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From: John A Marsden <>
Subject: Warning re:www.192.com!!
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 01:37:17 +0100
References: <006301bfe7fd$f61e8280$413770c2@oemcomputer>


Warning List Members - This may be a scam!!

I tried this site, and entered my e-mail address. I got no information
from the 1999 Electoral Roll, but they have recorded my e-mail address,
and I suspect I'm now going to get loads of junk e-mail!!

Regards, John.

Kath Senior wrote:
>
> Hi Dale and list
>
> Someone has already given the web address for the phone listings for the UK
> but you might also try looking up http://www.192.com
>
> This is the 1999 electoral roll listing for the UK - you can search it free
> for a limited number of searches per month (far more than I've ever needed
> to use) and a surname search in an area of the country reveals all people of
> that surname and their addresses, so you can see how many people of each
> surname live at a particular address. This is an advantage over the phone
> listings site, which only gives the initials of the householder. Another
> advantage is that people can be ex-directory from the phone listings, but
> the electoral roll information is more or less complete, as far as I can
> tell.
>
> Another suggestion is to look at wills post 1891. Probate indexes from 1858
> to the present day are available at the Principal Probate Registry of the
> Family Division:
>
> First Avenue House
> 42-49 High Holborn
> London WC1V 6NP
> Phone: 020 7936 7000 (Record Keeper's Enquiries).
>
> As far as I know, the indexes up to the present day are only available in
> the search room in London, but fiche copies up to about 1945 are available
> in many local record offices in the UK and you might be able to obtain them
> from LDS centres. The indexes themselves often give good information about
> who has died, and which relative they have left their money/property to and
> where they lived. It works best if you have an unusual name, or if the
> family you are looking into stayed in the same town for many years.
>
> Good luck
> Kathryn, Reading
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dale Negus <>
> To: <>
> Date: 07 July 2000 16:49
> Subject: tracing ancestors forward
>
> >Hi listers, does anyone know how to trace your English ancestors forwards
> ie
> >from 1891 to now.
> >I have traced my ancestor's brother to 1891 but how do I find out what
> >happened to the family after that?
> >Any help would be welcome
> >
> >Dale in Sunny Sydney
> >
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