Confused by What Is and Isn't Shown on the 1939

[Ray T]

I thought I was getting the hang of what the 1939 will reveal but now I'm not so sure. I have a known household comprising the following -

Father "LT" b.1899 - d.1981 therefore should be shown
Mother "FT" b.1902 - d.1980 therefore should also be shown
Son "LAT" b.1925 - d.2003 therefore should not be shown - assumed still alive unless proven otherwise.

(i) Looking down the list for the street on which they lived gives all three people.
(ii) Clicking on LT gives LT+FT+ person officially closed (i.e. LAT) as I'd expect.
(iii) Clicking on FT gives FT+LT+ person officially closed ditto
(iv) Clicking on LAT gives LAT+LT+ person officially closed who can only be FT but she isn't "officially closed".

Am I missing something?

[roopat]

Some of us on a similar thread had found the same thing and it was thought that not all the records in one household have been updated at the same time, either on purpose () or by error. That might be what's happened in your case too.

Pat

[Ray T]

Which thread was that Pat? Some of them are several miles long which is why I started a new one.

Thanks
R

[Lookin2]

Lostcousins.com has great info on 1939.  Lookin2

[roopat]

Which thread was that Pat? Some of them are several miles long which is why I started a new one.

Thanks
R

Hi Ray

I've never done a link before so apologies in advance if it doesn't work

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=737932.0

Pat

Added: Yes! It worked. Read down the thread, you'll see what I mean ,(it's not long)

[Ray T]

Thanks Pat. I suspect it's probably another one of FindMyPast's little foibles. There are so many things on that site which don't work as they should (especially if you are a MAC user). I only subscribe 'cos they have the Cheshire Parish Registers - well most of them and, even then, only the parts of them that you can actually find!

[pursebearer]

I can confirm that after a person in a household passes the 100 year embargo rule, the stats for everyone else in the household remain unchanged and still show them as unavailable.
Thus in the example I found with three people, P1, P2 and P3 of which the last was born 1917 but is now viewable, appear as thus:
Looking for P1 shows P1 + P2 +1 unavailable;
Looking for P2 shows P2 + P1 +1 unavailable;
Looking for P3 shows P3 + P1 +1 unavailable!

As an aside they all appear with the surname N which subsequently changes to the correct (though mis-spelt) surname. Has anyone else found this?

[panda40]

My father who died in 2003was closed when the 1939was first released. He is now visible to everyone so they may be updating the records as the information is processed.
Regards
Panda

[Girl Guide]

I would agree with that Panda.  I've had an email from Find My Past about new records and one of them is for the 1939.  They call it New Additions to the 1939 Register - 60,000 Additional Records.  I take that to mean that 60,000 closed records are now open - to quote:-

"New records have been opened up and are now available to search and explore."

You can open closed records but only if you have the relevant death certificate as Find My Past ask you to send a scan of it.  I did that with a couple of my relatives as I had their death certs.