Electoral registers online and on CD-ROM

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	You can search electoral registers online at some commercial web sites. Note that current online registers and past online registers later than 2002 are the 'edited registers', which do not include individuals who have chosen to 'opt out' of that version of the registers An example site is 192.com web site. It gives you a free results list of names and places, which might give you some clues, and you then have to pay a small fee in order to view the full results. A well-known family history site, Findmypast.com, has a 'Living relatives' section that enables you to search electoral registers for a fee You can search electoral registers of the recent past on a CD-ROM called 'UK-info disc' at Bedford Central, Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard libraries. The disc includes electoral registers of the whole country, but the latest coverage available is 2005 or 2006 Please phone to check the disc you need is available before making a special visit to a library The 2004 'UK-info disc' was the last disc to give details from the full registers. It gives details from the 2002 full registers and from the 2003 edited registers. After the 2004 disc, the details are from the 'edited registers' The earliest disc held is 'UK-info disc 2001' covering the registers in force during 2000, for which people registered in October 1999 On 'UK-info disc' you can enter a name and search the whole country or you can limit your search to a specific region, county or town Return to Finding people for more topics

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