Preview search tips for the 1939 Register before you buy

[BumbleB]

I've just taken the plunge and used my credits to purchase the entry for my parents.

Not exactly where I expected them to be, based on my birth in 1942, but!!!  Glad to see the neighbours, including Mr "Wobinson" who I put through the hoops - poor man!!!  Hid his turnip seed, locked him in the shippon, etc. etc. etc. b No wonder he hid from me 

My only gripe, and not the fault of FindMyPast - the District is "Northwich" so all maps etc. are attached to Northwich, about 8 miles away - but the family lived a few miles away, and had very little to do with Northwich - my memories are of "one bus a week on market day"!!! 

[barryd]

Bumble Bee .... I think you will find the RURAL DISTRICT of "Northwich" covers where your parents were in 1939. I have used the site twice. One for a linked relative born in Ceylon and the other for a linked relative born in Pennsylvania, USA.

[BumbleB]

Yes, Barry you are correct, Northwich Rural District, and only the name of the house or farm.  There is no indication that they actually lived in the village of Little Budworth.  Again, no fault of FindMyPast, it's how the Register was set up in the first instance.

[dawnsh]

It has been mentioned elsewhere but a list of the registration district codes can be found here

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01gg3/

The prefix of a letter Y on a card usually means that the original card was lost or stolen and replaced

[Mean_genie]

A lot of heat and dust has been generated re the TNA references that were on the free preview, and have been removed. With all the digitised records I can think of, you only get the full reference if you are a logged-in subscriber or have paid with a PPV voucher on FindMyPast, Ancestry et all - so I was surprised that it was there at all on the free preview.

[suey]

A lot of heat and dust has been generated re the TNA references that were on the free preview, and have been removed. With all the digitised records I can think of, you only get the full reference if you are a logged-in subscriber or have paid with a PPV voucher on FindMyPast, Ancestry et all - so I was surprised that it was there at all on the free preview.

It is still not showing for me and this is the reply from FindMyPast this morning "After checking our website, this has not been removed, could you please try again and if the issue persists please get back in touch".


Does anyone else see the reference ? - I'm a UK only subscriber.

[smudwhisk]

I'm a UK only subscriber too.  I can see the ref in IE11 but not the second person but in Firefox I can see the second person but not the ref.  The only difference is that I have been logged in to FindMyPast in IE since prior to the launch and haven't logged out, but in Firefox I had to login when I tried other day.  I'm also viewing for the .co.uk address.

[Guy Etchells]

Does anyone else see the reference ? - I'm a UK only subscriber.

When I bring up a preview screen the reference flashes on as the page loads then disappears within about 1 second (you have to watch closely to see it).
That happens in both Firefox and Internet Explorer.
It is easier to see if you bring the preview screen up , concentration on the section of the box where the reference appears and refresh the page image.

Cheers
Guy

[Stuart273]

Does anyone else see the reference ? - I'm a UK only subscriber.

When I bring up a preview screen the reference flashes on as the page loads then disappears within about 1 second (you have to watch closely to see it).
That happens in both Firefox and Internet Explorer.
It is easier to see if you bring the preview screen up , concentration on the section of the box where the reference appears and refresh the page image.

Cheers
Guy

Or print screen at the moment of refresh...