buckinghamshire / Re: Property Ownership data, 1930s and 1940s
« on: Wednesday 04 June 25 08:27 BST (UK)  »
Cheers, perfect.

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Buckinghamshire / Property Ownership data, 1930s and 1940s
« on: Wednesday 04 June 25 07:25 BST (UK)  »
Are there records accessible to the public that might show ownership of a particular property in the Gerard's Cross area in the 1930s or 1940s?

Or would that timeframe be still too recent to address privacy concerns?

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Addendum to 1939 Register Entry
« on: Wednesday 04 June 25 05:28 BST (UK)  »
I know that the Register was used for many years after its original creation, being updated for changes of name and moves to new areas etc.

I am interested in this entry - pictured in this post - where a three-digit Code has been added to the existing Register entry directly above the addition of 'Louise' to the original named entry.  I believe that this is an Area Code and reflects the family in question's move to a new location from the address that they were at in Folkestone at the time the Register was compiled.

This Area Code is difficult to read.  My best guess is 'EHA', which is the code for Eastbourne in East Sussex, but are there any other suggestions?

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Australia / Re: Sydney Police 'Detective Office' - 1914-15
« on: Tuesday 03 June 25 09:18 BST (UK)  »
Thanks again Maddy - that's terrific, much appreciated.

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