Hi Can someone tell me if there are any electoral rolls available online for the Stanley area Co. Durham please. Kind regards Dianna

Could you tell me when electoral roles were first started please? Many thanks -------------------------------------------------- From: "dianna charles" <diamonddi57@optusnet.com.au> Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 12:41 AM To: <northumbria@rootsweb.com> Subject: [NMB] Electoral Rolls > Hi > Can someone tell me if there are any electoral rolls available online > for the Stanley area Co. Durham please. Kind regards Dianna > > > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at > http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On 07/02/2010 09:52, DC Taunton wrote: > Could you tell me when electoral roles were first started please? They've been kept since 1832, but they don't all survive. You'll need to check with the County Record Office/main library for the area concerned to see if the register you want still exists.. Of course it's important to remember that children are never listedon electoral registers, and that prior to 1928, not all adults were listed either. The voting qualifications were: 1832 Men owning property worth £2 per year or more. 1867 Men owning/renting property worth £5 per year or more. 1884 Men owning/lodging in property worth £10 per year or more. 1918 Men over 21, women over 30, servicemen over 19. 1928 Everybody over 21. 1969 Everybody over 18. Prior to 1832 there were poll books which were compiled after elections and showed how everyone had voted. They are of limited value to genealogists because very few people were entitled to vote at that time. Brian -- Brian Pears (Gateshead, UK) http://www.bpears.org.uk/ Joint List Admin NORTHUMBRIA Genealogy Mailing List GENUKI Northumberland Maintainer