[email protected] wrote: > Hi Jude > > The NSW first parliament started in 1855, so no rolls before then... > Actually I am not sure if that is correct. There were some elections for district councils and town councils during the 1840's and 1850's. I think you had to own property to vote but they most probably had some kind of roll of eligible voters for those elections even if local. I have images of pages from 1840's newspapers which refer to these elections. regards Robert

Hi Robert These were called property rolls rather than electoral rolls, so yes there are rolls with people's names on them prior to our first parliament - but they were only for property owners not those who have reached voting age aka 21 which is what the electoral rolls cover and what Jude was asking for. That is why I included the State Archives info which mentions these other rolls and the hawkesbury net site for lists. As I was no doubt Jude would be interested in any resource to help trace her folks and not just those voting for parliament. On 4 Dec 2006 at 10:40, Robert Heal wrote: > [email protected] wrote: > > Hi Jude > > > > The NSW first parliament started in 1855, so no rolls before then... > > > > > > Actually I am not sure if that is correct. There were some elections > for district councils and town councils during the 1840's and 1850's. > I think you had to own property to vote but they most probably had > some kind of roll of eligible voters for those elections even if > local. > > I have images of pages from 1840's newspapers which refer to these > elections. > > regards > Robert BFN OOROO Michelle ============== http://au.geocities.com/patientgenie/