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1939 Register

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Janet

Janet Report 28 Mar 2014 08:32


anyone noticed this on FMP?

Findmypast is thrilled to announce a new project to release the 1939 Register, which will see 40 million wartime British records published online within the next two years.

In the most anticipated family history development since the 1911 census, findmypast are working in association with The National Archives to provide the only complete overview of the population between 1922 and 1950.

Researching:
Campbell, Page ,Phippen, Alder, Rivett, Beinder, Mandy and Gainsbury,

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 28 Mar 2014 09:19

Yes...................

DazedConfused

DazedConfused Report 28 Mar 2014 10:25

I think people will be expecting far more than is actually on there.

It is little more than a slight expanded ER.

It will have the name of all people resident at a certain address. Do not know if it will even have their DOB on it.

I think a lot of poeple are going to be very disappointed......

Researching:
We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!

+++DetEcTive+++

+++DetEcTive+++ Report 28 Mar 2014 15:03

Information gathered for each person was their address, name, sex, date of birth, marital condition, occupation and whether a member of the armed forces or reserves.

http://www.1911census.org.uk/1939.htm

Link to a blank form
http://www.1911census.org.uk/regform1939a.jpg
...........

Elsewhere someone has said that the full details will only be published if it can be proved that a person has died (or is likely to have died). May be the dobs will be redacted?

Researching:
Dormant member as from 20 Sep 2019 . Click on my board name to send a message

Janet

Janet Report 28 Mar 2014 15:57



Well if it can tell me if one of my great grandfathers was still alive and where, I for one shall be very happy

J

Researching:
Campbell, Page ,Phippen, Alder, Rivett, Beinder, Mandy and Gainsbury,

ElizabethK

ElizabethK Report 28 Mar 2014 16:36

Is it the list prepared for our Identity Cards ?

Janet

Janet Report 28 Mar 2014 16:58

I believe so

The 1939 register was taken on 29 September 1939 by the British Government, shortly after the outbreak of WW2. It recorded personal details of individuals in order to issue identity cards and ration books, and later formed the basis of the National Health Service’s records.

jan

Researching:
Campbell, Page ,Phippen, Alder, Rivett, Beinder, Mandy and Gainsbury,

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 28 Mar 2014 20:35

they are apparently only releasing information for people who are now dead


and some people have found that it takes some time to get the information .......... presumably as FMP sorts through who is still alive and who is now dead.

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

jax

jax Report 29 Mar 2014 17:13

May be interesting to see if my grandfather lied about his age on there as well

Are they not doing the 100 year ruling Sylvia?

Researching:
Nothing much

Rondog

Rondog Report 29 Mar 2014 19:46

This question may have been asked before but,

WHEN WILL THE 1921 CENSUS BE AVAILABLE ON GR?

Probably not in my lifetime. b 22 September 1938

:-|

Researching:
Martin, Goward, Trevett, Hall, Henshaw, Wood, Jefferson Rice, Dunkley

jax

jax Report 29 Mar 2014 20:09

Not until 2022 at the earliest Rondog


http://www.1901census.com/1921-census/

Researching:
Nothing much

DazedConfused

DazedConfused Report 30 Mar 2014 14:12

Unless the law is changed then the 1921 census will not be released until 2021/2.
It is 100 years plus 1 day.
It has to be negotiated with the NRO and then transcribed. Which takes time and money.
If it should be released early, I would imagine that Ancestry is the only genealogical site which has the finances to do this first, which is what has happened with the 1901 and 1911 census'.

But with the Electoral Rolls, you can at least go forward in some part with addresses.

Researching:
We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!

jax

jax Report 30 Mar 2014 15:14

Ancestry didn't get the 1911 first DC

It was on FMP and possibly GR before them

Researching:
Nothing much

Kense

Kense Report 30 Mar 2014 16:52

There was a similar register compiled in 1915. I don't think it has survived intact, but there may be some local lists.