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→Absent Voters Lists(UK): 1918- c 1923, a few later
In November 2017, Ancestry introduced a database "UK, Absent Voter Lists, 1918-1925, 1939"<ref> [https://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=61320 UK, Absent Voter Lists, 1918-1925, 1939] Ancestry</ref> located in Census & Electoral Rolls, and also in Military/Soldier, Veteran & Prisoner Rolls & Lists, the source being “Absent Voter Lists taken from various Electoral Register collections”, but otherwise unspecified. To see the coverage, look under “Browse this collection” on the Ancestry webpage for the collection. Includes some areas of England and Scotland. It is believed the London records are from the London Metropolitan Archives. There is an additional Ancestry database “Midlands, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1955” (located in Census & Electoral Rolls) which specifically includes AVLs (Birmingham and some of north Warwickshire). Other Electoral Registers, details of which may be found by entering the keyword electoral in the Card Catalogue Search, (accessible from the Search tab at the top of Ancestry webpages) perhaps may also contain unspecified AVLs.
Other online Lists, additional to those mentioned in the guides above: [http://archivedatabases.cheshire.gov.uk/Cosocius.Ww1Archive.Internet/ Cheshire], (cheshire.gov.uk, a work in progress at 2018/01); [http://www.mit-stamtrae.co.uk/1919_absent_voters_preston/1919_Preston_index.htm Preston] (mit-stamtrae.co.uk); FamilySearch images for [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1546473 Swansea West Division (Wales, West Glamorgan)].
====Attestation, or Enlistment books (Army Book 358) from 1920====
