1939 National Register??

[barryd]

The next problem may be overload day on 2 November. If  it goes as previous major genealogical sites
it takes a long time before the site calms down and is accessible.

[Blue70]

It is going to be awkward when it comes to death certificates. You can scan and e-mail death certificates to them but asking a relative for access to a death certificate can be awkward due to the sensitive nature of the event.


Blue

[Guy Etchells]

Sorry haven't read all the posts to this thread but that is going to cost quite a bit then:

My grand parents were living at a property in our village in 1939 I am assuming that all of their children were with them

Dad - dec'd 2010 have DC
Aunty 1 - dec'd Abroad
Aunty 2 - still living
Uncle 1 - died 2013
Aunty 3 - died in the early 1980's
Aunty 4 - dec'd 2011
Aunty 5 still living

So I would theoretically need DC for 3 of my father's siblings.   Of course I can be rude and unsensitive and ask my cousins or I would have to buy them so £30 at last plus the charge for the household.

On another note .    I have been a long time subscriber to FindMyPast but have only received a 10% voucher - what is going on ! going to contact them now and moan about this.

Rant over

Thank you

Or instead of moaning you could contact your Aunts and ask them to write you an authorisation to access their information.

Dad - dec'd 2010 have DC  : No problem you have the paperwork you need
Aunty 1 - dec'd Abroad
Aunty 2 - still living : use a letter from her to gain access
Uncle 1 - died 2013
Aunty 3 - died in the early 1980's : will probably be open for access
Aunty 4 - dec'd 2011
Aunty 5 still living : use a letter from her to gain access

You will definitely require proof for one person (Aunty 1) but might not for (Uncle 1 & Aunty 4) depending on whether FindMyPast have managed to confirm their deaths already or not.

Why is everyone being pessimistic before the database is even on line, why not wait and see what can be accessed then decide your course of action, after all you would not want to find out all but one were open to access and you were left having to apologise for your wrong assumptions, would you?

Think about it FindMyPast have been forced to redact the information by legislation Tony Blair's Labour government brought it in 1998. It is not something FindMyPast are doing because they want to buy something they have to do to comply with the law of the land.

At least they have taken the huge business risk and digitised the records, Ancesrty didn't just like Ancestry backed out of digitisng the 1911 census when they worked out how much it would cost and the restrictions they would have to comply with.
Instead they sat back and let others do the work the jumped on the bandwagon to reap the rewards when all the hard work had been done.

Cheers
Guy

[Guy Etchells]

On another note .    I have been a long time subscriber to FindMyPast but have only received a 10% voucher - what is going on ! going to contact them now and moan about this.

Rant over

Thank you

Subscriber and no voucher at all!

I believe the discount codes are being sent out over the weekend ready for Monday

Cheers
Guy

[groom]

I have my two codes, they arrived yesterday,  offering 25% and 10% off the 5 household bundle, not off a single lookup. I'm presuming they can't be used together to get 35% off in one go?

[coombs]

This does mean I may have to supply death info for rellies that died after 1991, 3 grandparents and my great gran's older half brother who died in 2006. If it is death certs they want then I may have to send off for them, although I think just a entry in the GRO indexes emailed to them would be sufficient, and of course I have their DOB's.

[Blue70]

According to the FindMyPast spokesperson on the blog comments only a death certificate will do. Let us know if they accept the GRO index as that will be a change in the process. I was thinking of another item. If I sent them the record provided by the 1939 Register Team in 2013 the household details include at least one person (my uncle) who died in 2004 perhaps that would be proof to open records. There's probably a lot of people with records from the old process who could help open more records without resorting to death certificates.


Blue

[Guy Etchells]

I have my two codes, they arrived yesterday,  offering 25% and 10% off the 5 household bundle, not off a single lookup. I'm presuming they can't be used together to get 35% off in one go?

I believe for that you could purchase 300 credits with a 25% reduction of the price and a further 300 credits with a 10% reduction of the price.

According to the FindMyPast spokesperson on the blog comments only a death certificate will do. Let us know if they accept the GRO index as that will be a change in the process. I was thinking of another item. If I sent them the record provided by the 1939 Register Team in 2013 the household details include at least one person (my uncle) who died in 2004 perhaps that would be proof to open records. There's probably a lot of people with records from the old process who could help open more records without resorting to death certificates.


Blue

You might find that entry is already open

Cheers
Guy

[MagicMirror]

My last post was maybe a bit too cryptic 
So here's the link to the current Quidco offer of  £6 cashback when you buy 300 credits. Topcashback has the same offer.

http://www.quidco.com/findmypast/?st=findmypast&tr=4109&fn=index&fr=top&si=56336f219c99f&sv=4