1939 survey September 29

This is a one off  register was a  one off compulsory survey taken on September 29 1939 ,26 days  before the  war declared  on Germany. 41 million people were asked their  age,job,address,name and was updated in 1991.This is  a important  document as the 1939 cenus was destroyed  by fire in world war 2.Y ou can view the digitalised  document  at www.findmypast.co.uk and it was used to help rationing  during the  war i  think,