Hi John, I thought that the Electoral Rolls for the war years were cancelled! Regards Michael McAllister ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Russell" <thecovkid@tiscali.co.uk> To: <warwick@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 5:17 PM Subject: [WAR] Electoral rolls post 1900 >I have recently run into the problem of indexing or accessing electoral >roll for years > pre 1950, we are [well was] indexing all the WW2 + people living in > hostels, but since > the new rules have come out we are no longer allowed to copy these > [photocopy that > is], you can still transcribe them but not photocopy so you can transcribe > at home?] > > Anyway, for the dates requested you may well run into a closed book, as > you are not > related too the person etc etc. > > Suggest you do a quick Google for the local BBc radio station and get in > touch with > them it sounds like a good story they may wish to pick up > > John > > John Russell > www.covkid.org.uk > www.virtualmuseum.co.uk > > >