1939 Register

[Pamelawagster]

Monday 2nd November 2015, the 1939 Register will be made available online for the very first time,on Findmypast

[Guy Etchells]

The 1939 will be online on Monday 2nd November.
It will not be part of the subscription service

Records will be available to purchase for £6.95 per household or £24.95 for our 5 household bundle (£4.99 per household).

For more details use the online FAQs at
ttp://tinyurl.com/pnju4y3

Cheers
Guy

[Lesley Robertson]

Guy, am I right in thinking that this does not include Scotland?

BTW, I think that you were instrumental in getting this release... Well done and congrats!

[Megan Roberts]

I also think that I read somewhere that it will not include details of people born after 1915 who died after 1970.

[Mitch in Notts]

I also think that I read somewhere that it will not include details of people born after 1915 who died after 1970.

It was updated until 1990 from what I read earlier, though feel free to correct me if I'm wrong....

[Pam Downes]

Quite a bit about the Register and what details you should be able to see in the latest Lost Cousins newsletter.
https://lostcousins.com/newsletters2/lateoct15news.htm

Also details about Scotland and Northern Ireland not being covered, but accessing those records.

There's also details about talks being given by Myko Clelland from FMP at various places, to which can be added Lincoln 13 November. St Peter & St Paul Parish Centre, Skellingthorpe Road at 2.30. Free entry, refreshments. https://www.
lincolnshirefhs.org.uk/images/lfhs-events/1939talk.pdf

Pam

[Guy Etchells]

Guy, am I right in thinking that this does not include Scotland?

BTW, I think that you were instrumental in getting this release... Well done and congrats!

Thank you.
No Scotland comes under different laws than England and Wales and anyone wishing to get information from the 1939 National Registration of Scotland will still have to apply through New Register House, Edinburgh.
You can however download application forms.
The cost for an individual entry (not a household unlike FMP online who supply a household for £6.95) is £15 with £5 being kept if they cannot find what you are looking for.

Megan, full details of what is available will be given and if proof of death is required on Monday 2nd when the 1939 is released.
If it is known the people concerned are deceased there should be no problem releasing the information.
I would imagine in some cases (such as a death overseas) proof might be required first.

Cheers
Guy

[Guy Etchells]

I also think that I read somewhere that it will not include details of people born after 1915 who died after 1970.

A little more info from FMP about this Megan
"Anyone who was noted in the Register as having died will have their record open, or will have a record that we can open. For anyone still living, it's a case of submitting a subject access request. We'll have more information about this, but it's something out of our control"

Hope this helps
Cheers
Guy

[Megan Roberts]

Findmypast now have an official announcement:
https://blog.findmypast.co.uk/announ...424355718.html

Its worth scrolling down to the bottom to see all the complaints about the cost and then their frankly fanciful "justification" for why it is not included in everyone's subscription: https://www.findmypast.com/frequently...y-subscription

I have just read one post that I think will be of interest, and sums up the public's reaction to charging and having to prove people are dead (death certificates):
"So my father's family - where there were 4 siblings, 3 of them with their spouses, plus his parents, so 9 in all - I'd have to go to the expense of purchasing all 9 death certificates so I can see the information in full? Plus the £6.95 fee to Find My Past - that's over £100 for the one piece of information."

[Guy Etchells]

Have you thought how many millions of pounds findmypast has had to pay to enable them to scan, transcribe and index these records plus the cost of hosting them online?

Have you thought of how much they have to pay as a licence fee every year to host these records?

If you think back to the 1911 census brought online by Findmypast, Ancestry dropped out of bidding for the 1911 due to costs only FMP had the guts to put their money where their mouth was and finance the digitisation of the 1911 census.
They took a big gamble then and have taken an even bigger gamble now in an effort to bring up to date records to the genealogist.

Now because of their gamble you can access the 1911 census as part of the subscription on a number of online sites.

Cheers
Guy