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:Also includes a database for Birmingham, and some of north Warwickshire, Absent Voters Lists (located in Census & Electoral Rolls/Midlands, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1955). There are many Electoral Registers, details of which may be found by entering the keyword electoral in the Card Catalogue Search. At least the Electoral Register for London appears to contain Absent Voter information, so some other Electoral Registers may similarly do so. Also see [[British Army#Absent Voters Lists: 1918- c 1923 (UK)|Absent Voters Lists: 1918- c 1923 (UK), above]], including [[findmypast]] details for this category of records.
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*In Scotland, the Census was also taken on the night of Sunday 2 April 1911 and records are available online on the pay website [http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/help/index.aspx?r=554&2064 ScotlandsPeople]. Records for previous censuses in Scotland are available on [[findmypast]], Ancestry, etc.
=====1911 and 1901 Ireland Census=====
*[http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie Census of Ireland 1901/1911] The National Archives of Ireland. Free online records. The 1901 census was taken on 31st March 1901and 1901 and the 1911 census was taken on 2 April 1911.
====[[National Army Museum]]====
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160205050129/http://www.nam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/research-information-5.pdf Information Sheet No 5: Researching Family History at the National Army Museum]
====Absent Voters Lists(UK): 1918- c 1923 (UK), a few later====
Generally arranged by Electoral District. Mainly contain military personnel, but also men and women who were engaged in war-related work who were still living away from home. Sources are major libraries and record offices nearest to the place in question. Some of these records are available online. The [[London Metropolitan Archives]] holds some AVLs to 1939.<ref>[https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/london-metropolitan-archives/visitor-information/Documents/10-electoral-registers-at-london-metropolitan-archives.pdf Electoral registers at London Metropolitan Archives: Information Leaflet Number 10]</ref>, however it appears that information such as a serviceman’s rank, unit and number, only appeared initially for a few years.<ref>[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/britain-absent-voters-lists-1918-1921 Scroll to Discover more about these records] findmypast</ref> Note however these lists appear to have contained some errors when first compiled.<ref>Reeves, Terry. [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234798&p=2362732 Compilation of Absent Voters Lists] ''Great War Forum'' 6 February 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.</ref>
*[http://mlfhs.org.uk/guides/researching_absent_voters.pdf Absent Voter Lists]. Guide by Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society. May 2015
*[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/soldiers/how-to-research-a-soldier/finding-soldiers-through-the-1918-absent-voters-lists/ Finding soldiers through the 1918 Absent Voters Lists] longlongtrail.co.uk
In October 2015, [[Findmypast|findmypast]] introduced a database "Britain, Absent Voters Lists 1918-1921" (located in Census, Land & Surveys/Electoral Rolls), based on records from the British Library. The coverage is set out in [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/articles/britain-absent-voters-constituency-list?_ga=1.75209553.2135388719.1444195952 Britain, Absent Voters Constituency List]. Data additional to the initial release is expected to be added. (Guide to BL holdings<ref>[https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/~/media/subjects%20images/government%20publications/pdfs/parliamentaryconstituencies.pdf Parliamentary Constituencies And Their Registers Since 1832] British Library</ref>). There is also a stand alone "Kent, Bromley Absent Voters List 1918". In July 2016 an associated dataset
"Britain, Absent Voters Lists 1918-1921 Browse" was introduced to enable browsing through the records. Additionally there appear to be some Absent Voters Lists within the findmypast database “England & Wales, Electoral Registers 1832-1932” (located in Census, Land & Surveys/Electoral Rolls) as a researcher here found a 1931 AVL record which showed a soldier’s unit and number.<ref>AdrianB38. [http://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/forum/topic14849.html Absent Voters List for 1931] ''Who Do You Think You Are? Forum'' 28 April 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017.</ref>
In November 2017, Ancestry currently (December 2015) contains one introduced a database "UK, Absent Voter Lists, 1918-1925, 1939"<ref> [https://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=61320 UK, Absent Voters List databaseVoter Lists, 1918-1925, 1939] Ancestry</ref> located in Census & Electoral Rolls, and also in Military/Soldier, BirminghamVeteran & Prisoner Rolls & Lists, the source being [[British Army#Miscellaneous online sources|“Absent Voter Lists taken from various Electoral Register collections”, but otherwise unspecified. To see below]]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. In addition There is an additional Ancestry database “Midlands, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1955” (located in Census & Electoral Rolls) which specifically includes AVLs Ancestry contains many (Birmingham and some of north Warwickshire). Other Electoral Registers, details of which may be found by entering the keyword electoral registers, see [[British Army#Miscellaneous online sources|Miscellaneous online sources below]]in the Card Catalogue Search, (accessible from the Search tab at least one the top of which appears to Ancestry webpages) perhaps may also contain an AVLunspecified AVLs.
Other online Lists, additional to those mentioned in the guides above: [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)].
:Ancestry includes databases for Medal Rolls, see [[Medal Rolls]].
:Another database is "UK, Naval and Military Courts Martial Registers, 1806-1930", index records only with images on Fold3 under the title UK, Courts Martial Registers.
*'''Forces War Records''', a pay website, includes the database "Military Hospitals Admissions and Discharge Registers WW1 Collection",<ref> [https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/military-hospital-records Search the Military Hospitals Admissions and Discharge Registers WW1 Collection] and [http://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/blog/2014/11/12/mh106-the-challenges-of-making-these-wwi-medical-records-available-online? Article about the digitisation] forces-war-records.co.uk</ref>consisting of transcriptions taken from TNA records [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10949 MH 106: War Office: First World War Representative Medical Records of Servicemen]. It is possible that the FWR database is only a selection of records from MH 106, which in turn is only a sample.<ref>TEW [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234729&p=2345354 Military Hospitals Admission and Discharge Register: Forces War Record] ''Great War Forum'' 25 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.</ref>. Some images from this record series are available on findmypast, refer above, but Forces War Records appears to have more records in its database.
*[http://www.chaplains-museum.co.uk The Museum of Army Chaplaincy] contains an online Search facility for Chaplain Interview Record cards for Anglican (Church of England) clergy who applied to become Temporary Chaplains to the Forces (T.C.F.) between late October 1914 and November 1918.
