1939 Register up and running

[ScouseBoy]

If my mum was still alive she would be 100,  and if my dad was still alive he would be 99.

My mum died 40 years ago,  should I be able to see their names?

[PaulineJ]

I think it will depend on when dad died.

As far as I can make out, if they died after 1991, then their deaths were not noted in the database.

[Rosezi]

I got 2 households for the price of one, (on original document)  as my great grandparents lived next door to my grandparents, which was a great bonus!

[smudwhisk]

It definitely seems to be hit and miss as to who was born after 1915 but died before 1991 has been marked as available to view.  My Great Aunt was born in 1922 but died in 1975 isn't viewable.

[LizzieL]

I have mentioned on here before that my grandmother always celebrated her birthday three days after the date on her birth certificate. She thought her birthday was 8th April, when it was actually the 5th. On the 1939 register her birthday was down as the 7th ! was she gradually advancing it over the years?

And another curious one, my maternal grandfather had a twin brother. My grandfather's Dob is 25 September, but his twin is 30th!

My father's cousin was born in 1914 and died in 1978, but she doesn't come up at all. I've searched on maiden and married name (she married in 1935). I've searched on dob and name variants. Although as noted above dob may not be reliable.

[antiquesam]

I found my mother and grandmother, more by luck than anything else. My grandmother remarried in 1943 and I found her under her new married name with Schmgeonr in brackets, supposedly her first married name of Scrimgeour. Fortunately my mother was living at the same address as Coomer which is vaguely near her married name of Coomber from her 1943 marriage. I think the transcription must be pretty poor.

[Yellowbird]

Not too impressed so far.  10% discount was invalid   On unlocking my first successful search, only my grandmother shows up and not my grandfather despite being on the transcription.  Cannot download either    Plus not liking the closed entries which were not clearly mentioned in advertising blurp.....


YB

Edited to say most problems resolved but still cannot download when entry goes over two pages.

[bradelkington]

anyone finding difficulty loading the original image mine seems to have areas of the image that are blurry and I cannot save the file onto my pc as when I open it its blank also not letting me print the record, what a waste of money if you cant view/save or print it ?

[Jebber]

For those of you searching unsuccessfully with date of birth, try using only birth year plus or minus a couple of years, that has worked for me.