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46-469: As of 2018, Findmypast has partnered with many other genealogical organisations and hosts much of their data. It started sponsoring Yesterday , a UKTV channel, in 2010 and produced a series of programmes. In 1965, a small group of professional genealogists and probate researchers called themselves "Title Research". They did much of their research using microfiche records. In 2001, Title Research started an in-house project, called "1837 online", to produce

92-440: A buff (an off yellow) coloured card, not the same colour as children's cards, which was a manila coloured (brown) card. Government officials had green ID cards with endorsements, and a photograph, whilst those in the armed services, or temporary displaced persons were issued with a 'Blue' version of the identification cards. Children under 16 were issued with Identity Cards, but they were to be kept by their parents. Identification

138-580: A class code. On 21 February 1952, it ceased to be necessary to carry an identity card, and the Act itself formally expired on 22 May 1952. The last person prosecuted under the Act was Harry Willcock , who had refused to produce his identity card for a police officer in December 1950. Even after the National Registration system was abandoned in 1952, the National Registration number persisted, being used within

184-501: A computerised version of the birth, marriage and death register pages of the General Register Office (GRO), and the following year began work to put this on an internet website. Another online project, FreeBMD , had already been working on this since 1999, gradually transcribing the indexes through the efforts of volunteers and publishing searchable indexes freely on the internet. In April 2003, www.1837online.com went live on

230-422: A deal with its current owner BBC Studios . Yesterday +1 returned on Freeview on channel 75 on 15 April 2020, with the channel moving up one slot, next to UKTV's newly acquired sister channel CCXTV, on 7 December 2020 (though channel 74 is only currently used for two hours of teleshopping a night rather than broadcasting any of Yesterday's programmes). On 4 November 2020, the channel moved to channel 26 as part of

276-630: A move up where every channel from channel 24 to 54 on the platform moved up one place to allow BBC Four to move to channel 24 in Scotland due to new Ofcom rules regarding certain PSB channels requiring greater prominence on EPGs. On 8 July 2022, test transmissions for the HD feed of Yesterday commenced, using the frequency 12226 H 27500 2/3 DVB-S2 8PSK. A month later, on 8 August 2022, Yesterday's HD feed officially launched on Sky Q and Sky HD channel 155 where it replaced

322-560: A new slogan, "Entertainment Inspired By History". For example, the channel has broadcast more repeats of situation comedies , such as Last of the Summer Wine or Butterflies . The network moved to channel 19 on 19 September 2012, swapping with sister channel Dave . In late 2014, Yesterday began slowly decreasing the amount of comedy and drama shown on the channel and branching out into more factual content, with notable additions including natural history, science and engineering alongside

368-578: A ratings drop. In November 2007, the channel had a 0.3   per cent share of all television viewing, compared to 0.5   per cent a year earlier. As part of a network-wide programme of relaunching all the UKTV channels under unique names and brands, UKTV History and UKTV History +1 were renamed as Yesterday and Yesterday +1, respectively, on 2 March 2009. The new channel also took on extra programming including historical fact drama series and factual programmes previously broadcast on UKTV Documentary concerning

414-542: A subscription had the ability to add records from Findmypast's collections. In November 2015, Findmypast and the National Archives made the 1939 national identity register available online. As of 2017, the website hosted a wide variety of census, directory, historical record, church and newspaper information available from across the English-speaking world and tends to concentrate on the former British empire and

460-600: Is contained in separate register books that as of November 2022 have not been made available to the public. The registration process in Scotland was conducted by the General Register Office for Scotland . The register was used as the basis for the NHS Central Register from 1948 onwards but, unlike in England and Wales, the original register books remained with the General Register Office and are now held by

506-549: The 1861 England and Wales Census in 2005. 1837online rebranded as Findmypast in November 2006 because its scope had spread beyond the GRO registers, and was awarded the Queen's Award for Innovation in 2007 for the "provision of public internet access to official genealogy records". In 2007 it acquired United States–based PedigreeSoft, a web-based family tree building platform. Later in 2007 it

