I agree Penny.....I have subscribed to FMP on the understanding their data is available to me as a fully paid up Subscriber. The proposed discount offer to current Subscribers is tempting, but I’m afraid our A$ can't give me extra bites of my Family History cherry. Thankfully, most of my research overseas relates to earlier generations. Cheers, Robyn -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Penny Trueman via Sent: Wednesday, 28 October 2015 11:07 PM To: sally roberts; [email protected] Subject: Re: [LAN] 1939 Register "FindMyPast said: “Because of the amount of work involved, and wealth of additional information we’re providing around the records"" That, is what we Already pay our subscriptions for. Regards, Penny --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

While I acknowledge the usefulness of the 1939 register and was eagerly awaiting its release, as a subscriber to FMP I was a little surprised to find it costs that much, but then all that digitising etc. has to be paid for by someone. Frankly, I won't be using it - except maybe once or twice for an odd look - because I can get more useful information from wills, which are available from the probate office 1858-1996. Even the extremely useful online index (if the person made a will or an administration was given) will often tell me who was still alive during 1939 and upwards and the cost of the will is only a few dollars more than one download from FMP's 1939 register. Of course, the probate would not inform me of their movements during 1939, but even so I've found some fabulous information about other relatives from probate, such as female children's married names and addresses, also cousins of the deceased who were executors and not living in the same county. Once in a while probate only gives the wife or the husband's name, so sort of 'bombs out,' but for the majority of what I have received I have been extremely grateful. One probate of 1893 on my mother's side listed all of seven children plus a grandson, the married surnames of the four daughters and the addresses of seven houses the deceased had left to his children. Another gave an abundant stack of information about land and houses, nieces, and the names and addresses of two first cousins, both of whom were then found to have married and had children. This then led to the discovery of living relatives. Have a bo-peep at: https://www.gov.uk/wills-probate-inheritance/overview Cheers Graham Melbourne, Oz