David Before you complain about FMP make sure that the errors are theirs. I would suggest that anyone who hasn't yet read the website created by Peter Calver the Lost Cousins creator about the 1939Register http://1939register.info/ I has lots of information and one of the critical points he makes is that the vast majority of what people are calling errors are nothing to do with FMP but are the fault of the original enumerator. Secondly if you are going so complain about the errors have you looked at the original - if you haven’t how do you know that it is an error. >From my point of view I look at it this way - I will cost me £9.25 to get a single birth certificate - with the 1939 register and the right family I can get 5 dates of birth for less Regards John Hanson Researcher, The Halsted Trust Website - www.halstedresearch.org.uk -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of D C Banks via Sent: 06 November 2015 14:07 To: 'Alan Hourd'; family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] 1939 Register Hi all. Can I suggest that, without fail, everybody posts any errors you find to the FMP web site, I have found all sorts of errors and have posted each one singly, until we do this they are going to continue charging exorbitant fees for rubbish. David -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Alan Hourd via Sent: 05 November 2015 19:11 To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] 1939 Register How have others found the 1939 Register? I looked up the records for my own family and a cousin's. In both cases there were transcription errors. The first was a minor error in my father's second initial - a "V" transcribed as an "S" - that made locating the record a little more awkward. The next record involved searching for my maternal grandfather whose surname was Terry. No record of him showed up, even with various filters added to the search. Eventually, by looking for another member of the same household, I found that "Terry" had been transcribed (and hence indexed) as "Derby". It's hard to see why that error in transcription had occurred unless someone was simply having a wild guess at the name. I haven't invested a vast sum in opening up the records but the costs seem pretty steep for such shoddy transcription. Moreover, people I know to be deceased are not revealed in the transcription or image - one has to submit clear evidence of a death to get that data revealed. Alan Hourd ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I agree, we don't have to buy them. My parents are deceased, but are too young to be included. They got married the day before war broke out. I was born in February 1940. So I won't be buying as my most important records are unavailable. However I understand the reason for the non release. I have an uncle on mother's side, an aunt on my father's side both living. On 6 November 2015 at 15:41, John Hanson via < family-historian-users@rootsweb.com> wrote: > David > Before you complain about FMP make sure that the errors are theirs. I would > suggest that anyone who hasn't yet read the website created by Peter Calver > the Lost Cousins creator about the 1939Register > http://1939register.info/ > > I has lots of information and one of the critical points he makes is that > the vast majority of what people are calling errors are nothing to do with > FMP but are the fault of the original enumerator. > > Secondly if you are going so complain about the errors have you looked at > the original - if you haven’t how do you know that it is an error. > > >From my point of view I look at it this way - I will cost me £9.25 to get > a > single birth certificate - with the 1939 register and the right family I > can > get 5 dates of birth for less > > Regards > John Hanson > Researcher, The Halsted Trust > Website - www.halstedresearch.org.uk > > -----Original Message----- > From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of D C > Banks > via > Sent: 06 November 2015 14:07 > To: 'Alan Hourd'; family-historian-users@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [FHU] 1939 Register > > Hi all. > Can I suggest that, without fail, everybody posts any errors you find to > the > FMP web site, I have found all sorts of errors and have posted each one > singly, until we do this they are going to continue charging exorbitant > fees > for rubbish. > > David > > -----Original Message----- > From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Alan > Hourd > via > Sent: 05 November 2015 19:11 > To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [FHU] 1939 Register > > How have others found the 1939 Register? > > I looked up the records for my own family and a cousin's. In both cases > there were transcription errors. The first was a minor error in my father's > second initial - a "V" transcribed as an "S" - that made locating the > record > a little more awkward. > > The next record involved searching for my maternal grandfather whose > surname > was Terry. No record of him showed up, even with various filters added to > the search. Eventually, by looking for another member of the same > household, > I found that "Terry" had been transcribed (and hence indexed) as "Derby". > It's hard to see why that error in transcription had occurred unless > someone > was simply having a wild guess at the name. > > I haven't invested a vast sum in opening up the records but the costs seem > pretty steep for such shoddy transcription. Moreover, people I know to be > deceased are not revealed in the transcription or image - one has to submit > clear evidence of a death to get that data revealed. > > Alan Hourd > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >