1939 Register Query Who Had Access?

[Malcolm33]

   I hadn't bothered to look up our home address, 74 Durley Avenue Pinner Middx, in 1939 as I thought I knew it and that only my Mum and Dad and myself were likely to appear.   But someone has sent me a copy and it has some surprises.    Looks like I've been blanked out as are my friends of the same age as myself a few doors away either side.    One surprise is that I had completely forgotten that a lodger called Stan was with us for a while.  Once I saw his name it all came back.   
   My query is who was able to access the register, possibly in the years after the War was over?
   My Auntie Vera who died 3 years ago in Scarborough is shown as living with us which I don't remember happening.   Her name is given as Draffan Vera but somebody has crossed out Draffan and written in Crick above her name in a different colour ink.    Auntie Vera didn't marry Uncle Len Crick until the first quarter of 1941, so the alteration must have been by someone either in our family or who knew us well.
    I just thought the 1939 register had only been released to public view this year.  Clearly not.
      Malcolm Hutton

[StevieSteve]

Hi

You have several misconceptions there. I suggest you Google 1939 register  FAQ and have a read

[Guy Etchells]

   I hadn't bothered to look up our home address, 74 Durley Avenue Pinner Middx, in 1939 as I thought I knew it and that only my Mum and Dad and myself were likely to appear.   But someone has sent me a copy and it has some surprises.    Looks like I've been blanked out as are my friends of the same age as myself a few doors away either side.

You and your friends have been blanked out (redacted) because FindMyPast assume you are still alive due to your date of birth and your entry has not been marked as deceased.
You have the right contact them and ask that your entry is unredacted if you want that entry to be more complete.

One surprise is that I had completely forgotten that a lodger called Stan was with us for a while.  Once I saw his name it all came back.   
   My query is who was able to access the register, possibly in the years after the War was over?

Yes the 1939 can stir memories such as those you mention.
After the war quite a few “officials had access to the register including clerical staff who amended it for the National Health Services who used it until 1991

 

  My Auntie Vera who died 3 years ago in Scarborough is shown as living with us which I don't remember happening.   Her name is given as Draffan Vera but somebody has crossed out Draffan and written in Crick above her name in a different colour ink.    Auntie Vera didn't marry Uncle Len Crick until the first quarter of 1941, so the alteration must have been by someone either in our family or who knew us well.

That would be one of the later amendments by the NHS due to her change of name when she married. It would have been done within a few days/weeks of her marriage by “officials” not by family or friends.

  I just thought the 1939 register had only been released to public view this year.  Clearly not.
      Malcolm Hutton

The 1939 National Registration was released to the public on 26 November 2009, Seventy years after it was first taken. This access was by way of individual requests to the NHS.
It became available online on 02 November 2015 for the public to search by themselves.
FindMyPast are opening records of people who have died when they are notified of the death.
However please note that it will not be fully open until 2040 or 100 years after the birth of the last entry unless living people give permission for their entries to be opened

Cheers
Guy

[ScouseBoy]

But, how were divorces and the possible consequent change of the womans name back to her maiden name recorded, I wonder?

[carol8353]

But, how were divorces and the possible consequent change of the womans name back to her maiden name recorded, I wonder?

In the 2 divorces that I know of,neither has had their name altered on the 1939 register back to their maiden one.

At least one of them stayed with her married name because she had children.

[youngtug]

When divorced a woman s name does not automatically revert to her maiden name. Unless she changes her name then she will still be [Mrs] *whatevername*

[Mean_genie]

You have the right contact them and ask that your entry is unredacted if you want that entry to be more complete.

The record of a living person cannot be opened, even if that person requests it. You can submit a Data subject Access request for a full transcription of your own entry.

[clairec666]

I'd be interested to know more about when/how surname changes were updated. I have a couple of ladies in my family who I know married, yet only their maiden name appears on the register.

[KGarrad]

Presumably names were changed as, and when, the NHS heard about the changes?

After WW2 it became the NHS Central Register - so if a newly married woman didn't inform her doctor of the name change, then the Register wouldn't be updated?