From: MB@nospam.net   
      
   On 10/06/2018 21:57, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:   
   > It's a census in all but name. Differences from a census: it doesn't   
   > show relationships; it shows DOB (to the day, which is very useful!)   
   > rather than age; it shows sometimes extra detail of auxiliary occupation   
   > such as ARP warden; since it was the basis of NHS records until well   
   > into the 20th century, it often shows the surname crossed out and   
   > replaced for a married woman (though with the original still legible),   
   > though with a date written in that isn't necessarily the date of the   
   > change; and details of people who were born less than 100 years before   
   > the date you look at it blanked out (e. g. dated after 1918-6-10).   
      
   Main difference from a census was that it covered just about everyone   
   whereas many avoided the census.  If you avoided the 1939 register then   
   it mean no ID Card and, more important, no ration card.  And unlike a   
   census it was kept up to date with name changes.   
      
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