What! The 1939 Register For Free!

[groom]

Have they corrected it yet?

[LisaRobinson87]

They have Groom  i wanted to try my gt grandfather but still no joy i thought it may have been easy with his unusual name but no such luck!

[sunflower]

I've found something really strange. 

My mother in law didn't marry until 1947, but in the 1939 register her name is crossed out and her married name put next to it.  How can that be?

Sorry if this has been asked before

Carol

[ReadyDale]

I've found something really strange. 

My mother in law didn't marry until 1947, but in the 1939 register her name is crossed out and her married name put next to it.  How can that be?

Sorry if this has been asked before

Carol

The underlying register was compiled in 1939. The amends were made on it until 1990. It was a working document.

[Beeonthebay]

I've found something really strange. 

My mother in law didn't marry until 1947, but in the 1939 register her name is crossed out and her married name put next to it.  How can that be?

Sorry if this has been asked before

Carol

I believe they went back and amended it up until 1991 I think it was from memory.  My auntie was married twice, the first marriage in the 60's, the second marriage in the late 70's and both names have been added to her record.

[Beeonthebay]

Oh and I should have added she was only 8 years old on the 1939 Register so pretty good record keeping!!!

If only my brick walls were still alive in 1939......... 

[sunflower]

Thanks Bee

My brick walls had long gone by 1939

Carol

[sunflower]

Thanks ReadyDale, just seen your reply

Carol

[CarolA3]

I noticed that two stretches of street that were completely missing from the database 3 months ago are now there, which is encouraging.

Oceanic Road, Liverpool doesn't come up on the 1939 address search, but I have someone living there in 1937 and it still exists today.  Now that I've seen the images, my sympathies are entirely with the transcribers.  The address column is very faint and the capital letter is badly formed; consequently one part of the road is transcribed as 'Gernic' and the rest isn't named at all.  My person, luckily, is at the correct number in the unnamed part.

I've sent two 'corrections' to FindMyPast but I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't accept them without further evidence.

Of course it couldn't happen today because hardly any records are handwritten and computers are infallible

Carol