1939 Register, London evacuees difficult

[Rogier]

Hi all,  my late father (born 1928, died 2000) I cannot find.  As an evacuee might the adoptee family in the Thames valley have misspelt his name on the Register?  Anoyingly I've forgotten the place he was evacuated to and my therapist is skeptical about hypnotic transgressional therapy.

Any tips about the approach I should take, most welcome

Yes his parents are on the Register in East Ham.

[california dreamin]

Hi Rogier

Unfortunately you'll not find in this man via a search.  Anyone 'deemed to still be alive' so under 100 years will be redacted (that's the black line) you'll have seen.  They won't event turn up in a search.  You'll need to wait a couple more years I'm afraid.

Saying that, you should be able to submit a copy of a d/c for the record to be opened.  But I think you have to have identified where the redaction is.

CD

[BumbleB]

Have you tried searching for him by just using his forename plus birthday and birth year?  I would also leave in the option of +/- 2 years for the birth year.

[Rogier]

Thanks Bumble, I followed your tip but popped on surname only and it came up with his sister and in a line underneath it says "This record is officially closed" I asume It's him but dedacted?

[Rogier]

Saying that, you should be able to submit a copy of a d/c for the record to be opened.  But I think you have to have identified where the redaction is.

CD
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Thanks CD I don't have a copy of his d/c.  What other evidence is required?

[california dreamin]

Hi Rogier

You'll just need the d/c. If you don't have it, sounds like you might need to buy it.

Yeah, sounds like if there is a line redacted underneath the sister it may be him.

CD

[Girl Guide]

I'm trying to discover up to what year Find My Past have got to with revealing names of people who have died regardless of their birth year.

My father was born in August 1924, died in 1993, and I can see his name on the 1939 Register.  I'm pretty sure that it was visible before the 100 birth year rule.

[california dreamin]

My understanding (and this goes back some few years now) was that every year the system would be updated. Everyone 100 years +1 day would be opened.  I had assumed from what I'd been told that any other entries  the system had identified as having died would also be opened. I'm not sure how often these updates now occur.

Also, I don't think the system was fool proof.  I know of one colleague who was on the register and whose information had not been redacted!  He was not a happy chappy and demanded his entry be closed. 

CD