From: G6JPG-255@255soft.uk   
      
   In message , MB  writes:   
   >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.   
   >   
   I did mention that last point ("since it was the basis of NHS   
   records...").   
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