1939 Register on Ancestry

[groom]

I found a woman on the Ancestry 1939 register that I could not find on FindMyPast. The wife of my 3xgreat uncle. Not found the uncle yet but maybe he was abroad. She said she was married but hubby not with her.

Could he already have enlisted? If so he won't be on the register.

[Nanna52]

My cousin was in the merchant navy so he did not show in the 1939 register either Coombs.

[coombs]

He was born in 1894 so he may have been one of those older soldiers, as also my 48 year old great grandfather is not on the 1939 register and I have an inkling that he enlisted. He had been a soldier in the first world war. When my nan married in 1940 she said her father was a soldier.

[Chilternbirder]

Just opened Ancestry for no particular reason except that I didn't feel like getting on with what I should be doing and saw 40 new recommendations. A very nice surprise as I was finally able to confirm my g grandparents last address.

They don't seem to have completed the indexing yet. Can't find anything on my mother's line so far, only my father's.

[chris_49]

Only just started searching this version of the register but already found my great-aunt who I couldn't find at all on FindMyPast. That's because the Ancestry search revealed her occupation - bakery manageress, which is right. She'd knocked 3 years off her age, which doesn't surprise me (she always regretted her single status) but my FindMyPast search had to be limited to +/- 2 years as there are so many Margaret Morrises. Date of birth is exactly right.

I like that the most relevant birth years are given first, then widening out, in the usual Ancestry manner, rather than starting with those 2 or 5 years older or whatever and going through to those 2 or 5 years younger. But transcription of Welsh place names is as useless as ever.

[macwil]

Just been browsing 1939 Register for Hindley, Lancashire, (NVCB) and found a page where every entry is redacted, yes all 44!   
The previous page had only 10 entries visible with the other 34 closed.

Someone is going to be disappointed.  It could even be me as I am struggling to find some relatives even though they were born in late 1800s and were alive in '39.

Added: I earlier found a couple (different area), right names & same address as mine but the birth years are 20 years earlier than the ones I have for them. 

Added 2: just found a second 'black' page this time in NVCC.

[carol8353]

Just been browsing 1939 Register for Hindley, Lancashire, (NVCB) and found a page where every entry is redacted, yes all 44!   
The previous page had only 10 entries visible with the other 34 closed.

Someone is going to be disappointed.  It could even be me as I am struggling to find some relatives even though they were born in late 1800s and were alive in '39.

Added: I earlier found a couple (different area), right names & same address as mine but the birth years are 20 years earlier than the ones I have for them. 

Added 2: just found a second 'black' page this time in NVCC.

Is it likely that they were all evacuated children and therefore born well after 1917?

[Chilternbirder]

My late father is redacted although his sister, who is younger and outlived him, isn't.

Looking at my mother's family 4 of 6 siblings are redacted. Her sister's married surnames are added but the odd thing is that one who married twice has her 1959 remarriage written in in green ink, well after the registration act was repealed.

[StevieSteve]

Blimey

My mother who only died in February is unredacted on both FindMyPast and Ancestry versions