1939 - what have you found?

[Top-of-the-hill]

   I finally found my mother, pretty much where I expected, but with her surname wrongly entered or transcribed. I also found her employer's wife, but could not at first find her employer (a titled politician). The transcriber obviously had trouble there as well! I haven't unlocked either record, as I doubt if they would add anything.

[tracey43]

My great aunt's date of birth was altered on the form from 20 Feb 1900 to 31 Oct 1898; the alteration was in different handwriting, with a reference EGD 15.8.51. Can anyone explain this? These were not her initials, and it seems odd that someone might be checking 1939 details in 1951 and correcting the record.

Neither date has provided her Irish birth certificate unfortunately 

[sirsimon]

nothing horrifying or surprising, I got some new occupations and exact birth dates, but nothing else

The one set of records I would love to look at would be the irish censuses after 1926, but that will never happen until I am in my mid 60s

[eadaoin]

The one set of records I would love to look at would be the irish censuses after 1926, but that will never happen until I am in my mid 60s

I tracked down the 10 or 12 households  I expected in England/Wales. I'll probably go to Kew to look more closely in the New Year. Nothing very dramatic, except maybe Eileen Gray? Pearson? Allen?
Most of the ones I was interested in were redacted.

sirsimon, Electoral Rolls can be a great help, though you have to root through the books yourself, except for Dublin 1938-1964.

[nanny jan]

I found a 2xgt. aunt living with 2 of her nieces in Dorset, which is what I half suspected, but nice to have found them all together.  Youngest niece shown as a "tennis ball coverer".....not come across that before.

[kerryb]

I found my grandparents and great grandparents, no surprises, they are where they should be, except one of my grandfather's is still officially closed, despite having died in 1993 and I will have to pay for a death certificate to get them to open it, despite it being their mistake, after all they have access to death records.

I know he is where he should be though, so am not going to bother because the next entry is my grandmother and she is not showing her surname just ditto, so it has to be grandad above under the big black banner!!!

Kerry   

[Redroger]

In my view no mistake Kerry; the lists were only updated until 1991. You say  your Grandad died in 1993.

[Guy Etchells]

My great aunt's date of birth was altered on the form from 20 Feb 1900 to 31 Oct 1898; the alteration was in different handwriting, with a reference EGD 15.8.51. Can anyone explain this? These were not her initials, and it seems odd that someone might be checking 1939 details in 1951 and correcting the record.

Neither date has provided her Irish birth certificate unfortunately 

In 1951 the 1939 National Register was still being used for some of its original purpose  ID cards and rationing it could possibly have been for one of those reasons.
ID cards did not need to be carried after 22 February 1952 and the National Registration Act was repealed on 22 May 1952
Food rationing did not end until 4 July 1954 but even then some items were in short supply.

Cheers
Guy

PS tennis balls used to have covers sewn over the rubber core

[Guy Etchells]

I found my grandparents and great grandparents, no surprises, they are where they should be, except one of my grandfather's is still officially closed, despite having died in 1993 and I will have to pay for a death certificate to get them to open it, despite it being their mistake, after all they have access to death records.

I know he is where he should be though, so am not going to bother because the next entry is my grandmother and she is not showing her surname just ditto, so it has to be grandad above under the big black banner!!!

Kerry   

Maybe, maybe not by 1939 many households had evacuees living with them, much would depend on the location of the house

Cheers
Guy