1939 Register up and running (Part 3)

[Rena]

I'm lucky in that Hull City archives have put all their local WWII Civil Defence members online (Wardens, Fire Fighters, etc) and they don't seem to have bothered about death dates,  but maybe they didn't know the ages.

Rena, could I ask you for a link to this? I've looked on their website, seen where they say they have these records but can't for the life of me find how to search for a specific person. I know my mother was in the ATS and my auntie was an ambulance driver.

Thanks.
Jill

Hope you find what you want.

http://catalogue.hullhistorycentre.org.uk/

[StevieSteve]

Personally though, I would rather pay a supplement (say the cost of about 10 households on PAYG?) and have unlimited access, and I think they would attract a lot of people who are unwilling to splash out on PAYG at this moment. Would they recoup their costs more effectively this way? Seems like a better way to me, but I'm sure FindMyPast have done their research properly.

Yes, so would I

It's the ballpark level of the supplement that FindMyPast would have needed to charge to match the PAYG model that I was trying to ascertain.

I think your figure of £50 would actually have met a fair bit of opposition, even though it would be good value for those who research a wider spread of relatives

[smudwhisk]

I think your figure of £50 would actually have met a fair bit of opposition, even though it would be good value for those who research a wider spread of relatives

It may have met opposition should it have happened, but that was the add-on subscriptioin price to view the 1911 census on FindMyPast when they first added subscriptions for it.  Therefore, its very unlikely in such circumstances that the 1939 Register would be any less.  If and when they do add subs, its likely to be at least that to start with but as with the 1911, over time the overall cost will probably drop.

[mogwood]

I agree that an additional £50 looks high, and there probably would have been much complaint about it.  The main objection to using that method, I think, would probably be because it would apply only to those who already have (or who then purchase) a full subscription.  This way, using PAYGO, anyone can access, without having to also purchase a full sub.  I believe this probably extends their potential customer base quite considerably. 

Or have I misunderstood the term "add on"

[smudwhisk]

I can't remember for definate as its a few years ago, but I think it was a separate subscription that anyone could purchase, albeit that I think if you were an existing subscriber it may have been about £10 cheaper.  I've read on another forum that it was originally £59 for a 1911 Census subscription, but I only remember paying £50 so that may have been because I was an existing subscriber.

But I may be incorrectly remembering.

[jillruss]

I'm lucky in that Hull City archives have put all their local WWII Civil Defence members online (Wardens, Fire Fighters, etc) and they don't seem to have bothered about death dates,  but maybe they didn't know the ages.

Rena, could I ask you for a link to this? I've looked on their website, seen where they say they have these records but can't for the life of me find how to search for a specific person. I know my mother was in the ATS and my auntie was an ambulance driver.

Thanks.
Jill

Hope you find what you want.

http://catalogue.hullhistorycentre.org.uk/

Thanks, Rena.

[Yorkslass]

I'm lucky in that Hull City archives have put all their local WWII Civil Defence members online (Wardens, Fire Fighters, etc) and they don't seem to have bothered about death dates,  but maybe they didn't know the ages.

Rena, could I ask you for a link to this? I've looked on their website, seen where they say they have these records but can't for the life of me find how to search for a specific person. I know my mother was in the ATS and my auntie was an ambulance driver.

Thanks.
Jill

Hope you find what you want.

http://catalogue.hullhistorycentre.org.uk/

Thank you Rena and Jill for mentioning these records.

I had no idea they were online, and I've just found several members of both my grandparents families who were involved in one way or another.
Which has helped to confirm the address entries in the 1939 Register.
Brilliant!

Thanks again,
Yorkslass

[Guy Etchells]

I think your figure of £50 would actually have met a fair bit of opposition, even though it would be good value for those who research a wider spread of relatives

It may have met opposition should it have happened, but that was the add-on subscriptioin price to view the 1911 census on FindMyPast when they first added subscriptions for it.  Therefore, its very unlikely in such circumstances that the 1939 Register would be any less.  If and when they do add subs, its likely to be at least that to start with but as with the 1911, over time the overall cost will probably drop.

Yes but that was about a year after it had been run as a pay as you go site.
For details of the pay as you go service see
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01ghn/

Cheers
Guy

[ScouseBoy]

I'm lucky in that Hull City archives have put all their local WWII Civil Defence members online (Wardens, Fire Fighters, etc) and they don't seem to have bothered about death dates,  but maybe they didn't know the ages.

Rena, could I ask you for a link to this? I've looked on their website, seen where they say they have these records but can't for the life of me find how to search for a specific person. I know my mother was in the ATS and my auntie was an ambulance driver.

Thanks.
Jill

Hope you find what you want.

http://catalogue.hullhistorycentre.org.uk/

Thanks, Rena.

   Do you realise that many ATS  service women actually served overseas?