Cambridgeshire Electoral Registers 1832-1932

Findmypast have released the Electoral Registers of 1832-1932, which includes the Cambridgeshire Electoral Registers and the Huntingdonshire Electoral Registers.

From 1832 if you were eligible to vote then your name was on the list.  Being eligible changed over the years, women didn't get the vote at all until 1918.  In the early days, to be eligible, you pretty much had to be male and a resident or house owner.  The electoral registers were compiled every year, although not all will have survived, of course.

If you are trying to find family before the 1840 Census, then this might be your best chance.  I've several people in my family tree who died between 1832-1840, so I'll be looking for them in the Electoral Registers.

The Electoral Registers 1832-1932 comprise of 5.4 million images, containing 220 million names.  With a good wind and some luck you might find your lost people in there!

I've people to find in the Huntingdonshire Electoral Registers and the Cambridgeshire Electoral Registers, so this is a short post!

Having had a quick look, one of the families I was after isn't found earlier than 1885, which is annoying - but I have to be grateful that the records are online at all :)  Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.... I have to remember to be grateful at what IS there and not annoyed by what is NOT there!