1939 Register up and running (Part 2)

[LizzieL]

Names are George Henry Moore & Senta Moore expected to find them in either Kingston upon Hull or Ripon or Harrogate.

have you tried searching on date of birth? There are a lot of people transcribed as question marks.

could Senta have used a different name for registration purposes?

[LizzieL]

Did Senta go to Canada in 1956?

[jillruss]

I've just watched a video on the 1939 Register on the National Archives website. This - and other sources - keep repeating that everyone was included and no one was left out.

I've searched over and over again for my 2 sets of grandparents, without success. I've tried likely addresses and, guess what, most of them don't appear on the searches.

My question is: human nature being what it is, there will obviously have been quite a few people who weren't 'caught' first time round but must have been caught up with or how did they get Identity Cards and ration books? Is there an appendix to the Register which lists these people or were they just swept up into the system 'as and when'?

In a way, I admire my family for avoiding the initial bureaucracy but I know they must have finally been accounted for - I still have my mother's identity card!

I've given up now - no point keeping looking for something that clearly isn't there!

[coombs]

Could be some people were abroad or at the time of the register, or just grossly mistranscribed or even gave false info. I like the word enumerator when describing this register, the great substitute to the non survival of the 1931 census and no 1941 census taking place.

[stanmapstone]

Has government (or anyone) ever published a list of NHS Letter prefixes in relation to where they were registered. I am a FJNJ.

See http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/national-registration-day-29-september-1939/
and http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2995124
Stan

[jillruss]

Could be some people were abroad or at the time of the register, or just grossly mistranscribed or even gave false info. I like the word enumerator when describing this register, the great substitute to the non survival of the 1931 census and no 1941 census taking place.

Or not!!

[ReadyDale]

I've searched over and over again for my 2 sets of grandparents, without success. I've tried likely addresses and, guess what, most of them don't appear on the searches.

Are you saying the people still don't appear at those addresses or that the addresses don't appear in the search?
If it is the latter, then you are not alone. I had to "Live Chat" FindMyPast, as an address I was searching for would not show up, but in going through the reference and adjusting the numbers (using the tips elsewhere on this forum), it turns out that the item (the sheet of about 40-50 individuals) was not on the system (confirmed by them), so would never have been found if I hadn't reported it. I have another one where I think the same applies, but haven't had the time yet to go through person-by-person comparing to the last previious electoral roll and a local map, to prove that is the case.
The guy from FindMyPast intimated that it wasn't an unusual occurance!

[bibliotaphist]

Has government (or anyone) ever published a list of NHS Letter prefixes in relation to where they were registered. I am a FJNJ.

See http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/national-registration-day-29-september-1939/
and http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2995124
Stan

Given the interest in WWII identity cards I'm surprised no-one's published a list of the area codes already. I wonder if TNA could be leaned upon to digitise and publish the enumerator's instructions http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1926182 to the web?

From the looks of things, YALA* might have been a London code (see thread at http://www.GenesReunited.co.uk/boards/board/general_chat/thread/1313457). I know that my person did move to London during or after the War so perhaps this explains the re-registration. Maybe she moved there in 22.10.194[?] as the re-registration note suggests?

Shame the later additions to the register are not being made available.

[northern_rose]

I've searched over and over again for my 2 sets of grandparents, without success. I've tried likely addresses and, guess what, most of them don't appear on the searches.

Are you saying the people still don't appear at those addresses or that the addresses don't appear in the search?
If it is the latter, then you are not alone. I had to "Live Chat" FindMyPast, as an address I was searching for would not show up, but in going through the reference and adjusting the numbers (using the tips elsewhere on this forum), it turns out that the item (the sheet of about 40-50 individuals) was not on the system (confirmed by them), so would never have been found if I hadn't reported it. I have another one where I think the same applies, but haven't had the time yet to go through person-by-person comparing to the last previious electoral roll and a local map, to prove that is the case.
The guy from FindMyPast intimated that it wasn't an unusual occurance!

i think I seem to be in the same situation with my grandparents - if I address search there appears to only be the odd numbers in the street listed and they lived at no 16!!