Finding friends and relatives

How to search for family and friends. 

Electoral register

If you are searching for a friend or relative, you can inspect the full electoral register at the council offices.

However the electoral register is ordered by polling district, street and house number and not by name so if you do not have an exact address, you can search the open register using online commercial organisations.

Historic electoral registers

We do not hold historic electoral registers for public search. These are available from:

• The Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland
• The British Library in London

Name searches

• 192.com
• BT Exchanges
• Infobel UK

Address searches

• Royal Mail address and postcode search

Information relating to adoptions

• Adoption Search Reunion
• After Adoption ActionLine

Public records

• Births, deaths, marriages and care (GOV.UK)
• The National Archives

Armed Forces

• Forces Reunited
• Royal Air Force - contact
• Lost trails (britishlegion.org.uk)

Other search services

• Look4Them (missing people)
• Genes Reunited (family history)
• Missing You (general search)

Last updated: ‎03‎/‎12‎/‎2018‎ ‎10‎:‎53‎