Metadata : General Register Office: National Registration: 1939 Register
Collection
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- The National Archives (UK)
- Holding institution (official language):
- The National Archives (UK)
- Postal address:
- KewRichmondLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomTW9 4DU
- Phone number:
- Telephone: 020 8876 3444
- Web address:
- http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- The National Archives (UK)
- Holding institution (official language):
- The National Archives (UK)
- Postal address:
- KewRichmondLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomTW9 4DU
- Phone number:
- Telephone: 020 8876 3444
- Web address:
- http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
- Reference number:
- RG 101
- Title:
- General Register Office: National Registration: 1939 Register
- Title (official language):
- General Register Office: National Registration: 1939 Register
- Date(s):
- 1939/1939
- Language:
- English
- Extent:
- 66612 register booklets
- Scope and content:
- 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.Jewish refugees who arrived in England and Wales before 29 September 1939 and were in the country on that date will be recorded. RG 101/1781c-1781f cover 3000 Jewish refugees at Kitchener Camp near Sandwich in Kent.
- Access points: locations:
- England
- Richborough
- Wales
- Subject terms:
- Refugees
- Access, restrictions:
- UK public records, open for research unless otherwise stated in The National Archives' catalogue.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.
- Finding aids:
-
More information is available in The National Archives' catalogue.
Research guidance is available on The National Archives' website.
- Yerusha Network member:
- AIM25
- Reference number:
- RG 101
- Title:
- General Register Office: National Registration: 1939 Register
- Title (official language):
- General Register Office: National Registration: 1939 Register
- Date(s):
- 1939/1939
- Language:
- English
- Extent:
- 66612 register booklets
- Scope and content:
- 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.Jewish refugees who arrived in England and Wales before 29 September 1939 and were in the country on that date will be recorded. RG 101/1781c-1781f cover 3000 Jewish refugees at Kitchener Camp near Sandwich in Kent.
- Access points: locations:
- England
- Richborough
- Wales
- Subject terms:
- Refugees
- Access, restrictions:
- UK public records, open for research unless otherwise stated in The National Archives' catalogue.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.
- Finding aids:
-
More information is available in The National Archives' catalogue.
Research guidance is available on The National Archives' website.
- Yerusha Network member:
- AIM25
