| Event |
Description |
| ABBREVIATION |
A short name of a title, description, or name used for sorting, filing, and retrieving records. |
| ADDRESS |
The place, usually required for postal purposes, of an individual, a submitter of information, a repository,
a business, a school, or a company.
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| ADOPTION |
Creation of a legally approved child-parent relationship that does not exist biologically. |
| AGE AT EVENT |
The age of the individual at the time an event occurred, or the age listed in the document. |
| AGENCY, RESPONSIBLE |
The organization, institution, corporation, person, or other entity that has responsibility for the associated context.
Examples are an employer of a person of an associated occupation, or a church that administered rites or events, or an
organization responsible for creating or archiving records.
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| ANNULMENT |
Declaring a marriage void from the beginning (never existed). |
| AUTHOR |
The person, agency, or entity who created the record. For a published work, this could be the author, compiler, transcriber,
abstractor, or editor. For an unpublished source, this may be an individual, a government agency, church organization, or
private organization.
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| BAPTISM, LDS |
The event of baptism performed at age 8 or later by priesthood authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
(also see BAPTISM).
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| BAPTISM |
Baptism, performed in infancy or later (also see BAPTISM, LDS and
CHRISTENING)
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| BAR MITZVAH |
The ceremonial event held when a Jewish boy reaches age 13. |
| BAS MATZVAH |
The ceremonial event held when a Jewish girl reaches age 13, also known as "Bat Mitzvah." |
| BIRTH |
Entering into life. |
| BLESSING |
Bestowing divine care or intercession. Sometimes given in connection with a naming ceremony. |
| BURIAL |
Disposing of the mortal remains of a deceased person. |
| CALL NUMBER |
An identification or reference description used to file and retrieve items from the holdings of a repository. Despite the
word "number" in the name, may contain any character, not just digits.
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| CASTE |
The name of an individual's rank or status in society which is sometimes based on racial or religious differences,
or differences in wealth, inherited rank, profession, or occupation.
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| CAUSE |
The reasons which precipitated an event. It is often used describe a death event to show cause of death,
such as might be listed on a death certificate.
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| CENSUS |
Periodic count of the population for a designated locality, such as a national or state census. |
| CHILD |
The child in a family, whether biological, adopted, foster, sealed, or other relationship. |
| CHRISTENING |
Baptism or naming events for a child.
(also see BAPTISM
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| CHRISTENING, ADULT |
Baptism or naming events for an adult person. |
| CITY |
The name of the city used in the address. |
| CONFIRMATION |
Conferring full church membership. |
| CONFIRMATION, LDS |
The religious event by which a person receives membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
(also see CONFIRMATION).
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| COPYRIGHT |
A copyright statement, as appropriate for the copyright laws applicable to this data. |
| CORPORATE NAME |
The name of the business, corporation, or person that produced or commissioned the product. |
| CREMATION |
Disposal of the remains of a person's body by fire. |
| COUNTRY |
The name of the country that pertains to the associated address. |
| DATE |
The principal date of the subject. |
| DEATH |
Mortal life terminates. |
| DIVORCE |
Dissolving a marriage through civil action. |
| DIVORCE FILED |
Filing for a divorce by a spouse. |
| DESCRIPTION, PHYSICAL |
The physical characteristics of a person. |
| EDUCATION |
Indicator of a level of education attained. |
| EMAIL |
An electronic mail address, as defined by any relevant standard such as RFC 3696, RFC 5321, or RFC 5322. |
| EMIGRATION |
Leaving one's homeland with the intent of residing elsewhere.
DO NOT CONFUSE WITH IMMIGRATION!
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| ENDOWMENT, LDS |
A religious event where an endowment ordinance for an individual was performed by priesthood authority in a temple of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
| ENGAGEMENT |
Recording or announcing an agreement between two people to become married. |
| EVENT |
An event: A noteworthy happening related to an individual or family. If a specific event type exists, it should be used instead
of the generic event (this) tag.
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| FACT |
A noteworthy attribute or fact concerning an individual or family. If a specific attribute type exists, it should be
used instead of the generic fact (this) tag.
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| FAMILY, CHILD |
The family in which an individual appears as a child. |
| FAMILY, SPOUSE |
The family in which an individual appears as a partner. |
| FACSIMILE |
A fax telephone number appropriate for sending data facsimiles. |
| FIRST COMMUNION |
The first act of sharing in the Lord's supper as part of church worship. |
| GIVEN NAME |
A given or earned name used for official identification of a person. |
| GRADUATION |
Awarding educational diplomas or degrees to individuals. |
| HUSBAND |
An individual in the family role of a married man or father. |
| IMMIGRATION |
Entering into a new locality with the intent of residing there.
DO NOT CONFUSE WITH EMIGRATION!
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| INDIVIDUAL |
A person. |
| INITIATORY, LDS |
A religious event where an initiatory ordinance for an individual was performed by priesthood authority in a temple of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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| LATITUDE |
A latitudinal coordinate. The number is either N (for a coordinate north of the equator) or S (for a coordinate south of the equator)
followed by a decimal number of degrees. Minutes and seconds are not used.
