1939 register

[LizzieL]

An aunt of mine born 14 March 1922 is still redacted on Ancestry, but was unredacted on FindMyPast not long after she would have turned 100 if she were still alive. The date of birth is correct and very clear on the form.

As far as I remember, FindMyPast update monthly, Ancestry update annually.

My aunt would have turned 100 over 20 months ago, so should have been redacted by now if Ancestry actually do update annually

[KGarrad]

My aunt would have turned 100 over 20 months ago, so should have been redacted by now if Ancestry actually do update annually

But only if Ancestry know of her death?

[LizzieL]

I thought they were unredacted if they were known to have died OR they were over 100. There have been threads on RC mentioning that some centenarians have been unredacted even though they were still alive

[nestagj]

Hi

Three brothers, mother died in 1938 and were farmed out to various relatives of which there were many !
- one born in 1926 died 2011 - I can see him with his father in the 1939 Register
- one born in 1930 still living
- one born 1934 died 2014 - have searched both FindMyPast and Ancestry and I can't see him anywhere.   This is my father in law.   He's not with either set of grandparents.

I've contacted FindMyPast but I need an address for him: all suggestions welcomed.

Thank you
Nesta

[Top-of-the-hill]

  Have you tried searching for the third brother with a minimum of information? I found my mother by using date of birth and forename. She had a relatively common first name, but it only brought up 21 entries.

[johnny1588]

The Irony is that the individual whom I'm interested in is redacted, born 1923 died 2007. His brother, living in a different
household born 1928 and is still alive Is unredacted. Shows that errors are made.

[Jon_ni]

My aunt would have turned 100 over 20 months ago, so should have been redacted by now if Ancestry actually do update annually

If her DOB is entered correctly and then transcribed correctly
If you had the situation per Reply 2 where the day and month are correct but the year of birth makes them exactly one year younger it wouldn't be opened nor if it was transcribed as 1931 instead of 1921.

[LizzieL]

My aunt would have turned 100 over 20 months ago, so should have been redacted by now if Ancestry actually do update annually

If her DOB is entered correctly and then transcribed correctly
If you had the situation per Reply 2 where the day and month are correct but the year of birth makes them exactly one year younger it wouldn't be opened nor if it was transcribed as 1931 instead of 1921.

As I said in my original post her DOB is correct and clear.

An aunt of mine born 14 March 1922 is still redacted on Ancestry, but was unredacted on FindMyPast not long after she would have turned 100 if she were still alive. The date of birth is correct and very clear on the form.

[Jon_ni]

sorry, my error. Yes have seen many instances of open on FindMyPast and closed on Ancestry. Ancestry also don't tend to transcribe the street if the top row with it is redacted, they don't look back at the previous or next page. FindMyPast do that bit better, wish they had done the 1921 to the same standard.