If you go to http://www.ic.nhs.uk/news-and-events/news/nhs-ic-launches-the-1939-register-service you will find details of the service and a link to a form (PDF) to print off, fill in and post, along with your cheque for £42. >>Prior to there being a fee charged for information, it was possible to ask for details of a specific address. I don't know if this is still possible or not. It may not as the household may include still living people and they won't give out that information.<< You can ask for three different types of information: 1. Information on individual named 2. Information on individual named and up to 9 other residents at that address 3. Information on address and up to 10 residents at that address You are asked to supply the following information (where known - none is a compulsory field): A Surname B Maiden name C Full Forename(s) D Other names used E National Registration Number (or pre-1996 NHS Number) F Date of Birth G Address in September 1939 H Last known address with date They ask for as much information as possible, but say "In some cases it is possible that a search can be carried out with information supplied in only the following sections: A C and F E only G only" >>They state on the site they will only deal with requests for information for those people who are deceased. They go on to state that a death certificate may not be acceptable proof of death!! I would guess what they mean is they need to see the death registered in the GRO indices.<< They will only provide information "where the individual is now recorded as deceased" - by this they mean in this actual database - so if the person you are interested in has left the country or has changed their name and not maintained the same NHS number you may have difficulty in persuading them that they are dead. The information that was recorded is given to be: a Names. b Sex. c Date of birth. d Occupation, profession, trade or employment. e Residence. f Condition as to marriage. g Membership of Naval, Military or Air Force Reserves or Auxiliary Forces or of Civil Defence Services or Reserves If the person was not at home on the night, for example in hospital, they are not recorded at their home address, but where they actually were. HTH Polly

Polly Rubery wrote: > If the person was not at home on the night, for example in hospital, they > are not recorded at their home address, but where they actually were. Thanks for the clarification. It's the above clause that's going to cause me the problem with finding where my father was at the time. What puzzles me slightly is why they didn't give my father's data yet did give me my grandmother's when neither were at the addresses I gave. I guess I'll have to wait until FMP or Ancestry get the database to find him :)) -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk