What! The 1939 Register For Free!

[groom]

Seems going to be on FindMyPast..in with your subs

Yonks

Yes, but note from the earlier posts it is an annual sub not a monthly one.

[Yonks Ago]

Oh!!..will have to wait and see..then as the way I read the email..it looks as if in the subs..

16th Feb will be the date to watch

Yonks

[Ladyhawk]

I just received this email informing me

Free Weekend 22 – 25 January from Fri 12pm to 12pm Mon 25th

Please note, along with electoral roll records, the 1939 Register is not included in our Free Weekend event

We're pleased to tell you that from 16th February 2016, we'll be giving unlimited access to the 1939 Register in our 12 month World and Britain subscription packages.

If you'd rather not subscribe, don't worry this premium record set will still be available using PayAsYouGo credits.

[Old Bristolian]

I've had the email too now, and the announcement of the free weekend. What worries me about the latter is 12pm -'what does that mean? You can either have 12 midday or 12 midnight, but never 12pm or am

Steve

[Lostris]

12pm = Noon; 00.00 hours would be midnight

[Old Bristolian]

Agreed that 00.00 hours is midnight, but we're talking the 12 hour clock here, not the 24 hour one. If you use am and pm then the "m" refers  to midday (in latin) and 12pm just doesn't make sense. You could have 12.01pm though

Steve

[AnneMc]

I got the e-mail as well.   Looking forward to doing some searching as I live in Canada and with the exchange rate on the pound it makes it a little expensive here.  Also I don;t think I will be renewing my sub as it is in U.S dollars and our Canadian $ exchange is not very good right not.

cheers
Anne

[Vengeur]

Agreed that 00.00 hours is midnight, but we're talking the 12 hour clock here, not the 24 hour one. If you use am and pm then the "m" refers  to midday (in latin) and 12pm just doesn't make sense. You could have 12.01pm though

Steve

Agreed: and there is much (sometimes heated) debate on this!

An example: 4pm is fourth hour after midday (i.e. 4 hours post meridiem) so 12pm must be midnight and 12am therefore is the twelfth completed hour before midday (and therefore midday itself) but then there's 12.01pm etc....?

Much better to say 12 noon or midnight to avoid confusion (myself probably included)!

[RunKitty]

Still waiting for my email about the 1939 register.  I have the US FindMyPast, so maybe that is what is causing the delay??

RK