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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Lancashire => Topic started by: dawnsh on Thursday 13 April 17 13:43 BST (UK)
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Hi
Does anyone know whether all the boys from here were sent to Blackpool or elsewhere?
Trying to get a 1939 record opened which FindMyPast won't do without an exact address.
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Have you tried contacting the school, Dawn? I know in the log books of the school where I taught there were details about where the children were evacuated.
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Their archives have some references: http://archives.mgs.org/
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Their archives have some references: http://archives.mgs.org/
Looking at those it does look as if the school was evacuated to Blackpool.
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Vague feeling Rossall School may have some connection with a MGS evacuation?
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Thanks.
I've emailed the school archivist to see if they have the information I need.
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Were you able to get any more information from the archives? I vaguely remember my late father, born 1925, who attended MGS, telling me he was evacuated to Blackpool but until today I did not realise it was a school evacuation. He is not with his parents on 1939 register.
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The archivist was really helpful and confirmed he was evacuated but they didn't know where any of the boys were specifically billeted. They weren't away very long, I think she said they were all back by the end of October.
I found the headmaster just outside 'Blackpool central' from memory.
Although I have the death cert, without an address the record can't be opened and the death is too recent, 2012. I know FindMyPast are regularly opening records for deaths after 2007. I don't know where they are getting their info from, they certainly aren't sitting at Westminster Archives or the British Library finding entries in the GRO fiche.
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I know FindMyPast are regularly opening records for deaths after 2007. I don't know where they are getting their info from, they certainly aren't sitting at Westminster Archives or the British Library finding entries in the GRO fiche.
Ancestry have some deaths 2007-215, so probably FindMyPast are getting them from the same source?
The information apparently originates from: GreyPower Deceased Data. compiled by Wilmington Millennium, West Yorkshire. The data apparently comes from funeral directors and obituaries. It is then packaged for marketing companies to ensure they don't contact the deceased.
Stan
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Maybe not all of them, some of the Ancestry entries don't have 'exact' or 'correct' information.
As to the the Funeral Directors, the NAFD (National Association) asks their members not to contribute.
I think though they may be working with an organisation that has subscribed to the GRO's DDRI scheme
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disclosure-of-death-registration-information-how-to-apply/disclosure-of-death-registration-information
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Thank you. I emailed the MGS archivist yesterday to ask about any records they might hold for my dad. I hadn't actually thought to look for him in Blackpool in 1939 but unless I knew who he was with he simply isn't going to show.
I was scrollling through the MGS archive twitter feed yesterday and came across a photo of boys being evacuated.