1939 Register up and running

[bugbear]

I tried this and at first it did not work. The number I tried putting in was 27561, Arggg so for anyone who doesn't pick it up the fifth digit of the piece reference is alphabetical so I should have been entereing 2756I rather than 27561 and then it does work.

I just cut 'n' pasted.

 

 BugBear

[groom]

I think there are sections missing in the road where my grandparents lived! I suddenly remembered that amongst my late uncle's letters were some from a neighbour, who wrote to him when he was stationed in India. These neighbours and the ones the otherside of my grandparents are also missing.

Is there a way to report this to FindMyPast?

[Lola5]

Davidft.
Thanks for that. I will try it.

[davidft]

I tried this and at first it did not work. The number I tried putting in was 27561, Arggg so for anyone who doesn't pick it up the fifth digit of the piece reference is alphabetical so I should have been entereing 2756I rather than 27561 and then it does work.

I just cut 'n' pasted. 

 BugBear

Yes i should have done that rather than "testing" the system 

[TheWomble]

Here's a question for Guy, or one of the other experts - why can't we see the date of death notice information that I thought (or perhaps I should say, hoped) would appear on the page as part of the visible entry?
When the NHS were originally persuaded to start giving out information from the register, this information was not released. But further campaigning resulted in the terms of the applications being amended so that (from 2010 onwards) - so long as you remembered to specify that that this information was wanted - it would be included as part of the data returned to applicants at no additional cost.
A friend of mine successfully received this additional piece of information as part of a 1939 register application, so it does exist.
I assumed that the entries in the register were being annotated with death notice dates as these became available - just as the women's names are annotated with their later married surnames. I hoped that this information would be visible on the pages available for us to download. However, I have just downloaded my first example, and there are no death dates to be seen.
 - Are they in one of the redacted columns to the right?
 - If not, what is in that redacted area?
 - If the dates of death notice (up to 1991) are not in the register, how have FindMyPast established who died?

[Beeonthebay]

I have found my grandmothers name along with 1 person able to be shown and 1 other redacted in the indexes.  I have also found somebody else with the exact same name and year of birth as my grandmother on their own.  Common name both living in the same big city.

I haven't bought any credits yet but how would you know which was the right ancestor without unlocking them both?

If you know your grandmother's birthday eg 1 May 1898 you could enter that in the search details and if its recorded it should pick her up

I do know it but what if I didn't?   Unfortunately I have a lot of common names in my family.

[Marmalady]

I have found a mistake in my Grandparents household

I expected to be able to see 3 available records (grandparents plus one deceased aunt) plus 4 redacted records (my mother plus 3 siblings all alive/recently died)

But instead, there are 4 available & 3 redacted -- an aunt who should have been redacted is clearly shown -- and she is very much alive & kicking in her mid-eighties!

Have only viewed the index, not bought the full entries

[Lola5]

The womble,
They do not seem to know who has died after 1991 and hence  are  making people closed to viewi when they are dead,. There is a way of informing them only if one has the death cert for proof and we don't always obtain all our relatives death certs. So how are we to inform them?
marmalady,
There is a place where you can click and send them a correction.

[Kevin Burrell]

Well looked at the search and preview panes for my Grand father - found him, his wife (Elizabeth) and 1 of my fathers sisters (Doreen) who have all died. Two people apparently redacted which will be my father (still alive) and his other sister (Kathleen). Unfortunately she died with Elizabeth and Doreen in 1942 - but, as she had (in 1940) a child out of wedlock, the Uncle who identified the bodies gave her name with the fathers surname - so born a Burrell, died a Burrell, but registered as a McMillan when not legally married - Now I suspect that may be difficult to prove to get the record unlocked!!
I will not be doing that though as I do not think it is worth £6.95 to get an address I already know!