hello Mike, and many thanks this man has not been easy, he does not marry till 1920, and seems to lodge with people, also the different spelling doesnt help. But he cant be far away as he does seem to be in business also his brothers etc involved with same sort of business here he is in 1901 1901 census transcription details for:  4, 51, Back High Street, Aston Manor National Archive Reference: RG number: RG13      Piece: 2884      Folio:  12      Page:  16                       Reg. District:     Aston     Sub District:     Aston Manor Parish:     Aston Manor     Enum. District:     22 Ecclesiastical District:     Lozells St Pauls     City/Municipal Borough:      Address:     4, 51, Back High Street, Aston Manor County:     Warwickshire Name     Relation     Condition     Sex     Age     Birth Year     Occupation , Disability     Where Born SMITH, Edwin     Head     Married      M     29     1872     Photographer's Agent     Birmingham<br>Warwickshire SMITH, Clara     Wife     Married      F     22     1879          Birmingham<br>Warwickshire SMITH, Edwin W     Son          M     0 (UNDER 1 MOS)     1901          Aston<br>Warwickshire DURENS, William     Brother-In-Law     Single      M     28     1873     Wheelmaker     Birmingham<br>Warwickshire   "Quod Verum Tutum" (The truth is Safe) ________________________________ From: Mike in Droitwich <mjflists@yahoo.co.uk> To: eng-black-country@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, 27 January 2012, 17:36 Subject: Re: [Black Country] electoral registers Hi Aileen Where was he in the 1901 census and does he have a family? Large areas of what are now in Birmingham and Warwickshire were in Worcestershire & Staffordshire on the day of the 1911 census moving into Birmingham later that year With more info we might be able to find him for you. Mike Fisher in Droitwich my family tree http://mjfisher.tribalpages.com A durn wrote: > I need advise re electoral registers, > Is it possible to ckeck where my great granddad was between the years 1911 and 1920 >  via electoral registers, > I have tried to find him on the 1911 census ever since it was released with no luck > I know he was in Birmingham as there are entries in trade directories > > this is what I have1917 > DURN William, cycle wheel maker 73 1/2 Bath St  birmingham > > He dies 1946, > Can anyone help me please > Aileen > > -- ------------------------------------- The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black Country. Run by Black Country folk who were born and still live in the area. ****************************** ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. ------------------------------- ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message