It gets better – one of my hidden relatives died in 1980. So the updating is a bit hit and miss too. Alan Hourd From: Adrian Bruce Sent: Thursday, November 5, 2015 7:23 PM To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com ; Alan Hourd Subject: Re: [FHU] 1939 Register They have to have died before 1990???? which is when the NHS stopped updating the Register. In theory.

I have wondered about how comprehensive the recording of deaths would be. What if someone never told their doctors that their relative had died? What if the doctors never passed it on? Well, the records will remain blocked,that's what. But how many were like this? On 6 Nov 2015 12:36, "Alan Hourd" <alan.hourd@gmail.com> wrote: > It gets better – one of my hidden relatives died in 1980. So the updating > is a bit hit and miss too. > > Alan Hourd > > *From:* Adrian Bruce <abruce6155@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Thursday, November 5, 2015 7:23 PM > *To:* family-historian-users@rootsweb.com ; Alan Hourd > <alan.hourd@gmail.com> > *Subject:* Re: [FHU] 1939 Register > > > They have to have died before 1990???? which is when the NHS stopped > updating the Register. In theory. >