Misty Said:

is there a way of searching the Electoral Roll free ?

We Answered:

Only if you know someone who has a copy of the published roll on their computer.
It's called an INFO disc and costs around £200 which is why sites like 192.com will make a charge for giving you address information although a phone number is free.

Richard Said:

Can I really get fined if I don't complete my electoral roll form?

We Answered:

Don't know what electoral roll form is. ARe you in the US?

Mabel Said:

looking up a person or family on an electoral roll of another country, Eg USA or Canada?

We Answered:

Ancestry.com has the census listings for the US
1930 US Federal Census (images, every name index)
1920 US Federal Census (images, every name index) - New!
1910 US Federal Census (images, every name index) - New!
1900 US Federal Census (images, every name index)
1890 US Federal Census Fragment (images, every name index)
1890 Veteran's Schedules (images, every name index)
1880 US Federal Census (images, every name index) - Free Index
1870 US Federal Census (images, every name index)
1860 US Federal Census (images, every name index)
1860 Slave Schedules (images, every name index)
1850 US Federal Census (images, every name index)
1850 Slave Schedules (images, every name index)
1840 US Federal Census (images, every name index)
1830 US Federal Census (images, every name index)
1820 US Federal Census (images, every name index)
1810 US Federal Census (images, every name index)
1800 US Federal Census (images, every name index)
1790 US Federal Census (images, every name index)
US Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880
1930 Merchant Seamen (images, every name index)

Ancestry.co.uk has these:
1901--England and Wales
1891 England --1891 Wales
1881 England*-- 1881 Wales*
1871 England --1871 Wales
1861 England --1861 Wales
1851 England --1851 Wales
1841 England --1841 Wales
1901 Scotland --*Free Index
1891 Scotland --+New
1881 Scotland
1871 Scotland
1861 Scotland
1851 Scotland
1841 Scotland

The US doesn't have the years 1930-the present available for viewing online as yet. So, if this person was born after that (1930), you may not find their census reading.
Ancestry.ca has these for Canada:
1911 Canada Census
1906 Canada Census
1901 Canada Census
1851 Canada Census
Ontario Census Index, 1871 (NEW)

Chris Said:

electoral roll?

We Answered:

192.com is free and gets its info from the electoral rolls.

Nellie Said:

Can you be on the electoral roll/membership list of two churches which belong to different denominations?

We Answered:

You can be in 2 however you may not be able to take the Eucharist or have a coming-of-age ceremony in one of the Churches.

My dad was originally Lutheran and converted to Catholicism for various reasons. For a time whilst making his decision, he was a member of both a Lutheran and Catholic Church, but did not receive any sacraments in the Catholic. Later on, he decided to be Catholic and only Catholic, so he removed himself from the Lutheran Church before he applied for his RCIA.

Kurt Said:

Why are local councils allowed to sell your electoral roll details and fuel credit card fraud?

We Answered:

Yeah, well Councils are always on the look-out for ways to raise more cash (in order to spend it on all the 'pet projects' of the Council members)

Maybe one day voters might start voting for people who put the interests of the local residents first instead of voting 'Labour' 'Tory' or 'Lib Dem' (on the other hand, pigs might fly :-) )

In the meanwhile, well Councils are not actually very well known for 'joined up thinking' ...

PS Next time you get your Voters Registration form, why not tick the 'no publicity' box ?

Ida Said:

Electoral Roll?

We Answered:

I assume you are aware that http://www.eroll.co.uk is a commercial organisation and nothing to do with .gov.uk (the official Government sites) ?

NB. Note that they are hiding their address details in the 'whois' database. You can form your own conclusion about that.


Domain name:
eroll.co.uk

Registrant:
Paul Weathersby

Registrant type:
UK Individual

Registrant's address:
The registrant is a non-trading individual who has opted to have their
address omitted from the WHOIS service.

Registrar:
Fasthosts Internet Ltd [Tag = FASTHOSTS]
URL: http://www.fasthosts.co.uk

Relevant dates:
Registered on: 14-Jun-2005
Renewal date: 14-Jun-2009
Last updated: 16-May-2007


FYI Their contact number (02920 474 129) is a normal BT allocated number in the Cardiff area ..