The 1939 Register - findmypast
It's going to take about 2 years but exciting news.
http://blog.findmypast.co.uk/2014/ne...t-time-online/ |
That's interesting, Marg, thanks for posting it.
I thought that if you ordered a copy of the entry for a particular household, they would not give you details of anyone who was still alive now, so will they be included in FMP's release, or do they have to go through it all removing all the living people? |
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Okay, I can answer my own question, as according to Chris Paton's blog, "information about living individuals will be kept closed for 100 years from their year of birth, or until proof of death has been authenticated."
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So why the difference between allowing living people on the electoral rolls and phone books etc. online and not allowing them on the 1939 register online?
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I suppose they consider the information on the 1939 Register to be more sensitive (for instance, date of birth), plus you get the chance to opt out of being listed in the public electoral register and phone book.
There is some information about what data is included on here: http://www.hscic.gov.uk/register-service |
You have only been able to opt out of one type of published electoral roll for a few years (this century I think) and only phone books if you are ex-directory, so earlier records are readily available. Granted the ERs don't give a date of birth, but the age range is usually available and it doesn't take much to find BMD details of individuals. As far as I can tell the only detail which would be harder to find would be the occupation of the individual and there mustbe a way to find that out if you know where to look.
Surely to remove details of current living persons would require constantly updated worldwide death records, especially given the number of war brides and other post war emigrants. |
Wow!
Best mate will be thrilled to bits. Her grandmother reinvented herself with new Christian names and there doesn'r seem to be an electoral roll surviving to be sure of her address. If we can get either a correct place of birth or a date of birth which matches with the person we think she is, we can have confidence in the rest of the research. |
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I know her details but would have liked to see her on there. |
Are we saying that people listed as aged 25 or under in 1939 will not be included in the release, but all those listed as 26 or over will be?
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