I have a family who lost 3 members in a bombing raid in Nov 1940. I am trying to find out if they would have been at the same address in Sept 1939 when the ID register was compiled. Street is just about totally missing from the 1939 register. I have checked names that were in the 1938 directory and 9 of the people were still in the same house in Nov 1940 and were killed in the raid - I have checked against civilian war dead records and can verify that. None of these people come up in the FMP database. I've reported it but its a similar scenario to missing streets when they released the 1911 census and 'that' took 18 months for them to rectify it, so holding breath not an option. The local archives in Liverpool have kindly checked the electoral registers for me and tell me "The name Wilson does not appear in the entry for 28 Spofforth Road in 1937/38 or  1938/39.  However, in the electoral register for 1939/40, the names given are : Mary Wilson Mary Wilson Jnr Jessie Wilson" They also tell me that a note at the start of the 1939/1940 Register says it is in force from 13th Oct 1939 and the Registrar's signature is dated 15th Oct 1939, but no precise qualification date for inclusion in the register. Close to the end of Sept, but not close enough to be 'certain'. Could anyone advise if/ how I would find out the dates the forms had to be returned to ensure inclusion in the 1939/40 electoral register? -- Tickettyboo

Tickettyboo <tickettyboo@mail2oops.com> wrote on Fri, 6 Nov 2015 at 19:34:01: >Close to the end of Sept, but not close enough to be 'certain'. Could >anyone advise if/ how I would find out the dates the forms had to be >returned to ensure inclusion in the 1939/40 electoral register? > > Some extracts from <http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/offpubs/electreg/parliamentary/ parliamentaryconstituencies.pdf> (3.3MB): "Before 1948 residential qualification not only required that voters live in the constituency in which they voted but that they should have done so for a qualifying period. This was twelve months before 1918, six months between then and 1926, and three months between 1927 and 1948 and was computed backwards from the qualifying date. It was not necessary to have lived at the same address for the qualifying period, only that one had lived in the same borough or county (London being treated as a single borough for the purpose) or in an adjacent one." ... "From 1927 to 1939 the register, once again annual, came into force on 15 October (brought forward to 1 May in 1929 and deferred to 15 November in 1939)." ... "In England and Wales the qualifying date was 31 July until 1878 and 15 July from 1879 until 1914. From 1918 it was 15 January for the Spring register while they lasted and 15 July for the Autumn or annual registers until 1928. It was 1 December 1928 for the 1929 register and 1 June for the 1930-39 and 1945-49 registers. The qualifying date for the May 1945 register was 1 January and for the March 1946 one was the preceding 1 December. From 1950 to 1954 it was the previous 20 November and from 1955 to 2000 the previous 10 October, after which it became 15 October from 2001." -- Iain Archer

On 2015-11-07 14:57:00 +0000, Iain Archer said: > Tickettyboo <tickettyboo@mail2oops.com> wrote on Fri, 6 Nov 2015 at 19:34:01: > >> Close to the end of Sept, but not close enough to be 'certain'. Could >> anyone advise if/ how I would find out the dates the forms had to be >> returned to ensure inclusion in the 1939/40 electoral register? >> >> > Some extracts from > <http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/offpubs/electreg/parliamentary/ > > parliamentaryconstituencies.pdf> (3.3MB): > > "Before 1948 residential qualification not only required that voters > live in the constituency in which they voted but that they should have > done so for a qualifying period. This was twelve months before 1918, > six months between then and 1926, and three months between 1927 and > 1948 and was computed backwards from the qualifying date. It was not > necessary to have lived at the same address for the qualifying period, > only that one had lived in the same borough or county (London being > treated as a single borough for the purpose) or in an adjacent one." > ... > "From 1927 to 1939 the register, once again annual, came into force on > 15 October (brought forward to 1 May in 1929 and deferred to 15 > November in 1939)." > ... > "In England and Wales the qualifying date was 31 July until 1878 and 15 > July from 1879 until 1914. From 1918 it was 15 January for the Spring > register while they lasted and 15 July for the Autumn or annual > registers until 1928. It was 1 December 1928 for the 1929 register and > 1 June for the 1930-39 and 1945-49 registers. The qualifying date for > the May 1945 register was 1 January and for the March 1946 one was the > preceding 1 December. From 1950 to 1954 it was the previous 20 November > and from 1955 to 2000 the previous 10 October, after which it became 15 > October from 2001." Many thanks ! That is just what I wanted, but failed to find. -- Tickettyboo