1939 Register - updates

[HarryW]

This may have been asked before - I have tried searching, so apologies.

Looking at the 1939 Register, many records have been updated.

In my mother's case, she is shown correctly and over the top of her name in green pen is her married name.   She didn't marry until 1951, which leads to my questions:

When did the register stop being updated ?
Why was it updated after the war had ended ?

Harry

[pet50ite]

Hi Harry,

Somebody else will probably be able to give a more comprehensive answer but my understanding was that it was used when setting up the NHS. I hope I've got that right

Pet50ite

[HarryW]

pet50ite,

Thanks for that - certainly would explain why it was kept up, but the NHS set up pre-dated my parent's marriage.   

Since posting, I've had a thought that it was probably kept up to date until the end of rationing, hence the married names.

Harry

[SmallTownGirl]

Updated until 1991 according to the National Archives ....

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/1939-register/

STG

[Deirdre784]

I've found a marriage from 1987 recorded on the register

[SmallTownGirl]

My brother's record is open.  He was born May 1939 and died May 1989, so that chimes with the register being updated until 1991.

STG

[Jebber]

My brother's record is open.  He was born May 1939 and died May 1989, so that chimes with the register being updated until 1991.

STG

Work is still being done on the register, more and more will be opened as deaths are located right up to date.

Jebber

[ScouseBoy]

Updated until 1991 according to the National Archives ....

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/1939-register/

STG

How could they update the address though?
New houses were built after the destruction of the war.

[Ruskie]

They would just write in the new address. 

The address does not need to have existed pre war to be noted on the register ....