1939 Register up and running (Part 2)

[Selina]

Selina,
have now found Jack Bellamy and corrected the errors!
Kooky

That's good, at least one of many put right!

Selina

[JonathanC]

Jonathan C

have a read here

https://blog.findmypast.co.uk/watch-1436591498.html

explains how & why it happens and how to sort it out

Thanks for the link Dawn, very helpful.  As I am using FindMyPast on PAYG is your understanding that I would pay £25 for each correction?

[Guy Etchells]

Thanks for the link Dawn, very helpful.  As I am using FindMyPast on PAYG is your understanding that I would pay £25 for each correction?

The £25 is for the National Archives to open a redacted entry.

Any corrections (i.e. if the transcription does not agree with what the image shows) are done free of charge.

Cheers
Guy

[LFS]

Probably this has already been dealt with, so apologies if it has, but what were the arrangements for people who would be absent from the UK a good deal - for instance people in the Armed Forces, or in my father in law's case the Merchant Navy.  In other words, I can't find him - William Archer Barker, born 1905 in Liverpool, a marine engineer.  I've already spent 120 credits to no avail - any suggestions please?
Thanks
Derby Girl

[mumjo]

Have been looking for a relative who i have a DOB 1906 and who died in 1989 both in the same town.
She never married so in theory should be easy to find, even allowing for a transcription error I've been unable to find her. I have spent several hours trying all combinations.
Am putting it on the back burner for the moment but would love to find her, just to know wheat her occupation was!

[JonathanC]

Sorry if this has been asked before.  I have just started to access records from the 1939 register, and have queries regarding 'officially closed' records.

I accessed the record which would contain my paternal grandparents, my father and his two brothers.  My grandparents records are shown, but all three of the children are 'closed'.  All three children are dead, all died in England, I have copies of the death certs for all three.  The eldest died in 1993, so I understand why his record is 'closed', but the others died in 1976 and 1980.  So my queries are:

I would appear to be seeing 2 out of 3 of the children incorrectly 'closed', is this typical of your experiences?

I have all three UK death carts, but I am using FindMyPast on PAYG at the moment, my subscription has lapsed.  How do I go about informing FindMyPast about the three deceased children?

Many thanks for any help.

Not all pre 1991 deaths were upated on the register, which is probably why your two are closed.

If you have the death certificates you can click on update records and follow the instructions to ask for them to be updated.

Thanks for your reply.  Are there stats available for the accuracy of the register by the time 1991 came round?  Maybe I was just unlucky with my first query, but 1 of 3 correct does not seem great.  I transcribe for FreeBMD and FreeCen so I understand transcription is not an exact science, but if the underlying data is poor...

[JonathanC]

Thanks for the link Dawn, very helpful.  As I am using FindMyPast on PAYG is your understanding that I would pay £25 for each correction?

The £25 is for the National Archives to open a redacted entry.

Any corrections (i.e. if the transcription does not agree with what the image shows) are done free of charge.

Cheers
Guy

Thanks for the reply.  Maybe I'm having (another?) senior moment, or maybe I need to phrase my question better, if so my apologies.  I am looking at a household where all three children are 'officially closed'.  I have UK death certs for all three (1993, 1976 and 1980) and would be asking that all three be opened.  Will that be done free of charge if I supply copies of the certs?

[carol8353]

Thanks for the reply.  Maybe I'm having (another?) senior moment, or maybe I need to phrase my question better, if so my apologies.  I am looking at a household where all three children are 'officially closed'.  I have UK death certs for all three (1993, 1976 and 1980) and would be asking that all three be opened.  Will that be done free of charge if I supply copies of the certs?

I subscribe to Find My Past and have applied to have both my parents records opened with their death certs free of charge.  I don't know what happens if you are on payg?

[groom]

Thanks for the reply.  Maybe I'm having (another?) senior moment, or maybe I need to phrase my question better, if so my apologies.  I am looking at a household where all three children are 'officially closed'.  I have UK death certs for all three (1993, 1976 and 1980) and would be asking that all three be opened.  Will that be done free of charge if I supply copies of the certs?

I believe it is only free of charge if you a have a subscription to FindMyPast.

"Findmypast.co.uk annual subscribers can request a check of the closed records free of charge and if successful, the record will be made available via the online service. "

"Non-findmypast.co.uk annual subscribers should use The National Archives Freedom of Information (FOI) request form to request a search of closed records from the 1939 Register. If the record can be opened, we will send you a full transcription of the information held in the record. Please note there is a fixed charge of £25 for this service."