>can ayone tell me how I can access electoral rolls for qld, and how >far do they go to in years There is a lot of information and advice about electoral rolls here: * Qld Research Tips <www.judywebster.gil.com.au/tips-qld.html> * 2005 edition of "Tips for Qld Research", described on <www.judywebster.gil.com.au/publicat.html>. Answers to many questions about Qld research are on my Web site <www.judywebster.gil.com.au/index.html>. Please explore it thoroughly. It has about 100 pages of information/advice; over 40,000 names from Archives sources, cemeteries etc.; and customised Google boxes to search my entire site. The email address on this message may not reach me, so to contact me personally, use whatever address is on my Web site at that time... but to reduce spam, please do NOT mention that address in mailing list or newsgroup messages. Judy ********************************************************* Judy Webster, PO Box 5043, Algester, QLD 4115, Australia. Grad.Dip. Local & Applied History (UNE). Accredited researcher (Qld State Archives sources). Indexes & advice <www.judywebster.gil.com.au/index.html> My family tree <www.judywebster.gil.com.au/surnames.html> *********************************************************