1939 - what have you found?

[Pheno]

When the 1939 register was first available I looked at my Dad's family of 4 (mother, father, son & daughter) and could see that the birthdates were all mixed up.  Although the actual dates were correct the days and months and years were a complete mix between all 4 of them so notified FindMyPast and they were quickly rectified.

Now however, on being able to see the full household I can see that the occupations are also totally mixed up so my elderly grandmother is an Instrument Maker heavy work and my Dad is listed as doing Unpaid Domestic Duties! - as if!  The daughter has the occupation of the next householder on the schedule.

Another email to FindMyPast I think - but it did make me smile.

Pheno

[Manchester Rambler]

One of my favourite finds to date is a (clearly-written) date of birth:

........ 29 February 1881........   

[carol8353]

One of my favourite finds to date is a (clearly-written) date of birth:

........ 29 February 1881........   

Don't leap years have to divide by 4?

[Manchester Rambler]

Don't leap years have to divide by 4?

Exactly.

[carol8353]

Proof positive that our ancestors had no idea when they were born,nor did they care 

[barryd]

I have a few ancestors on the 1939 Index with the correct day/month and an incorrect year.

[aelfric]

I have a few ancestors on the 1939 Index with the correct day/month and an incorrect year.

I have several of these.  The best is my grandfather who died just before I was born.  When he was in his sixties he left my grandmother - or was chucked out by her - to live with a woman 25 years his junior: that was in the 1920s and by the time of the register he had "aged" an extra 11 years.

Unfortunately my traction engine driving great uncle Louisa turned out to be a mistranscription of James, not an early example of an alternative lifestyle

[clairec666]

I have a few ancestors on the 1939 Index with the correct day/month and an incorrect year.

Yep, me too, seems pretty common. Especially if they were born in the 1890s in my family... most of my relatives born in the 1860s got the year right, which I wasn't expecting.

[Redroger]

One of my favourite finds to date is a (clearly-written) date of birth:

........ 29 February 1881........   

A few years ago a calendar was published (in the UK) which included things like 30th February and 31st June etc. etc. The following year a different printer was used to produce it.