Hi there. Now I'm starting with the 1939 register, because although it is not strictly a census, it does help to fill the gap left by the destruction of the 1931 census, and the lack of a 1941 cents. So if you are still having difficulty getting back to 1911, this should help with that. And even so, you may want to find out what your parents, your grandparents or even your great grandparents were doing in 1939. So, what is the 1939 register? Well, in 1938, when war seemed imminent, the government decided that it did break out the National Register should be taken that would give details of the numbers and the ages of the population, which would help in the organization of documentation such as identity cards and rationing.

Well, as we all know, we did break out This is what took place. Now unfortunately, the register does not cover the channel lions nor the Isle of Man. Now this is bad news for me because both of my parents and two sets of grandparents were both were all living in the Isle of Man in 1939 so I am unable to find them on this register. So Scotland and Northern Ireland You will also need to contact the national records of Scotland and the public record Office of Northern Ireland. And if you do have ancestors living in either of those two places, then you should go to the relevant websites and follow the instructions there. We can search the 1939 register for England and Wales on either find my past or ancestry.

I've tended to use find my past because this is the website where those records were first publication just tends to be force of habit really. But I'm assuming that as most You probably have started with just a subscription to ancestry, then we will take a look at the records there. In the following short video, I'll take you through a brief search of the register, so that you can see exactly what's in the register and some of its limitations. See you there.