Search the Electoral Roll Online

Nov. 19, 2009 - PRLog -- An electoral roll online search allows you to search the electoral roll to find missing people. It is a quick and cost effective way of locating people; you can, depending on the company you use to carry out the search, conduct searches using various pieces of information. Usually you can search:

•   Last known address – to see when they left
•   Search their name across the whole country or a specific area of the country
•   Double name search – search a couple at one address, very useful if you have the name of your subjects partner.
•   Some allow you to search a name and a date of birth; this is a very accurate way of searching.

Search the UK electoral roll for free?

Unfortunately you can’t do this anymore. There are no companies that will allow you to do this. Local authorities collect the data and sell it to private companies; these companies charge a fee to make this money back as it can run into thousands of pounds. To search the 2010 electoral roll for free will not be possible. As you have to pay to search the electoral roll online it is a good idea to find a company that can give you the best return for your money. Some offer a credit scheme that allows you to access their database for a limited period of time or a limited amount of searches, others have staff to carry out and use the database to a higher standard to provide a more accurate result, so it is a good idea to confirm your needs with the company. Make sure the company has:

•   Access to the latest version of the Electoral roll
•   Access to historical versions of the Electoral roll

You should also look into what you get for your money; do you only get access to the electoral roll? If this is the case have you considered that 42% of people opt out of the electoral roll? This means that your search may be a complete waste of money, you need to find a company that can search other systems at the same time as the electoral roll at no extra cost to give you the most accurate results. Other systems that companies can use include:

•   Royal Mail PAF File – a database of millions of names and addresses
•   British Telecom’s Direct Enquiry searches – The Electoral roll does not include phone numbers.
•   Access to historical electoral roll, before 2002 the electoral roll online was inclusive of over 90% of adults in the UK.

The Electoral Roll also has other names; these names are exactly the same thing so you should consider searching for the following terms when researching this topic. Remember these are exactly the same thing:

•   Search the 2010 Electoral roll online
•   Search the 2010 Voters roll online
•   Search the 2010 Electoral register online
•   Search the 2010 Voters register online

You could conduct the searches without the 2010 to bring up further matches. Searching the electoral roll is fun and interesting but you need to make sure you are buying the most accurate data.

Good luck searching the electoral roll online.

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