1939 Register up and running (Part 3)

[Scrumper]

The 1939 Register help topic is continued from 1939 Register up and running (Part 2)
Still not finding a lot of people 

Found my granddad in 1939 in the Midlands, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1955.  He's in Hinstock Road, Birmingham.

I look up Hinstock Road in the 1939 Register, and some houses are there, but not many and not the one I want.  What's the problem here?

[groom]

I look up Hinstock Road in the 1939 Register, and some houses are there, but not many and not the one I want.  What's the problem here?

Same problem a lot of us are having and that FindMyPast isn't admitting to! Part of my grandparent's road is definitely missing as well, and of course, they live in the missing part!

[jillruss]

I look up Hinstock Road in the 1939 Register, and some houses are there, but not many and not the one I want.  What's the problem here?

Same problem a lot of us are having and that FindMyPast isn't admitting to! Part of my grandparent's road is definitely missing as well, and of course, they live in the missing part!

SNAP!    I found my grandparents - with a long lost great aunt - on the 1939 London electoral register in Harrow at the address I expected to find them, so they lived there before and after this 1939 Register but not only do none of them show up on the person search but neither does their house number show up on the address search. The road is included, but the number is not. I emailed FindMyPast to query this over a week ago and, after trying to fob me off with the usual standard rely (i.e. you're not looking properly) they promised to look into it and get back to me. Apparently my patience would be gratefully appreciated! I've still not heard back - and to be honest I don't expect to.

I appreciate the fact that this was a massive undertaking on their part but having promised so much, its been very disappointing - and their reaction to our queries has been wanting, to say the least.

To add insult to injury, after I finally went in yesterday and purchased some pages showing some family I had managed to locate, today I received an email from them basically congratulating me on spending my money and inviting me to spend more by purchasing a bespoke coffee table book of my 1939 pages!!

I suppose this is the world we live in now...

[clairec666]

Found my granddad in 1939 in the Midlands, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1955.  He's in Hinstock Road, Birmingham.

I look up Hinstock Road in the 1939 Register, and some houses are there, but not many and not the one I want.  What's the problem here?

Hard to tell whether a bunch of records have been missed out, or are actually there but mistranscibed so are difficult to find.

Frustrating for now, but hopefully will be ironed out in time...

[dawnsh]

this is a big "if"

having seen quite a few entries at TNA yesterday, if the street is listed as "ditto" on the schedule(and quite a few on some pages are) you may not find it. The transcribers transcribe what they see.

may not explain all missing entries but could do for some.

What registration district is the street in? could it be in part of another district?

What's your grandfathers name and year of birth and we can try to have a look for you?

[coombs]

I have searched by district and then by DOB for some of my missing lot and still cannot find them. As said, down to bad transcribing or some houses were not transcribed for the "1939 census", shall we say.

[clairec666]

It's hard to know when to give up (for the time being!) on finding someone, or whether to keep plugging away with different search methods until they turn up....

[coombs]

Well I have William Jack Taylor, born 6 Feb 1894, his wife Constance Maud Taylor born 13 Feb 1894. William died in 1978 in Chichester and Connie in 1993 in the same area. They had married in 1921 in Stambridge, Essex, where they both originated but William was of Luton by then, he was a miller. So they could be anywhere in the UK in 1939, have looked and looked under DOB, first and surname variants and nothing yet.

[groom]

Well I've tried every method I can think of and can't find my grandparents and I know exactly where they were living.

I've searched:
Using just names  (not a very common one)
Using names of both plus dates of birth
Using surnames and just the borough
Using first names and borough
Using first names and dates of birth
Searching the whole of their road.

When doing the last I realised that their immediate next door neighbours on both sides were also missing and from letters I have I know they were definitely there in 1939. I did find a next door but one neighbour whose name I recognised, so it looks if at least 3 houses have been missed out.