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552-715: The Federation of Family History Societies , the Society of Genealogists , FamilySearch (through which members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints get free FindMyPast accounts), The British Library , The National Archives and the National Archives of Ireland . In June 2014 it acquired two more family history providers, Origins.net and the United States–based Mocavo.com. In July 2018 Findmypast announced it

598-556: The National Records of Scotland (NRS). Following a successful application under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 in December 2009, members of the public have been able to apply to the NRS for an official extract from the 1939 register of information concerning people who are no longer living. However, on the grounds that a Scottish census record is invariably sealed for 100 years,

644-401: The Act by Parliament on 5 September 1939, registrations and the issuing of identity cards commenced on 29 September. Every man, woman and child had to carry an identity (ID) card at all times and the cards would include the following information: The register differed from the decennial census in a number of ways, one of which was the place of birth was not recorded, and the second was that

690-460: The BBC programme archives; however, some are bought in from other terrestrial stations and some productions are commissioned by UKTV themselves. Programmes previously shown on terrestrial channels like BBC One, Two and Four are usually edited for timing, to accommodate the current three commercial breaks within each hour-long programme. The most obvious example of this is for programmes originally broadcast on

736-472: The BBC, as material lasting 58 minutes will be edited down to 42 minutes when shown on U&Yesterday. Some of U&Yesterday's notable programmes include: National Registration Act 1939 The National Registration Act 1939 ( 2 & 3 Geo. 6 . c. 91) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom . The initial National Registration Bill was introduced to Parliament as an emergency measure at

782-639: The Findmypast web site had got easier. Findmypast has billions of searchable records worldwide but, though it is possible to search their indexes for free, a payment or subscription was required to access the full data. In 2014, Findmypast, in partnership with the Imperial War Museum , entered into a collaboration to launch the "Lives of the First World War" platform. During the centenary period , anyone could sign up for an account, and those who paid for

828-596: The National Health Service, for voter registration, and for the National Insurance system. The register is particularly important for genealogists because: The lack of both the 1931 and 1941 census means that "the Register provides the most complete survey of the population of England and Wales between 1921 and 1951, making it an invaluable resource for family, social and local historians". Indeed, prior to

874-451: The UK. On 6 January 2022, Findmypast and the National Archives made the England and Wales component of the 1921 United Kingdom census available online. The information was available on a pay-per-view basis. Unrestricted access to Premium subscribers became available from October 2022 onwards. Findmypast has partnerships with several family history organisations, libraries and archives, including

920-482: The United Kingdom and Ireland. It launched on 30 October 2002 as UK History and relaunched in its current format on 2 March 2009. It is available on satellite through Sky , Freesat and through the digital terrestrial provider Freeview . Hours on Freeview had previously been cut, with transmissions finishing at 6   pm, but were restored on 1 June 2010. On 30 June 2002, UKTV announced the closure of Play UK at

966-584: The case of single women who married after 1939. The original register books relating to England and Wales were collated and maintained by the Central National Registration Office at Southport , Merseyside , and are now held by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (NHS Digital) . In 2010, the NHS began offering to conduct searches of the registers compiled on 29 September 1939 to members of

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1012-502: The classic slate of history programming. On 8 December 2015, Yesterday became available on Freesat together with two of its UKTV sister channels Drama and former sister channel, Really . Yesterday +1 launched on Freeview channel 99 on 22 November 2018, but was removed on 16 January 2019. On 10 June 2019, Yesterday moved to channel 25 on Freeview, a space previously occupied by its former sister channel Home , which Discovery, Inc. acquired along with Good Food and Really as part of

1058-441: The country. Presented by Chris Hollins , the series won best Content Partnership at the 2012 Broadcast Digital Awards. An American remake called "Follow your Past" was shown on Travel Channel in 2016. The website is frequently used as a resource in the family history television show Who Do You Think You Are? Yesterday (TV channel) U&Yesterday is a British free-to-air television channel broadcasting in

