1939 Register - updates

[Ringrose]

My cousin couldn't understand why her parents weren't shown living in their house.This has revealed that my aunt was sent to the country ,heavily pregnant with her first child whilst her husband was living with his family in Tottenham.She was thrilled when I told her this morning.
Ringrose

[Cilia]

The 1939 register 29 Sep 1939 was so people could get food ration cards during WW2. It later became the NHS register and was continually update until 1991. When men or women registered with a doctor  or hospital,  those who changed their name regardless of if they married or not their name was changed in the register. You can see the original name  crossed thru and you can see a new name. There is a date by the new name and when they moved you can see a 3 letter area code. There is a very good approved FB group helping people you might be interested in joining --https://www.facebook.com/groups/204040569927596/

[groom]

The main idea of the register was for identity cards, not ration books, that followed later.

[torre]

I don't understand that the 1939 Register was updated until 1991, my father's record was closed even though he died in 1958.

I had to bang my head on a wall many times before FindMyPast opened the record. I wanted to know what his employment was at that time.

[ScouseBoy]

The register was "recycled"  or as they say these days  re-purposed.

[Guy Etchells]

The register was "recycled"  or as they say these days  re-purposed.

Slight correction the Register was unlawfully ""recycled"  or as they say these days  re-purposed."
If you read hansard there are a number of questions asking for assurance that the 1939 Rgister was nolonger being used and each time parliament was assured that it was no longer being used but the numbering system it used was.

That was clearly untrue.

Cheers
Guy

[ScouseBoy]

But the 1939 register  did not contain a full  comprehensive list  of the entire population.

It did not contain details of merchant navy personnel,  nor did it contain the names of all service personnel, did it?

[groom]

But the 1939 register  did not contain a full  comprehensive list  of the entire population.

It did not contain details of merchant navy personnel,  nor did it contain the names of all service personnel, did it?

The 1939 Register was designed to capture the whereabouts of the civilian population on a specific date. It doesn't include British Army barracks, Royal Navy stations,Royal Air Force stations
or members of the armed forces billeted in homes, including their own homes. Obviously as they were accounted for elsewhere and I think already had identity cards. It does include those who were at home on leave.