1939 National Register??

[california dreamin]

Interesting.

Here's the link BB was telling us about:
https://blog.findmypast.co.uk/how-to-search-the-1939-register-1426317472.html

[Bee]

Some libraries have free access to Findmypast on their computers, will this also apply to the 1939 National register?

[StevieSteve]

No, said someone, somewhere in this thread

[Blue70]

I have two household details provided by the 1939 Register Team. One includes three people born after 1915 (1 born in 1921 and two in 1933) so it will be interesting to see using the search if they are open or closed records on FindMyPast.


Blue

[Beeonthebay]

I have two household details provided by the 1939 Register Team. One includes three people born after 1915 (1 born in 1921 and two in 1933) so it will be interesting to see using the search if they are open or closed records on FindMyPast.


Blue

So the living weren't redacted previously when you had to pay £45 but now they will be?

[carol8353]

So the living weren't redacted previously when you had to pay £45 but now they will be?

I guess it was okay before as the actual 1939 NHS register were the ones giving the info for your £42.

Now we are subject to the rules of Find My Past and how they interpret them.

[Blue70]

I have two household details provided by the 1939 Register Team. One includes three people born after 1915 (1 born in 1921 and two in 1933) so it will be interesting to see using the search if they are open or closed records on FindMyPast.


Blue

So the living weren't redacted previously when you had to pay £45 but now they will be?

No, the three records I mentioned provided by the 1939 Register Team were for people born after 1915 who are deceased. No living person's details were provided. The issue is over how FindMyPast treat records of deceased people on the 1939 Register who were born after 1915.


Blue

[Guy Etchells]

I am feeling a bit dim and overwhelmed by all the opinion, advice and information in this thread
All my family I would like to see in 1939 were safely born before 1915, and are all deceased.
Does this mean I do not have to send death certs.?
I have had 3 e-mails. 2 offer 10% discount, one offers 25% and sends me to Findmypast ie where the costs are in euros
Kooky

As the family you mention were all born before 1915 they will all have been over 100 years and one day old by the time you apply to see them.
That means their records will be open.

Cheers
Guy

[Guy Etchells]

The current system run by the 1939 Register Team gives you the full details of the household but excludes any living people. The deceased include people born after 1915. From what I can gather from this thread a person born after 1915 who is now deceased will be redacted is this the case for FindMyPast's 1939 Register? What if a previously unknown member of a household is redacted how do we know that we need to get a death certificate for them if we don't know they're there?


Blue

The Findmypast team are actively trying to reconcile that situation, in other words they are trying to locate the all the entries containing deceased persons so that those entries may be opened.

The 11 page tender information document states the following-
"The 1939 Register contains entries for c45million individuals, of which an estimated c27% must be redacted."

In other words they estimated just over a quarter of the entries may have to be redacted.
The more deceased who can be identified the more records may remain open.
Cheers
Guy

PS. I should also have added the tender document goes on to state
"The National Archives will provide Potential Suppliers with specific criteria to enable them to define and identify individuals who are deemed to be still living and must be redacted."
Guy