1104-414: The end of the year, citing that the closure of ITV Digital was the reason for its demise. On 13 September, UKTV announced the closure of the channel would be moved forward to the end of September, and that to prepare for the launch of Freeview , the bandwidth space would be replaced with a new channel - UK History. Play UK closed as planned at the end of September, and the following month on 30 October,

1150-406: The enumerators visited every householder, checked the form and then issued a completed identity card for each of the residents. All cards at this time were the same brown/buff colour. Some 45 million identity cards were issued. The estimate of the population of England and Wales for 1939 was 41.465 million exclusive of army, navy and merchant seamen abroad, and some sources record the register as so

1196-423: The feeling that they weren't being listened to". Findmypast responded, saying they now had "a system in place to analyse all of our customers' feedback and make the necessary improvements as quickly as possible". In June 2014 Family Tree magazine ran a three-page article on Findmypast's new interface. A Findmypast spokesperson stated, "The new search has fantastic potential" but "constant tweaks are being made to

1242-485: The figure of 45 million may include the members of the armed forces abroad or in Scotland. Three main reasons for the introduction of the identity cards were: The register was also used to support the administration of rationing after this was introduced in January 1940. The more commonly found green version of the identity card (not the image shown) was issued in 1943 for adults. Until then, adult identity cards had been

1288-522: The form of a general research enquiry to obtain an extract from the 1939 register for a specified address, including information about inhabitants born over 100 years ago and/or residents whose proof of death is submitted with the request. However, due to the collapse of the Northern Ireland Assembly between 2017 and 2020, PRONI, as a division within the Assembly's Department for Communities ,

1334-474: The hours were reduced on the Freeview platform, resulting in the channel stopping broadcasting at 6   pm each day. This was a result of the launch of Dave , which took over UKTV History broadcast capacity. UKTV History took over the slot used by the unsuccessful UKTV Bright Ideas that was sharing a slot with Virgin1 and Babestation . The channel's inability to broadcast in prime time on Freeview resulted in

1380-469: The information in the extract is limited to the person's address, age, occupation, and marital status at the time of registration. Registration records for Northern Ireland are held by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI). Following two successful applications under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in 2010, PRONI in principle allows members of the public to submit a request in

1426-465: The internet. This was a pay-per-view service allowing access to images of the pages of the original GRO registers. Initially there was no index of individual entries for the period before 1984, but subsequent years had already been electronically recorded by the GRO and were fully searchable. Gradually the UK Censuses , passenger lists, and other databases were added to the site, the first being an index of

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1472-482: The launch date for the Freeview platform itself, UK History launched, becoming an offshoot of UK Horizons with most of its factual and documentary programmes moving over; however, the launch of UK History allowed Horizons to broadcast more programmes in their schedule. On 28 January 2004, a timeshift service - UK History +1 was launched on Sky Digital . The channel broadcasts the UK History schedule one hour later than

1518-496: The main channel, but contains no special programming or branding, with the occasional exception of a different DOG . The channel launched on Telewest the following week on 4 February. On 8 March 2004, the channel's "UK" prefix was changed to the full "UKTV" name, renaming the networks as UKTV History and UKTV History +1, as with the rest of the UKTV network. The channel was available full-time on all platforms until 15 October 2007 when

1564-586: The natural history of the British Isles. On 1 June 2010, Yesterday reinstated its full broadcast hours on Freeview, following the closure of the Virgin1 +1 channel. On 7 October 2011, Yesterday +1 was reinstated on Virgin Media. On 24 July 2012, Yesterday offers more entertainment-led content along with a design refresh, which includes a new logo and idents, in order to attract a wider and younger audience, along with

1610-399: The public upon payment of a fee, and would provide extracts of the information found so long as it was known that it only concerned people who were no longer living. In 2015, The National Archives entered into an agreement under which the original 29 September 1939 registers—as updated by the NHS until 1991—have been scanned, digitised, and made available subject to privacy restrictions on

