A while back I posted up about accessing data in the 1939 National Registration and the information I received in response to my request. It seems that there has been quite a response to the original announcement that a challenge under the FoI Act had been agreed by the Information Commissioner. An announcement has now been made that the data on *deceased* people whose deaths are recorded is now publically available but at a price! For full information: www.ic.nhs.uk/news-and-events/news/nhs-ic-launches-the-1939-register-service -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk
Hi, Where would one apply to for this information. > Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 12:34:06 +0000 > From: familyhunter@family-hunter.co.uk > To: bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com > Subject: [B&D] 1939 National Registration Update > > A while back I posted up about accessing data in the 1939 National > Registration and the information I received in response to my request. > > It seems that there has been quite a response to the original > announcement that a challenge under the FoI Act had been agreed by the > Information Commissioner. > > An announcement has now been made that the data on *deceased* people > whose deaths are recorded is now publically available but at a price! > > For full information: > www.ic.nhs.uk/news-and-events/news/nhs-ic-launches-the-1939-register-service > > -- > Charani (UK) > OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM > Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM > http://wsom-opc.org.uk > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Got a cool Hotmail story? Tell us now http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/
With my "Taxpayer" hat on I am pleased to see the government finding another way to help reduce all those billions of pounds we are in debt!! However with my "Family History" hat on it is rather a lot to pay for what is just one census entry. It could well be a realistic price to cover the time taken to find a record until someone digitises the data. However it may not be practical to digitise the data because of the need to check if an individual had died. I don't think I will be taking advantage of the service at the moment. Chris Jefferies Cheltenham Glos -----Original Message----- From: bristol_and_district-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bristol_and_district-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Charani Sent: 03 February 2010 12:34 PM To: B+D List Subject: [B&D] 1939 National Registration Update A while back I posted up about accessing data in the 1939 National Registration and the information I received in response to my request. It seems that there has been quite a response to the original announcement that a challenge under the FoI Act had been agreed by the Information Commissioner. An announcement has now been made that the data on *deceased* people whose deaths are recorded is now publically available but at a price! For full information: www.ic.nhs.uk/news-and-events/news/nhs-ic-launches-the-1939-register-service -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2665 - Release Date: 02/03/10 08:09:00
Chris Jefferies wrote: > With my "Taxpayer" hat on I am pleased to see the government finding another > way to help reduce all those billions of pounds we are in debt!! However > with my "Family History" hat on it is rather a lot to pay for what is just > one census entry. It could well be a realistic price to cover the time taken > to find a record until someone digitises the data. However it may not be > practical to digitise the data because of the need to check if an individual > had died. I don't think I will be taking advantage of the service at the > moment. Nor I, now. As you say the problem is that there are many included in the Registration who are still alive. It'll be some time, I imagine, before they appear on one of the pay sites. Anyone who is looking for information on a recently deceased relative may have difficulty though because it states on the site: <quote> [...] Where an individual is not recorded as being deceased, the information will not be disclosed unless the applicant can produce clear evidence which establishes that a death has taken place. *A death certificate may not, in itself, provide sufficient evidence.* </quote> My emphasis -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk