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General => The Common Room => Topic started by: HarryW on Sunday 29 May 16 12:00 BST (UK)
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This may have been asked before - I have tried searching, so apologies.
Looking at the 1939 Register, many records have been updated.
In my mother's case, she is shown correctly and over the top of her name in green pen is her married name. She didn't marry until 1951, which leads to my questions:
When did the register stop being updated ?
Why was it updated after the war had ended ?
Harry
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Hi Harry,
Somebody else will probably be able to give a more comprehensive answer but my understanding was that it was used when setting up the NHS. I hope I've got that right ;D
Pet50ite
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pet50ite,
Thanks for that - certainly would explain why it was kept up, but the NHS set up pre-dated my parent's marriage.
Since posting, I've had a thought that it was probably kept up to date until the end of rationing, hence the married names.
Harry
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Updated until 1991 according to the National Archives ....
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/1939-register/
STG
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I've found a marriage from 1987 recorded on the register
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My brother's record is open. He was born May 1939 and died May 1989, so that chimes with the register being updated until 1991.
STG
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My brother's record is open. He was born May 1939 and died May 1989, so that chimes with the register being updated until 1991.
STG
Work is still being done on the register, more and more will be opened as deaths are located right up to date.
Jebber
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Updated until 1991 according to the National Archives ....
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/1939-register/
STG
How could they update the address though?
New houses were built after the destruction of the war.
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They would just write in the new address. ::)
The address does not need to have existed pre war to be noted on the register ....
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My cousin couldn't understand why her parents weren't shown living in their house.This has revealed that my aunt was sent to the country ,heavily pregnant with her first child whilst her husband was living with his family in Tottenham.She was thrilled when I told her this morning.
Ringrose
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The 1939 register 29 Sep 1939 was so people could get food ration cards during WW2. It later became the NHS register and was continually update until 1991. When men or women registered with a doctor or hospital, those who changed their name regardless of if they married or not their name was changed in the register. You can see the original name crossed thru and you can see a new name. There is a date by the new name and when they moved you can see a 3 letter area code. There is a very good approved FB group helping people you might be interested in joining --https://www.facebook.com/groups/204040569927596/
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The main idea of the register was for identity cards, not ration books, that followed later.
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I don't understand that the 1939 Register was updated until 1991, my father's record was closed even though he died in 1958.
I had to bang my head on a wall many times before FindMyPast opened the record. I wanted to know what his employment was at that time.
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The register was "recycled" or as they say these days re-purposed.
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The register was "recycled" or as they say these days re-purposed.
Slight correction the Register was unlawfully ""recycled" or as they say these days re-purposed."
If you read hansard there are a number of questions asking for assurance that the 1939 Rgister was nolonger being used and each time parliament was assured that it was no longer being used but the numbering system it used was.
That was clearly untrue.
Cheers
Guy
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But the 1939 register did not contain a full comprehensive list of the entire population.
It did not contain details of merchant navy personnel, nor did it contain the names of all service personnel, did it?
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But the 1939 register did not contain a full comprehensive list of the entire population.
It did not contain details of merchant navy personnel, nor did it contain the names of all service personnel, did it?
The 1939 Register was designed to capture the whereabouts of the civilian population on a specific date. It doesn't include British Army barracks, Royal Navy stations,Royal Air Force stations
or members of the armed forces billeted in homes, including their own homes. Obviously as they were accounted for elsewhere and I think already had identity cards. It does include those who were at home on leave.