1939 Register

[lydiaann]

I've been told that the Register was 'updated' in the 1990s...does anyone know when, i.e., early in the decade or later on?  I ask because I notice a person is actually shown which is supposed to mean they are dead by then, but I know beyond doubt that this person was alive in 1996.  Or did they make mistakes in leaving some people on who were still alive?  And I know I am looking at the right person, because their maiden name had been changed to their married name.

[Jebber]

It was up dated all the way though to about 1991. It was used as the basis of the Health Service.

[KGarrad]

Quoting from The National Archives:

The Register was continually updated while National Registration was in force, when it was a legal requirement to notify the registration authorities of any change of name or address. This ended in 1952, but since 1948 the Register had also been used by the National Health Service, who continued updating the records until 1991, when paper-based record keeping was discontinued.

Changes of name for any reason were recorded; in practice this was mostly when women changed their surnames on marriage or re-marriage, but also includes changes of name for any other reason, such as by deed poll.

The majority of these name changes appear in the indexes so you can search for a person using either their name in 1939 or any subsequent name.

IN addition, if TNA, or FindMyPast have been informed of the death of someone on the Register, their name will be unblocked.

[nanny jan]

When the 1939 Register was released my mother was shown;  she was born in 1921 and died in 2002. It must have still been being amended.

[Deirdre784]

.....  Or did they make mistakes in leaving some people on who were still alive?  And I know I am looking at the right person, because their maiden name had been changed to their married name.

I have found at least half a dozen open / non-redacted records where the person is still alive now.

[Jebber]

When the 1939 Register was released my mother was shown;  she was born in 1921 and died in 2002. It must have still been being amended.

Findmypast are up dating all the time, as they become aware of deaths.

[Deirdre784]

When the 1939 Register was released my mother was shown;  she was born in 1921 and died in 2002. It must have still been being amended.

The register itself is not being updated any more, but FindMyPast releases updates a few times a year where births over 100 years ago are opened, and deaths where confirmed (can be done by people sending in death certificates).

[nanny jan]

When the 1939 Register was released my mother was shown;  she was born in 1921 and died in 2002. It must have still been being amended.

Findmypast are up dating all the time, as they become aware of deaths.

I wonder how they knew;  there were no announcements in newspapers and no Will to go to probate.   

[Jebber]

Probably from the death Index, Ancestry have my husband’s death in 2009.