1939 National Register??

[Blue70]

Charges will be waived for visitors viewing the 1939 Register at TNA in reading rooms once the Register goes live on 2 November, see comment on 28 Oct at 2:23pm:-

http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/1939-register-census-census/


Blue

[Guy Etchells]

Interesting, sunnylew.
Seems easier than I thought it would be. So I'll be able to send off death certificate scans to get my parent's records, but not aunts' and uncles' (not forking out £9.25 for their certs).

Why haven't they put this on the 1939 site, I wonder?

Margaret

From what I understand more information will be added to the website on/by Monday when the 1939 National Registration goes live.
There will also be FindMyPast staff updating the records as each person on the database reaches the 100 years and one day cut-off point required.

Why do people want to see their parents details, various reasons. Some like to have as much information as possible, some may have lost their parents early in life some might want to confirm details.
Not all family life is straightforward.

Cheers
Guy

[stonechat]

Charges will be waived for visitors viewing the 1939 Register at TNA in reading rooms once the Register goes live on 2 November, see comment on 28 Oct at 2:23pm:-

http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/1939-register-census-census/


Blue

Ahh Excellent, that will be my initial approach then

[LizzieL]

If I supply a death certificate for an individual that I wamt to view the record for, how will FindMyPast verify it is the correct individual on the 1939 register?

[sugarfizzle]

LizzieL, I would think that they would evaluate the supplied certificate much in the same way we do, but we have additional knowledge in most cases. Interesting to see if any get rejected!

Margaret

[groom]

I'm away from home at the moment, so can't check, but do death certificates after 1915 also have the date of birth on them? If so, as I believe the actual date of birth is on the 1939, it wouldn't be too hard to cross reference. Will certificates have to be sent by post to FindMyPast, and if so will they be returned? You can imagine the complaints when they get lost!

[Guy Etchells]

If I supply a death certificate for an individual that I wamt to view the record for, how will FindMyPast verify it is the correct individual on the 1939 register?

Since September 2008 Pension funds, banks and mortgage companies have been able to access the data from the General Records Office to ensure families are not claiming money on behalf of a dead relative. This allows pension companies for example to carry out mortality checks the ensure people are not still claiming pensions due to  their deceased relatives.

There are various databases available which may be used, though access is limited and whether FindMyPast will be able to use all of them or any of them I cannot say.

This is a problem that will diminish as the years go by as from 1969 death certificates also record the date and place of birth of the deceased and, if applicable, the maiden name of a woman.

Cheers
Guy

[kooky]

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

[carol8353]

I'm away from home at the moment, so can't check, but do death certificates after 1915 also have the date of birth on them? If so, as I believe the actual date of birth is on the 1939, it wouldn't be too hard to cross reference. Will certificates have to be sent by post to FindMyPast, and if so will they be returned? You can imagine the complaints when they get lost!

Only those deaths certs after 1969 show a date of birth (if the informant knew it) any before that date would have an age on it.