1939 National Register

[DudleyWinchurch]

Hi Carol,
that wasn't the problem. I went in through a different search (different family name) and only realised I had paid for the same page twice when I spotted it on the My Records list.

All the changes of file names and non-disclosing of addresses means that it's not possible to recognise that this is the same file that you are opening until after you look at it.

[stonechat]

I thought that they should not be able to charge you twice
Surely you can get a refund?

[Jebber]

Hi Carol,
that wasn't the problem. I went in through a different search (different family name) and only realised I had paid for the same page twice when I spotted it on the My Records list.

All the changes of file names and non-disclosing of addresses means that it's not possible to recognise that this is the same file that you are opening until after you look at it.

Surely you read through the entire image when you first download it. I went through mine and noted the other people on the image for future reference. Some of the people on an image  actually live in adjoining roads, so it pays to check everyone, not just the person you originally looked for.

[DudleyWinchurch]

I thought that I had done this but as the page references were changing by the day, while I was doing that, I had recorded the two families as different finds and when it was not obviously available under the second name, assumed that it was one that I hadn't yet opened/purchased, when I got my credits.

(was trying to check how many credits I would need and then do the purchases, but have decided that value for money is not good, so probably won't but any more credits)

[LizzieW]

I looked for my gran and found she was listed and shown as an ARP Warden, which I knew anyway.  Also listed are 2 of her daughters (one my dad's twin) and the husband of her eldest daughter.  There are 2 closed records. I assume one is my dad's youngest sister who wasn't born until 1917, less than 100 years ago, but I don't know who the other one would be unless it was the girlfriend of my dad's youngest brother.  He was born in 1913 so should be on the list somewhere.

What's interesting is that my dad's twin sister is shown as single, but although she didn't marry until 16 October 1940, the ditto line - showing she had the same surname as her mother - has been overwritten with her married name.     I found the girlfriend of my dad's eldest brother, and like my dad's twin sister her single name has been crossed out and her married name written over it, even though she didn't marry until sometime in 1940.  I can't find my dad's two brothers anywhere, even just searching on their surnames, which is somewhat curious.  As the eldest was a musician, it's possible he was away, I know he was in Scotland late 1940/41 playing at a Glasgow theatre, but I thought the other brother was a factory worker.

I found my parents and my gran at the address where I also lived once I was born!! but, strangely, there is another person on the list with a closed record.  I have no idea who this might be, I don't remember my mother ever saying that someone else lived with them before I was born, and not knowing who it is I can't ask for the record to be unlocked.  Can anyone suggest how else I might find out who was at the address with my gran and parents.

[stonechat]

Don't really think you can find out who was there. The register was updated with deaths and married names (of women) up to 1991,

[LizzieW]

I can't think of anyone who would know who was living with my gran and parents.  My gran, my parents and all my parents' siblings are dead now.  I do have some older cousins, but they were only young children in 1939, so wouldn't remember.  I'll just have to wait until whoever it was turns 100 or a death is found for them, I'm assuming it was an adult, there's no reason for it to have been a child.  I assume in time all the records will be "unlocked", hopefully before I get too old to search them again.

[smudwhisk]

There's an extra closed person with my grandparents.  My father was too younger to remember and his elder brother isn't aware of anyone that it could be and he would have just about been old enough to remember, so will have to wait until that person is opened.  I'm just wondering if perhaps they've wrongly attributed someone from another household when redacting out anyone that is closed, but I am unwilling to pay to view the entry at present to see if that could be a possibility as I know all the details and address for them.

[groom]

If the people lived in a relatively safe part of the country could they have taken in an evacuee as children were evacuated from large towns and cities early in September?