Findmypast add 32 million names to Electoral Register collection
A collection of 32 million names and 14 million addresses added to Findmypast will help researchers bridge the gap between the 1911 census and the 1939 Register
The new additions to the England & Wales, Electoral Registers 19101932 collection have been added to Findmypast’s existing collection of indexed 1920 to 1932 registers to create a new resource containing 150 million records spanning more than two decades.
Ahead of the company’s release of the 1921 Census of England & Wales on 6 January 2022, improved access to these important British Library documents will enable family historians to locate their ancestors between the 1911 Census and 1939 Register with greater ease and accuracy.
Thanks to a new technique known as ‘Structured Data Extract’, England & Wales Electoral Registers 1910-1932 has been fully indexed, allowing users to search millions of images by name, date, location and keyword. As well as images, each search result provides a transcript recording:
• the individual’s name
• registration year
• address or abode
• the nature of their qualification to vote or a description of their
property
• occasionally, their occupation or age.
This new method has allowed this data to be structured and organised to a greater degree than traditional Optical Character Recognition. This not only enables more precise searches but Findmypast also state that the use of name variants which will catch a huge assortment of miss-spelled names.
Explore the collection at https://familytr.ee/electoraloct