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

They have to have died before 1990???? which is when the NHS stopped updating the Register. In theory.

As has already been said, most of the names I want for confirmation are locked due to their age. I've only done a couple of basic searches and not found an error as yet. I do find the cost to be very steep and despite already having a tidy sum of pay-as-you-go credits I don't seem to be allowed to use them for this. I had them banked from some time ago and am keeping them alive with my subscription. I have been waiting since the register was released for findmypast to explain to my query as to why I can't use them. They don't appear to want to reply. Suffice to say I'm not happy and am reluctant to spend the amount they want for data I already know about. Regards Lesley -----Original Message----- From: Alan Hourd via Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2015 7:11 PM 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 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2016.0.7227 / Virus Database: 4457/10952 - Release Date: 11/05/15

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