1939 Registration

[Redroger]

Probably OK for a state where there were no really large megacities, but a city the size of London (say) could cause problems.

[coombs]

I look forward to this being released. The 1939 registration is a sort of substitute to the 1941 census which was never taken due to the war. It is a pity the 1921 census cannot be released as it falls under the 1920 100 year closure rule.

[chrispaton]

MAJOR news for those wanting access to the Scottish 1939 returns - see www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,428943.0.html

Chris

[behindthefrogs]

I came across a letter in a family history magazine the other day where the person involved had been sorting out a problem with their pension.  They were asked for their National Insurance Number but couldn't remember it.  However they volunteered that they remembered their old registration number.  This was sufficient to locate their details on the computer.

David

[Gaille]

i may have missed the answer to this somewhere & if I have I apologise.

Does anyone know exactly what DATE this was done?
I do have a good reason for asking - my mum was born in 1939 - so depending on exactly when it was done I may find her on it.

LOL Could be more fun to let someone else in the family try & find my pregnant granny or newborn mum tho ............ Nana was evacuated from Manchester to Blackpool to give birth in a converted hotel - mums birth cert states the name of the hotel AND the hospital on it! Dont think anyone else knows mum wasnt born in Manchester like the rest of the family, might be fun letting them work it out!

[andycand]

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[Guy Etchells]

i may have missed the answer to this somewhere & if I have I apologise.

Does anyone know exactly what DATE this was done?
I do have a good reason for asking - my mum was born in 1939 - so depending on exactly when it was done I may find her on it.

National Registration 1939 29/30th Sept

Dates of this and other census on my census webpages at
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~framland/census/censusindex.htm
Cheers
Guy

[behindthefrogs]

Both I and my brother were born after 1939 and were certainly allocated numbers although whether we had actual cards I am not sure.

David

[Redroger]

My recollection such as it is from one born in 1940 is that everyone, including babies had Identity Cards, and Ration Books. Ours were lost at some stage during the war, I justabout remember it as I lost a toy monkey in the same incident from my pushchair, whether lost or stolen I don't know. I also remember that we needed an affidavit from a police sergeant or above to get new documents.