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Series
General Register Office: National Registration: 1939 Register
Catalogue reference: RG 101
What's it about?
RG 101
This series comprises digitally scanned versions of the enumerator's transcript books for the national registration of the civilian population that took place on the evening of 29 September 1939. The records, which cover only enumeration...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RG 101
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Title (The name of the record)
- General Register Office: National Registration: 1939 Register
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1939
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises digitally scanned versions of the enumerator's transcript books for the national registration of the civilian population that took place on the evening of 29 September 1939. The records, which cover only enumeration districts in England and Wales, provide details of name, address, sex, date of birth and occupation for each person registered, so that they could be issued with identity papers and later, ration books. It did not include enlisted members of the armed forces, or people engaged or employed on ships.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The material in this series was made available online through our partner website on 2 November 2015. The piece level descriptions were later added to TNA's online catalogue Discovery during November 2015. The closure status of the series is Open but access to individual personal records on the partner website may be denied, as per the guidance in the Restrictions on Use field.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The registers were originally arranged within bound volumes, with each volume therefore containing a number of individual register booklets for different enumeration districts. These original volume numbers will be shown as part of the piece descriptions.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For correspondence and papers on the administration of the 1939 Register, please see: RG 28
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Records relating to Scotland are held by the National Records of Scotland. Records related to Northern Ireland at held at the PRO Northern Ireland. Returns for the Isle of Man are not known to survive.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- General Register Office, 1836-1970
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 66612 register booklet(s)
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
- Under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998, access is not allowed to the records of living individuals. In the absence of information to the contrary, it is assumed that there is a life expectancy of 100 years.
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- The records remained in the custody of the General Register Office (ONS) Southport until the transfer of function for maintaining the NHS Central Register, which included these records, was passed to the Information Centre (later renamed the Information Centre for Health and Social Care) in April 2008.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Only information relating to the 1939 registration has been selected.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The enumeration of the 29 September 1939 was carried out under the provisions of the National Registration Act 1939 and administered by the General Register Office.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14663902/
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