1939 Register up and running (Part 2)

[johnP-bedford]

Even if we have the death cert of a married woman it will be in a different name if she was single at the time of the 1939 register; how does this prove its same person. Do we also have to get the marriage cert of this woman to the name she became.

[carol8353]

Even if we have the death cert of a married woman it will be in a different name if she was single at the time of the 1939 register; how does this prove its same person. Do we also have to get the marriage cert of this woman to the name she became.

That's what I was wondering especially as my one married and died in USA.

[california dreamin]

I wondered this too - but then looked at my Mum's d/c .  She was married and died in the US. Her d/c indicates she was married, gives my father's name and also names her parents.  I suppose they could always request a copy of her m/c if they wanted to be difficult.

Presumably as FindMyPast have' carte blanche' over numerous data bases they can see this is the same woman.  I suppose more helpfully it names my grandparents whom she was living with on the 1939 Register.

NB I won't be scanning this and handing to over to FindMyPast

[LizzieL]

For a woman who was single in 1939, but married between then and 1991, both maiden and married names will be shown on the register. It does for my mother in law and her sisters (all born before Sept 1915 but married after 1939). On death certs (England and Wales at least) there will be the date of birth and maiden name of married women. Not sure when that started, but I think earlier than 1991.

[carol8353]

For a woman who was single in 1939, but married between then and 1991, both maiden and married names will be shown on the register. It does for my mother in law and her sisters (all born before Sept 1915 but married after 1939). On death certs (England and Wales at least) there will be the date of birth and maiden name of married women. Not sure when that started, but I think earlier than 1991.

Only if all these occured in England or Wales of course.

[johnP-bedford]

For a woman who was single in 1939, but married between then and 1991, both maiden and married names will be shown on the register.

Yes, that will be so if they can indeed trace the marriage... if the name on 1939 reg differs to that on the marriage index/entry then they may not find her married name, and thus won't find her death.

[stanmapstone]

Registration was compulsory and people were prosecuted for refusing to register. That was the 'stick'; the 'carrot' was that you needed to be registered to get a ration book. Ration books were prepared using the original household schedules, which were sent to the local Food Offices once the enumerators had finished copying details into the register books.

This is the leaflet produced at the time

Stan

[andycand]

Even if we have the death cert of a married woman it will be in a different name if she was single at the time of the 1939 register; how does this prove its same person. Do we also have to get the marriage cert of this woman to the name she became.

Hi

I'm not sure how Findmypast do the checking but one possible way, if the person died in the UK, would be information on the death certificate such as date of death. This could be cross checked with NHS records and their NHS number links to their National Register number. It would be useful if Findmypast did explain how they are going to do it.

Overseas deaths can be more difficult as there may not be sufficient detail on the certificate to positively identify the person so additional information may be required.

Andy

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