1939 Registration

[Redroger]

Well done Lizzie, I think today they would describe your Aunt as a housewife.

[behindthefrogs]

Well done Lizzie, I think today they would describe your Aunt as a housewife.

I think that is a bit dated, although it is what I would say.  Today's PC term is "Homemaker"

David

[newbie]

I have received all of mine, last 6 came today.
Disappointing on a couple, they couldn't find them? I didn't give address' (for nearly all) just name, birth and death details.
Wonderful news.
Many thanks to Guy.
Pauline

[coombs]

Yes my great, great grandmother was listed as being of Unpaid Domestic Duties on the 1939 registration but as said that means housewife.

[LizzieW]

I wonder if it depends on who is doing the searching.  The only info I gave was address (wrong!) and the full name of my aunt and her date of death.  For her husband I just used the title Mr. and said I thought he'd died 1940s/50s.  With that little info, they found the right couple at a different address to the one I'd given them.

Lizzie

[Selina]

Pleased to hear that you got a good result Lizzie!  Yes I wonder if some spend a little more time and effort than others hunting for the people!

Also Pauline - not bad then if just a couple did produce anything.

Thanks to Guy we have all gained something if only what not to ask for another time.

Selina

[halfasheep]

Forgive me for sounding thick (I'm getting good at it though  ), but has anyone had any success from just a name and DOB?

I'm tempted to try and locate my gt gt grandfather - I've seen the 1937 electoral role resuls in my area, and he appears to have left his wife by that point, but I'm unsure whether he was still alive in 1939 or not. Family legend has it that he died in London - we're all from South Wales.

I'd love to locate him, mainly becuase I know some distant relatives were living in St Pancras in 1901, so there is a possibility he may have spent the remainder of his life with them and I may finally find his death

[newbie]

Halfasheep -  Have you tried to find his death recently?  The Anc* death indexes are now very good its much easier I have found lots of my missing ones recently! Its easier to pin down the right one.
I gave (for the 1939) name, dob, and death index ref for most of mine.
for some I gave the address.

[halfasheep]

William John Hughes, no idea when or where he died (possibly London). Likely died prior to the DOB's appearing on the death certificate.

Have to say that he's not been my first choice at attempting to locate using the BMD records