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Re: The 1939 Register and cryptic abbreviations
« Reply #9 on: Thursday 03 March 16 10:27 GMT (UK) »
Agh, so that's why the cans of sardines are full of headless and tailess sardines...  :)

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Re: The 1939 Register and cryptic abbreviations
« Reply #10 on: Friday 26 February 21 15:08 GMT (UK) »
Hello, am new to this.

I was wondering what a 'B' in the 11th column might mean?

Pretty sure it's not Baptism, as not that common.

Anyone else come across this?

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Re: The 1939 Register and cryptic abbreviations
« Reply #11 on: Thursday 25 March 21 18:51 GMT (UK) »
Welcome to Rootschat Katt  :D

Are you referring to the 1939 Register?

You don't normally see what is on that page as it is on the right hand side of the register.  Occasionally you do get to see bits of it.  The right hand page is what the NHS used to record various pieces of information.

The only information that is meant to be visible is all the information in Columns 1 to 10.

Can you give some indication as to where you saw that?
Ashford: Somerset, London
England: Devon, London, New Zealand
Holdway: Wiltshire
Hooper: Bristol, Somerset
Knowling: Devon, London
Southcott: Devon, China
Strong: Wiltshire
Watson: Cambridgeshire
White: Bristol
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Re: The 1939 Register and cryptic abbreviations
« Reply #12 on: Thursday 15 April 21 19:38 BST (UK) »
Hi, Kattjewels,

I’m new to RootsChat, so hopefully I’m doing this reply right, but the “B” in the 11th column may indicate the age range of the person in that row. I saw a Wikipedia article that mentioned something about that. This is the link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Registration_Act_1939 Hope that helps! Also, for some of the other abbreviations in the 11th column, I found this website: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/who-do-you-think-you-are-magazine/20180313/282969630571089.


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Re: The 1939 Register and cryptic abbreviations
« Reply #13 on: Wednesday 15 December 21 13:16 GMT (UK) »
My first post here but I've been using the '1939 register' for years. This (quite distant) relative married a Mr Hall not long after the register. That's not the problem. Later, either said Mr Hall died or they divorced. The added letters seem to indicate that she married a Mr Crows. I can't find such union.
I can't tell if the letters are
lower case t m/c OR
E m/c
(I'm assuming it is referring to a marriage certificate having been viewed by the record keeper)
In addition, EST doesn't seem to refer to any area code that I've seen. Any ideas?
Many thanks

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Re: The 1939 Register and cryptic abbreviations
« Reply #14 on: Wednesday 15 December 21 18:04 GMT (UK) »
Welcome to rootschat

Presumably this is her birth

ELLIOTT, ETHEL  SNOWBALL     mmn CHARLTON 
GRO Reference: 1904  J Quarter in NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE  Volume 10B  Page 183


   
Ethel Snowball Crowe
Birth   27 Apr 1904
Death  Oct 1982 Eastbourne, East Sussex

Marriage Mar qtr 1970 
CRAWE    Robert   
HALL    Ethel S   
Eastbourne    5h   331

It makes you wonder which spelling is correct  :)
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Re: The 1939 Register and cryptic abbreviations
« Reply #15 on: Wednesday 15 December 21 19:32 GMT (UK) »
That's fantastic. Thank you. I should widen my ferreting about, not just rely on Ancestry. That allows me to tidy up a branch of my tree.

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Re: The 1939 Register and cryptic abbreviations
« Reply #16 on: Thursday 16 December 21 11:19 GMT (UK) »
I am glad that we have answered the query,  presumably the EST was someones abbreviation for Eastbourne  :).   
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