Hi Listers, can someone tell me please what is the availability of electoral rolls, when they started and what info is on them. I am of course referring to 1840's period and later. thanks judy in tassy

Hi Jude The NSW first parliament started in 1855, so no rolls before then... I haven't looked back this far but there are scattered state rolls up to 1901, when the commonwealth rolls are the resource, the first one being available at the state library in Sydney is for 1903. I have looked in the 1880's and 1890's state rolls and the early commonwealth rolls and there are missing years and electorates in some periods. They are in electorate order, you need to have some idea of where the person you are looking for was living or you have to check every fiche.! I am sorry I cant remember when the commonwealth roll became alphabetical but it was only recently. State rolls pre 1900 in the Hawkesbury just have name and locality from memory, sometimes there was occupation, so hopefully the name you are looking for wasn't common. For more info check the NSW State Archives http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/ Archives in Brief 5 - Electoral rolls Also, have you checked the following lists? http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/lists/ On 3 Dec 2006 at 18:18, jude wrote: > Hi Listers, > can someone tell me please what is the availability of electoral > rolls, when they started and what info is on them. I am of course > referring to 1840's period and later. thanks judy in tassy BFN OOROO Michelle ============== http://au.geocities.com/patientgenie/