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Data Protection gone stupid- FURTHER UPDATE
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Margaret | Report | 14 Jun 2006 17:29 |
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Sylvia I need to go to the County Record Office in Stafford. Cant get there at the moment. Old Crone I did wonder that. They dont have what I want anyway. I'm trying to find out when someone died. I know he was still alive in 1913 as he was the informant on his wifes death cert. He was born 1849, I have searched death indexes until 1952. Probably one missed in the GRO indexes. I have found 2 of those. I cant ask the local registrar to check all those years. I thought if I checked electoral rolls I could narrow down the years, if he didnt move home that is. Margaret |
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An Olde Crone | Report | 14 Jun 2006 17:00 |
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Margaret I think whoever you spoke to has got their knickers in a twist - its CURRENT Electoral Rolls which you can 'only look at for ten minutes and not take any photocopies'. I bet if you spoke to someone else/went in, you would get a different answer. OC |
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Sylvia | Report | 14 Jun 2006 16:58 |
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You must be unlucky with your library. My local, Hammersmith, pointed out all the right books I needed, found me a big desk all to myself and let me stay all day. I looked up electoral rolls from 20s 30s and after the war. Also the local cemetary records. Can you find a different library not too far away? Im sorry for your bad experience. Sylvia |
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Margaret | Report | 14 Jun 2006 16:51 |
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I have just emailed my local library to ask about electoral registers for the first 40 years of the 20th century. Their reply was that they only had a couple from the late 1930's and these ' were only available to be looked at for 10 minutes and no photocopies could be made due to data protection' As anyone on these would have to have been born around 1915, most would be dead. Also, as we all know, much more recent ones are available on the Internet. Margaret |
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Margaret | Report | 14 Jun 2006 16:51 |
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UPDATE Another reply from the library explaining!!!!!!! |
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