1656-415: The register was meant to be a living document. Hence, perusal of the register shows that maiden surnames have been replaced by married surnames when registered persons later married. In England and Wales, a team of 65,000 enumerators delivered forms ahead of the chosen day. On Friday 29 September 1939, householders were required to record details on the registration forms. On the following Sunday and Monday

1702-628: The release of records from the 1921 census, the 1939 register was the most-complete detailed record of the population of England and Wales since 1921 to be publicly available. Unlike the decennial censuses, the 1939 Register was designed as a working document for the duration of the war, and it was later used in the foundation of the National Health Service .It therefore records individuals born after 1939 [incorrect. Those born after 1939 are recorded separately and that register has not been released ] as well as subsequent changes of name, notably in

1748-675: The site". They stated that they would extend customers' subscriptions if they were having difficulty. Family Tree responded that it "all sounds very encouraging... [but] the technologists had perhaps won out over the genealogists". The Family Tree forum administrator stated, "After wrestling with the new website ...for nearly a month, I was on the point of giving up... [but] I can now see that there are indeed many improvements and benefits". The magazine concluded by stating that "Many of our questions remain unanswered and we are still waiting to hear what Findmypast has to say". A researcher from Family Search reported in December 2014 that she found using

1794-470: The standard definition feed on the EPG. The HD feed was added to Virgin Media on 14 December 2022. On 16 July 2024, Yesterday & Yesterday +1 were renamed to U&Yesterday & U&Yesterday +1, respectively as part of a network wide rebrand with the "U" masterbrand. On 16 October 2024, U&Yesterday +1 was replaced by U&Eden on Freeview . The majority of the channel's programmes are sourced from

1840-514: The start of the Second World War . The Act provided for the establishment of a constantly-maintained National Register of the civilian population of the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man , and for the issuance of identity cards based on data held in the register, and required civilians to present their identity cards on demand to police officers and other authorised persons. Following the passing of

1886-600: The subscription-based Findmypast website. The digital images can also be viewed free-of-charge at The National Archives's reading rooms in Kew . For the first four months, from the 2 November 2015 launch, it was accessible on a pay-per-view basis, then it was unlimited access to annual premium subscribers. From spring 2018 onwards, it was available via MyHeritage , then Ancestry.com . The archive's access project does not, however, include records related to people who were first registered after 29 September 1939, as this information

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1932-417: The year in which the holder was born whilst the third indicated which quarter of the year the holder was born in. For example, B. 252 would show that the holder was born in the second quarter of 1925 and would also indicate to a polling clerk that the holder would attain adult status in the second quarter of 1946 (i.e. reach the age of 21). Temporary buff cards were issued to children under 16 but did not carry

1978-600: Was launched in May 2010 with findmypast.ie launched in the Republic of Ireland a year later, followed by findmypast.com in the United States and Canada in July 2012. In early April 2014, Findmypast changed their website interface and received subscriber complaints demanding the return of the old site. The editor of Who Do You Think You Are magazine wrote: "Nothing annoyed people more than

2024-445: Was necessary if families were separated from one another or their house was bombed, and if people were injured or killed. The sections in the card showing the change in address were important, as many people moved several times during the war. Class Codes were used for administration and electoral purposes. Cards were marked A, B, C, N or V. Additionally, all class code 'B' cards were followed by three numbers. The first two indicated

2070-456: Was partnering with Living DNA , a British company that specialises in DNA testing and analysis. Findmypast began sponsoring the UKTV channel Yesterday in July 2010, and another TV series named Find My Past , funded by findmypast.co.uk, was broadcast from October 2011. UKTV stated that it was the first example of a product placement and advertiser funded programming deal for a factual TV series in

2116-486: Was purchased from Title Research Group by DC Thomson . In 2008 Findmypast published the 1851 and 1901 censuses online, and it also gained a license to publish the United Kingdom Census 1911 . In 2011 it became sponsor of the Society of Genealogists in their centenary year and agreed a reciprocal arrangement where each would give access to one another's online databases. A sister site for Australia and New Zealand

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