Printed electoral registers

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	You may wish to browse printed registers but please note that printed registers list people by address so you cannot simply look someone up on an alphabetical list of names. The registers are divided into wards, then each ward shows the electors street by street. For more flexible searching, see also Electoral registers online and on CD-ROM Many Bedfordshire libraries hold the 'edited version' of the electoral registers for their own areas Bedford Central has current and past edited registers for Bedford Borough (and earlier registers, which were not edited, for Bedford Borough and also for Mid Bedfordshire); Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard libraries have the edited registers for the former South Bedfordshire (and pre-2002 registers, which were not edited, for that area) For further details about electoral registers held locally, including historical registers, see Local and family history > Where can I find electoral registers? The ‘full version’ of each current register is available for inspection at only a few places. In Central Bedfordshire and Bedford Borough, the ‘full version’ is available only at the respective council offices. It is advisable to telephone a council office before you visit. See the Central Bedfordshire and Bedford Borough web sites for contact details You may want to see the printed registers for other parts of the country. You could contact libraries in other areas to check whether they hold the earlier registers. Contact details are on the UK public libraries on the web site The British Library in London holds past registers for the whole country (but the current registers are never available there). For further details see the Electoral registers at the British Library entry on the Gateway to the Internet. Return to Finding people for more topics

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