FindMyPast have added current Electoral Rolls to their databases 19 July 2013 findmypast.co.uk living relatives records Lost touch with family members over the years? Finding your living relatives just got easier: now you can search UK electoral rolls 2002-2013 and UK companies house directors 2002-2013 as part of a Britain Full & World subscription, instead of needing separate PayAsYouGo credits! I started out by looking up myself and a couple of friends. They seem to have made a complete mess of Scottish entries My address in Fort William is correctly placed in Inverness-shire but the it has Region - Tayside, Central and Fife Area - Perth I thought this might be because some has done a crude conversion from postcode but only using the first two letters. A friend living near Stornoway has just the name of his house and this (no town etc) District: Isle Of Lewis Region: Grampian, Highland And Islands Area: Hebrides County: Grampian, Highland And Islands Country: Scotland The old county is Ross-shire and of course they are now Western Isles. The dropdown menu has under 'County' 'Isle of Lewis' which does not find him but it will find him with Grampian as the county. This cannot have come from Postcode because the Western Isles has its own Postcode and previously had a Paisley one. I sent a message to FindMyPast but they say that they reply that the data is from 192.com and ... 'The Electoral Registers are an exact copy of the records that have been published by the by the Electoral Commission.' Is the rest of 192.com's data so poor?

On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 23:08:09 +0100, MB <MB@nospam.nospam> wrote: >FindMyPast have added current Electoral Rolls to their databases > > > >19 July 2013 > >findmypast.co.uk living relatives records Lost touch with family members >over the years? Finding your living relatives just got easier: now you >can search UK electoral rolls 2002-2013 and UK companies house directors >2002-2013 as part of a Britain Full & World subscription, instead of >needing separate PayAsYouGo credits! > > > >I started out by looking up myself and a couple of friends. > >They seem to have made a complete mess of Scottish entries > >My address in Fort William is correctly placed in Inverness-shire but >the it has > >Region - Tayside, Central and Fife > >Area - Perth > >I thought this might be because some has done a crude conversion from >postcode but only using the first two letters. > > > >A friend living near Stornoway has just the name of his house and this >(no town etc) > >District: Isle Of Lewis > >Region: Grampian, Highland And Islands > >Area: Hebrides > >County: Grampian, Highland And Islands > >Country: Scotland > > >The old county is Ross-shire and of course they are now Western Isles. > Not since 1997. They are now Na h-Eileanan an Iar and the council is Comhairle nan Eilean Siar :- http://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/ > >The dropdown menu has under 'County' 'Isle of Lewis' which does not find >him but it will find him with Grampian as the county. This cannot have >come from Postcode because the Western Isles has its own Postcode and >previously had a Paisley one. > > >I sent a message to FindMyPast but they say that they reply that the >data is from 192.com and ... > > >'The Electoral Registers are an exact copy of the records that have been >published by the by the Electoral Commission.' > Maybe instead they should use the official registers published by the EROs ? > >Is the rest of 192.com's data so poor? > Not just 192, various Westminster-controlled departments/organisations (e.g. the Met Office) still don't seem to be aware that the regions in Scotland were abolished in 1994 as demonstrated by e.g. issuing information for motorists and other travellers who using names that (except in/around Fife) don't appear on road signs any more.

On 24/07/2013 04:17, Charles Ellson wrote: > Not just 192, various Westminster-controlled departments/organisations > (e.g. the Met Office) still don't seem to be aware that the regions in > Scotland were abolished in 1994 as demonstrated by e.g. issuing > information for motorists and other travellers who using names that > (except in/around Fife) don't appear on road signs any more. I could understand between different incarnations of county / district / region / council but they are giving details that are completely wrong and have never been right.

On Wed, 24 Jul 2013 10:50:48 +0100, MB <MB@nospam.nospam> wrote: >On 24/07/2013 04:17, Charles Ellson wrote: >> Not just 192, various Westminster-controlled departments/organisations >> (e.g. the Met Office) still don't seem to be aware that the regions in >> Scotland were abolished in 1994 as demonstrated by e.g. issuing >> information for motorists and other travellers who using names that >> (except in/around Fife) don't appear on road signs any more. > > >I could understand between different incarnations of county / district / >region / council but they are giving details that are completely wrong >and have never been right. > Your postcode area theory sounds the most likely candidate with a touch of Alice in Wonderland "I see what I eat"="I eat what I see" full reversability of definition being applied if the tiniest part of PH intruded into the old Tayside or Central regions..... and the likely "suspect" bringing in Fife could be a small (less than half a square mile) part of PH2 which crosses the Carmore Burn to the east of Duncreavie.

"MB" <MB@nospam.nospam> wrote in message news:ltCdnUmAxblXY3PMnZ2dnUVZ8qqdnZ2d@bt.com... > FindMyPast have added current Electoral Rolls to their databases > > > > 19 July 2013 > > findmypast.co.uk living relatives records Lost touch with family members > over the years? Finding your living relatives just got easier: now you can > search UK electoral rolls 2002-2013 and UK companies house directors > 2002-2013 as part of a Britain Full & World subscription, instead of > needing separate PayAsYouGo credits! > > > > I started out by looking up myself and a couple of friends. > > They seem to have made a complete mess of Scottish entries > > My address in Fort William is correctly placed in Inverness-shire but the > it has > > Region - Tayside, Central and Fife > > Area - Perth > > I thought this might be because some has done a crude conversion from > postcode but only using the first two letters. > > > > A friend living near Stornoway has just the name of his house and this (no > town etc) > > District: Isle Of Lewis > > Region: Grampian, Highland And Islands > > Area: Hebrides > > County: Grampian, Highland And Islands > > Country: Scotland > > > The old county is Ross-shire and of course they are now Western Isles. > > > > The dropdown menu has under 'County' 'Isle of Lewis' which does not find > him but it will find him with Grampian as the county. This cannot have > come from Postcode because the Western Isles has its own Postcode and > previously had a Paisley one. > > > I sent a message to FindMyPast but they say that they reply that the data > is from 192.com and ... > > > 'The Electoral Registers are an exact copy of the records that have been > published by the by the Electoral Commission.' > > > > Is the rest of 192.com's data so poor? > > > > This 'living relatives' facility has been there for a long time but was only available by PPV, even if you had a findmypast subscription. I once queried this and was told that they hadn't sorted out a way of paying for access to those databases (which findmypast do not own) from subscribed customers, but that they were still working on it. Looks like they've now sor4ted it out. Tony Proctor