{"id":11467,"date":"2020-09-11T18:17:03","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T18:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fhug.org.uk\/kb\/?post_type=kb_article&p=11467"},"modified":"2021-01-31T18:05:51","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T18:05:51","slug":"family-historian-census-event-for-uk-1939-register-2","status":"publish","type":"kb_article","link":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/kb-article\/family-historian-census-event-for-uk-1939-register-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Historian Census Event for UK 1939 Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction<\/h2>\n

At the outbreak of World War II, the British people were required to register in order to obtain identity cards, ration books, etc. This is the only surviving UK national survey between 1921 and 1951, because the 1931 Census for England and Wales was destroyed by fire during the war, and no Census was taken in 1941. See The National Archives ~ 1939 Register<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Although not officially a UK Census, it is reasonable to record it as a census, because it complies with the dictionary definition given as “an official enumeration of the population including related demographic information”.<\/p>\n

As not officially a UK Census, it is not bound by the 100-year rule, so it is available now and a boon to genealogists.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Recording from a Census Record<\/a> advice explains the importance of using the GEDCOM standard Census Event on which many other features depend, including Ancestral Sources itself, the Lookup Missing Census Facts<\/a> Plugin, the \u0192h<\/span><\/span> standard Census Report, and Internet Data Matches<\/a>. The overwhelming advantage is that it is a standard recognised by all products. The alternative of a custom 1939 Register event poses the problem of all the utilities and users agreeing to use the same definition.<\/p>\n

Details<\/h2>\n

Ancestral Sources\u00a0uses the standard\u00a0Census Event\u00a0to record the\u00a0UK 1939 Register\u00a0details as if it were a census.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0Diagram Icons ~ Jane’s Census and Certificate Icons<\/a>\u00a0there is a\u00a01939\u00a0icon.<\/p>\n

In Family Historian, to optionally adjust the Census Event to say 1939 register instead of census in its narrative sentence use Tools > Fact Types…<\/a> and Edit the Census event (see (1)<\/strong>\u00a0&\u00a0(2)<\/strong>\u00a0in screenshot below) and set the\u00a0Sentence Template\u00a0to:<\/p>\n

{individual} appeared in the {=TextIf( %FACT.DATE% = DateAt(1939,9,29), \"1939 register\", \"census\")} {date} {place} {age}<\/code><\/p>\n

which tests the Census fact\u00a0Date\u00a0and if\u00a029 Sep 1939\u00a0then displays\u00a01939 register\u00a0but otherwise displays\u00a0census\u00a0as in the original narrative sentence.<\/p>\n

To also get the Facts tab and Records Window to say 1939 Register instead of Census, click the Advanced button (see (3)<\/strong> in screenshot), and tick both of the Use Override Template options, before setting their respective Template expressions to:<\/p>\n

{=TextIf( %FACT.DATE% = DateAt(1939,9,29), \"1939 Register\", \"Census\")} {place}<\/code>
\nand
\n{=TextIf( %FACT.DATE% = DateAt(1939,9,29), \"1939 Register\", \"Census\")} {date} {place}<\/code><\/p>\n

They work in much the same way as the\u00a0Sentence Template\u00a0above.<\/p>\n

To make the Year precede Census as well as Register, and omit the {date}, then set both Template expressions to:<\/p>\n

{=CombineText(\"\",%FACT.DATE:YEAR%,TextIf(%FACT.DATE% = DateAt(1939,9,29),\" Register\",\" Census\"),\"Census\")} {place}<\/code><\/p>\n

That combines the\u00a0%FACT.DATE:YEAR%<\/code>\u00a0with either\u00a0” Register”\u00a0or\u00a0” Census”\u00a0depending on the\u00a0%FACT.DATE%<\/code>, but if no\u00a0Date\u00a0then it defaults to just\u00a0“Census”.<\/p>\n

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