Finding information on person at Dun L address in 1938

oceanclub · 10-10-2018 3:48pm #1

There's a mysterious great-uncle, whose initial I only know, living at a house in Dun Laoghaire in 1938. Are there electoral rolls or rates records or similar for that period (not online obviously) that I could consult, does anyone know?

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Hermy · 10-10-2018 5:13pm

There are Thom's Directories at Ancestry up to 1946 if that's any good.
Or if you can visit the Dublin City Archives at Pearse Street Library you can view electoral rolls from about 1937 to 1963.

pinkypinky · 10-10-2018 8:28pm

Pearse also has telephone directories...

tabbey · 10-10-2018 10:07pm

Hermy wrote: »

Or if you can visit the Dublin City Archives at Pearse Street Library you can view electoral rolls from about 1937 to 1963.

DCLA electoral registers are only for Dublin city, not Dun Laoghaire.

Try the local studies dept of DLR lexicon library for DL electoral registers.

Hermy · 10-10-2018 11:14pm

tabbey wrote: »

DCLA electoral registers are only for Dublin city, not Dun Laoghaire.

Ah flip - I did think that might be a possibility.

pinkypinky · 11-10-2018 10:54am

There's also a possibility Fingal has them. I've looked at electoral registers for places like Tallaght and Newcastle in Fingal Archives.

spurious · 11-10-2018 11:00am

If it is an unusual surname, you might be able to get some reference to him in newspaper reports of social or sporting activities.

oceanclub · 11-10-2018 12:15pm

spurious wrote: »

If it is an unusual surname, you might be able to get some reference to him in newspaper reports of social or sporting activities.

A very common name unfortunately!

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shar01 · 20-10-2018 11:30am

I got in touch with Nigel (can't remember surname) in the Lexicon and was able to view voter's registers for Blackrock for the 1940s.

You'd probably have to make an appointment.

Finding information on person at Dun L address in 1938

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