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Residents of a house in the 60s ?

OU812 · 2015-05-16 22:18:13

I've reason to believe that a family member didn't live where we were lead to believe that he did, I came across a letter addressed to him at this other residence which is approximately half a kilometre away from where he should have been living. It was in the late 1960s, is there anywhere I could check who the occupants…

16-05-2015 11:18pm

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I've reason to believe that a family member didn't live where we were lead to believe that he did, I came across a letter addressed to him at this other residence which is approximately half a kilometre away from where he should have been living.

It was in the late 1960s, is there anywhere I could check who the occupants of the house were?

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#2 16-05-2015 11:19pm

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The appropriate county library may let you view the electoral register. Dublin also has Thom's. Neither is bulletproof though.

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#3 16-05-2015 11:41pm

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The Dublin City Archive has electoral rolls up to 1964 if that's any help.

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#4 17-05-2015 12:04am

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Hermy wrote: »

The Dublin City Archive has electoral rolls up to 1964 if that's any help.

You could check who was paying the rates in Valuation Office.

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#5 17-05-2015 1:08am

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Hermy wrote: »

The Dublin City Archive has electoral rolls up to 1964 if that's any help.

Didn't get me where I wanted to be but found a great uncle I didn't know I had !!

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