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Ancestry very kindly explain about the 1939 Register at the bottom of this page https://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=61596

They do this with most of the databases on Ancestry.

Stan

Thank you Stan that's great info

The NHS released the 1939 in 2010 Findmypast released it a few years later in November 2015 and Ancestry in May 2018.

If your parents a deceased you can get their records opened in two ways.
If you are a FindMyPast subscriber by sending a scan of the relevant death certificate to FindMyPast., this service is free.
Otherwise you can send a copy of the DC to the National Archives with the relevant fee (£23.35p).

Cheers
Guy

Thank you. I already have those. I just came across this register today. I’ve not been on ancestry for about a year.

Thank you so much Guy. I hadn’t heard of that register. I’ve looked up my parents before and hadn’t come across it, so I’m assuming it’s something that’s been released recently. It’s been a while since I was on ancestry.
Thank you again 😁

Just been looking at a few census returns..and I noticed that my mother’s maiden name was crossed out and her married name written in. Then that married name was crossed out and her new married name written in. She is obviously just a child in this one..also the dates of her 2 marriages are in the left hand column.
Who would have don’t this and why? And what does the black stripe with record officially closed mean?

Think I've worked out from the info I have that Toms dad was either James or David Lawton