Electoral Roll Search and Electoral Register Voters is a great way to find family and friends.  If you have tried Facebook and had no luck then try searching the Electoral Roll, the database used is from 2003 onwards. The Electoral Register includes the names and addresses of most UK citizens over the age of eighteen. The edited Electoral Roll is the version of the Electoral Register that’s made publicly available. Current year data is updated quarterly and you can search for friends and family on the edited Electoral Roll using the search form above. Access to historical data is included with all packages and this gives you access to approximately 200 million more records

An electoral roll, or what others call as electoral register, is a very important tool. This contains all of the names of people who are registered to vote in a specific area.  This has fast become a popular way for research or to find lost friends and relatives.