1939 register changes

[familyfind]

I noticed today when I was revisiting some pages in the 1939 that the 'family size' has effectively been changed!

When the register was first released, I downloaded various pages relevant to my family and the transcription would say (eg) Smith Household (5 people) three of whom had the message 'Sorry, this record is officially closed. Check if you can open a closed record'.  Great, I knew the name of those children from other sources.  Now the same household is declared as (2 people) with no mention of closed records until one visits the actual page.

Has anyone else noticed the change and what do you think of it?

[clairec666]

Yeah, I noticed that a little while ago. On the free preview page (i.e. if you're not subscribed) it tells you how many are closed, though I reckon this isn't accurate and doesn't reflect records that have been opened recently.

Often it's easy to work out from the image how many are closed, but sometimes you can't be sure which household they belong to.