Hello, British passports are unaccessible for 100 years after the issue date. Tried several years ago and was told this is the policy. I don't believe it has changed. Joan On Aug 31, 2008, at 7:52 PM, Diana Nowell wrote: > I am not sure but I would think that information would be protected > and not > be accessible by any means. > At least I would hope no one would be able to gain access except for > person > having the passport & number. > > If you were able to gain access of information that would breach > privacy > rulings I would think. > > Perhaps someone else knows the answer. I would be very curious to > know the > answer also. > > Diana > > 2008/9/1 Mary R. Moogk <marymoogk@hotmail.com> > >> >> Does anyone know if I have an old British passport number and the >> persons >> name, from the 1950's, whether I could find out details regarding the >> person? >> Thank you, Mary >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Find hidden words, unscramble celebrity names, or try the ultimate >> crossword puzzle with Live Search Games. Play now! >> http://g.msn.ca/ca55/212 >> >> >> >> ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ >> >> Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. >> Other people can learn from them! >> >> ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > Other people can learn from them! > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

Thank you very much Joan and Diana, Mary > From: jlyons1044@earthlink.net > To: eng-manchester@rootsweb.com > Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:00:18 -0400 > Subject: Re: [ENG-MAN] Old Passports > > Hello, > British passports are unaccessible for 100 years after the issue date. > > Tried several years ago and was told this is the policy. > I don't believe it has changed. > Joan > On Aug 31, 2008, at 7:52 PM, Diana Nowell wrote: > > > I am not sure but I would think that information would be protected > > and not > > be accessible by any means. > > At least I would hope no one would be able to gain access except for > > person > > having the passport & number. > > > > If you were able to gain access of information that would breach > > privacy > > rulings I would think. > > > > Perhaps someone else knows the answer. I would be very curious to > > know the > > answer also. > > > > Diana > > > > 2008/9/1 Mary R. Moogk <marymoogk@hotmail.com> > > > >> > >> Does anyone know if I have an old British passport number and the > >> persons > >> name, from the 1950's, whether I could find out details regarding the > >> person? > >> Thank you, Mary > >> > >> _________________________________________________________________ > >> Find hidden words, unscramble celebrity names, or try the ultimate > >> crossword puzzle with Live Search Games. Play now! > >> http://g.msn.ca/ca55/212 > >> > >> > >> > >> ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > >> > >> Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > >> Other people can learn from them! > >> > >> ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > >> without > >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > > > > > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > > Other people can learn from them! > > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > > the body of the message > > > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > Other people can learn from them! > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________

Hi, as regards old passports, I know it is possible to find records of when passports were issued. But what period is included, I don't know. When I was looking (I think it would have been on Findmypast.com) I was searching in the 1880s. But it was just a brief name (not even in full I think?) and a date, nothing else as I remember. Try Findmypast.com. Sally in Yorkshire