1939 register and dates of birth!

[ptjw7]

Up to now I have always found the DOB on the 1939 register to be very accurate BUT today I have one where the year is 5 years off .

This explains why I could never find it as I was putting the correct year in

Thinking on this I suppose it would depend just who filled in the information - so in future I will take the DOB with a pinch (large) of salt

Peter

 

[Ellie7]

Yes that's what I was thinking .I think the birthday might be right ,but not always the year .Even althought most have certs.


Ellie

 

[benny1982]

Often I have found the day and month right but the year is a year or 2 out in about 20% of my ancestors cases.

People call it a 1939 census but it was not really a census.

 

[Ladybird1300]

I've found a few with the right year but the wrong day/month.

Amanda

 

[emeltee]

I've had a couple where not only did they garble the surname, they got the street name wrong as well. Good job I knew who my grandparents were and where they lived.

Emeltee