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1832 – present day - Electoral Registers

These annual publications list people in a household who had registered to vote. There are no electoral registers for 1915 - 1917, and 1941 - 1944. Electoral registers are a useful resource for the local and family historian alike, and are most frequently used to:

· Locate missing individuals

· Discover how long families had been   resident at an address

· Find out the number of people in that   household who were eligible to vote

· Before 1918, they can be an indicator of   the economic position of the voter.

To find more information about the items held at Aberdare, Pontypridd and Treorchy libraries plus their locations and opening hours, visit the library website at:
www.rhondda-cynon-taff.gov.uk/libraries

or the Glamorgan Archives
Website at: www.glamro.gov.uk