1939 National Register??

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Re: 1939 National Register??
« Reply #227 on: Today at 12:26 »

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Quote from: nestagj on Today at 12:02

    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

I wasn't really moaning I was just pointing out that it could be quite expensive.....to be honest the cost is not an issue - recalling how much I actually paid when the census' came out and I had to buy credits !

As regards asking my Aunt's for Letter of Authorisation probably not as from previous experience it is extremely difficult to explain something like to to a very elderly relative who does  not understand technology or what is already in the public record about them.

Nesta

[suey]

I got an email today with my 10% discount code for signing to be kept in touch with the news about the 1939.
In addition it shows small images of newspapers, maps etc and a partial image of a handwritten register.
However this register has different information than the transcript the NHS gave me purporting to be a transcript of a household from the 1939 National Register as it gives more information.

I am now determined to access an image for the address I requested in the FoI request to see exactly what was missing.
As this image also shows surrounding houses I now assume that when we apply for a household the image will be trimmed accordingly.

It is to say the least intriguing

Cheers
Guy

I got the same e mail and next to that very tempting looking picture it says...

Handwritten Register - View the original register document and see who lived in the surrounding houses in 1939.
   

It quite clearly shows house or road names and numbers, a list of people, looks like their sex, age a column I can't decipher, marital status and occupation.  Now to me that says that if I pay for the register page with my family on it I will also see the neighbours.  If I don't then to me that particular picture is totally mis-leading - or am I missing something here. 

I can't wait for someone to take the plunge, Guy, and report back with findings 

[panda40]

I'm away for two weeks and will miss all the fun. I hope the 10% and 25% discount voucher will still be valid when I get back.
Regards panda

[groom]

I'm away for two weeks and will miss all the fun. I hope the 10% and 25% discount voucher will still be valid when I get back.
Regards panda

You can apply the code as soon as it is sent to you and it buys you 300 credits, which I presume last for as long as necessary. I've discovered I have about 180 credits left from when FindMyPast were offering them a year or so ago.

[Guy Etchells]

I'm away for two weeks and will miss all the fun. I hope the 10% and 25% discount voucher will still be valid when I get back.
Regards panda

You can apply the code as soon as it is sent to you and it buys you 300 credits, which I presume last for as long as necessary. I've discovered I have about 180 credits left from when FindMyPast were offering them a year or so ago.

The credits last 90 days from the date bought but can be extended viz.

"Credits are only valid for a fixed period of time and will expire if you do not use them in that time however expired Credits, up to a maximum of 300 Credits, will be re-credited to your account if you purchase more Credits within 3 months of expiry."

I cannot see any time limit for using the discount code supplied so it may be better to not use the code until you need to replenish your credits.

Cheers
Guy

[groom]

Must be the free ones that have longer life then - just checked my account and they don't expire until 10th Oct 2016. I aquired them in April 2013, August 2013, Feb 2014. 

[panda40]

Thanks for the update
Regards panda

[smudwhisk]

Until today 300 credits lasted 365 days, I looked yesterday evening.  Now they've changed them all to 90 days only.   Have found in the past that any credits would roll over when a 12 month subscription/renewal was purchased.  Be interesting to see if that remains the same.

Must be the free ones that have longer life then - just checked my account and they don't expire until 10th Oct 2016. I aquired them in April 2013, August 2013, Feb 2014.

Groom, do you have a subscription that expires on that date?

Edit - I was thinking about purchasing 300 credits with the 25% discount but I may not be bothering now.  The aim was to use them specifically to look at a few households but since I suppose there is the possibility they could reset the expiry on my existing credits to only 90 days, its not going to be worth bothering.

[groom]

Groom, do you have a subscription that expires on that date?

Yes, thats when the half price offer I added last year runs out.