Hi I wondered if anyone can help. I am looking for a Fred (not Frederick)Craddock (born 1913 Sheffield) and his father Charles Edward Craddock born (1873 Sheffield) both living in Sheffield in 1939 but I can't find them
Thanks Dave W
They appeared straightaway in FMP search: 17 Beeley Street, Sheffield
Fred CRADDOCK 11 May 1913, Builders Labourer, Sngle
Charles E CRADDOCK, 22 September 1873, Electric Cable Labourer, Widowed.
Ernest CRADDOCK. 10 July 1917. Tilers Improver. Single
Apparently FMP go through the records every few weeks using the GRO and open up closed records were a death has been recorded. Researchers can also request that a record is opened by producing a death certificate for the person in question.
Ancestry will still be using the original register obtained from TNA and will not have opened any records as yet.
The Register was continually updated while National Registration was in force, when it was a legal requirement to notify the registration authorities of any change of name or address. This ended in 1952, but since 1948 the Register had also been used by the National Health Service, who continued updating the records until 1991, when paper-based record keeping was discontinued.
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