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hope someone can help, how far back do the electoral rolls go and where is it possible to view them.

I am looking in particular for Dagenham Essex and my great grandmother Helen Easter Howard (previously Gilbert). She was born in norwich but just found out from her son's burial on the CWGC site that she was living in Dagenham when he was killed at El Alamein 1942.

If you mean for 1942, there were no electoral rolls compiled for most years in WW2 1939/45

George

hi george, didnt know that would it possible for say 1938/early 1939 for electoral rolls still to be published. not sure when she moved to dagenham.

You might be alright for 1938

I understand that electoral rolls are available in the main library only in the area concerned, they are not online.

Someone will correct me if i am wrong.

George

ty George, im in norwich, so might be worth me taking a train journey to essex to have a look. thank you

Tracey

I should wait before you go to Essex, someone will come along to confirm my thoughts.I woulnt want you to have a wasted journey.

I would also contact the Main library in dagenham and ask them if they have the info you are seeking, you never know they might help you over the phone, i know some charge and some dont, you never know your luck.


George

Perhaps you could also email them
Dagenham Library


1 Church Elm Lane

Dagenham



RM10 9QS



Phone: 020 8724 3942 (Library), 020 8215 3000 (One Stop Shop)



Email: [email protected]

oh thank you George, you an angel, will email now so they get message in morning. thank you :-)

Tracey
The British library also holds copies of all the electoral registers that are available.
I do know that if you email them telling them which ones you wish to search they will get them for your planned visit as not all of them are held on the St. Pancras site but they are very helpful and it usually only takes a day to get the ones you want
Good Luck with your search
Von

Bear in mind that you need the ADDRESS for historical ER searches

You might have some luck with getting someone at the Records Office to help you out. I had some luck with Enfield for Edmonton info simply by casually dropping into conversation "Do I have to make an appointment - I need to know because I am 3 hours away" - lol. They gladly offered to find out what I needed. But Flick is right, you have to know the address as this is the only way you can search them.

thank you everyone. the address is the only snag, i do not know where she was living in Dagenham, just it shows Dagenham as her address when her son was killed in 1942. To be honest cant think why she moved when all her family was still in Norwich.

Just a thought - do you know when she died and was she still living in the same area then? If you got her death cert there would be an address on there. If it is the same one (long shot) you could check to see how long she had lived there?

Tracey
There is another possibility that her son's death might have been reported in the newspapers.Might be worth a search.
Von

Hi Tracey
dont no if you already no but you can get the cemetery records on line for rippleside cemetery witch comes under barking and dagnham essex
just though you may find other ancesters in there if some of yours come from the dagnham eara


http://cemweb.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/servlet/Telesearch

hi everyone again thanks for the help and advice will take a look at it all. Helen actually died and is buried in Chelmsford after marrying again for a 3rd time when she was 68 (married name Lovett). She died in 1972, i was 7 but only met her once when i was baby in Leeds where her daughter(my gran) had gone with her hubby for work.

Will have a look around at what people have said see if can find her address.

thank you all :-) :-) :-)

Tracey you helen is on the site i gave you here is the detals just in case you dont have them

if you copy and past the link below it should take you strat there
or just click on the link

Find Your Deceased

Deceased detail - Helen Eastern Lovett

Deceased detail
Surname
Lovett

Forename
Helen Eastern

Burial date
22 / 11 / 1972

Location
Chadwell Heath Cemetery

Register Number
11271

Age
82 Years

Funeral director

Grave detail
Grave reference
C/H / KK / 7380

http://cemweb.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/servlet/Telesearch?searchFor=B&sName=lovett&fName=Enter+a+Forename&fromYear=&toYear=&rangeFrom=11&srcSeqNo=1250447&rangeTo=20&thisyear=2011&DefSep=-&sysver=1.13&tstxtbr=no&iadd=http%3A%2F%2Fcemweb.barking-dagenham.gov.uk%2Fservlet%2FTeleimage&TeleSearch_version=1.22&wadd=http%3A%2F%2Fcemweb.barking-dagenham.gov.uk%2F&mapping=no&button_type=button&eadd=http%3A%2F%2Fcemweb.barking-dagenham.gov.uk%2Fservlet%2FTelesearch&TbSocketIO_version=1.23&sessionid=2138341389&DefFName=Enter+a+Forename&DefSName=Enter+a+Surname&gadd=http%3A%2F%2Fcemweb.barking-dagenham.gov.uk%2Fservlet%2FTelegrave&action=notice&Grave=view&withmaps=no&aaa=FALSE&fontsize=#results

ty Shelley, i tried 4 times to get on that site yesterday and it kept telling me invalid file.

Thank you very much :-)

Hi,
I do a lot of research at Valance Ave Museum which is close to me they hold all the electorial rolls for Barking and Dagenham as well as loads of other stuff if you PM me with your email address and all the info you have and want I will go and have a look - hopefully this week if not early next week.

Would you like me to visit the cemetery it's close to me if there is a headstone I am will to take a photo for you.