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| LONGITUDE |
A longitudinal coordinate. The number is either E (for a coordinate east of the prime meridian) or W (for a coordinate west of the
prime meridian) followed by a decimal number of degrees. Minutes and seconds are not used.
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| MAP |
A representative point for a location, as defined by LATI and LONG tabs. |
| MARRIAGE BANN |
Official public notice given that 2 people intend to marry. |
| MARRIAGE CONTRACT |
Recording a formal agreement of marriage, including the prenuptial agreement in which marriage partners reach agreement
about the property rights of 1 or both, securing property to their children.
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| MARRIAGE LICENSE |
Obtaining a legal license to marry. |
| MARRIAGE |
A legal, common-law, or customary event such as a wedding or marriage ceremony that joins 2 partners to create or extend a family unit.
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| MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT |
Creating an agreement between 2 people contemplating marriage, at which time they agree to release or modify property rights
that would otherwise arise from the marriage.
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| NAME |
A word or combination of words used to help identify an individual, title, or other item. |
| NATIONALITY |
An individual's national heritage or origin, or other folk, house, kindred, lineage, or tribal interest. |
| NATURALIZATION |
Obtaining citizenship. |
| HUMBER OF CHILDREN |
The number of children that this person is known to be the parent of (all marriages). |
| NICKNAME |
A descriptive or familiar name that is used instead of, or in addition to, one's proper name. |
| NUMBER OF MARRIAGES |
The number of times this person has participated in a family as a spouse or parent. |
| NOTE |
Text containing additional information provided by the submitter for understanding the enclosing data. |
| NAME PREFIX |
Text that appears on a name line before the given and surname parts of a name. |
| NAME SUFFIX |
Text which appears on a name line after or behind the given and surname parts of a name. |
| OCCUPATION |
The type of work or profession of an individual. |
| ORDINATION |
Receiving authority to act in religious matters. |
| PAGE |
A specific location within the information referenced. For a published work, this could include the volume of a multi-volume
work and the page number or numbers. For a periodical, it could include volume, issue, and page numbers. For a newspaper, it
could include a date, page number, and column number. For an unpublished source or microfilmed works, this could be a film or
sheet number, page number, or frame number. A census record might have an enumerating district, page number, line number,
dwelling number, and family number.
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| PEDIGREE |
Information pertaining to an individual to parent lineage chart. |
| PHONE |
A telephone number. |
| PLACE |
The principal place represented as a list of jurisdictional entities in a sequence from the lowest to the highest jurisdiction.
As with other lists, the jurisdictions are separated by commas.
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| POSTAL CODE |
A code used by a postal service to identify an area to facilitate mail handling. |
| PROBATE |
Judicial determination of the validity of a will. It may indicate several related court activities over several dates. |
| PROPERTY |
Pertaining to possessions such as real estate or other property of interest. |
| PUBLICATION |
When and where the record was created. For published works, this includes information such as the city of publication,
name of the publisher, and year of publication.
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| QUALITY OF DATA |
A number (1 to 5) indicating the credibility of a piece of information, based on its supporting evidence. |
| REFERENCE |
A user-defined number or text that the submitter uses to identify the text. For instance, it may be a record number within
the submitter's automated or manual system, or it may be a page and position number on a pedigree chart.
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| RELIGION |
A religious denomination to which a person is affiliated or for which a record applies. |
| REPOSITORY |
The name and address record of the holder of the source document. |
| RESIDENCE |
An address or place of residence where an individual or a family resided. |
| RESTRICTION |
Text signifying access to information may be denied or otherwise restricted. |
| RETIREMENT |
Exiting an occupational relationship with an employer after a qualifying time period. |
| ROLE |
Text indicating what role this person played in an event or person's life. |
| SEX |
Sex of the individual at birth. |
| SEALING, CHILD |
A religious event pertaining to the sealing of a child to his or her parents in a temple ceremony of The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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| SEALING, SPOUSE |
A religious event pertaining to the sealing of a husband and wife in a temple ceremony of The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints (also see MARRIAGE).
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| SHARED NOTE |
A note that is shared by multiple structures. |
| SOURCE |
A description of an entire source. |
| SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER |
A number assigned by the United States Social Security Administration, used for tax identification purposes. It is a type of IDNO. |
| STATE |
A geographical division of a larger jurisdictional area, such as a state within the United States of America. |
| STATUS |
A value assessing of the state or condition of an ordinance. |
| SUBMITTER |
A contributor of information. |
| SURNAME |
A family name passed on or used by members of a family. |
| TEMPLE |
The name of a temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
| TEXT FROM SOURCE |
A verbatim copy of any description contained within the source. This indicates notes or text that are actually contained
in the source document, not the submitter's opinion about the source. This should be, from the evidence point of view,
"what the original record keeper said" as opposed to the researcher's interpretation.
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| TIME |
A Time value in a 24-hour clock format. |
| TITLE |
A formal designation used by an individual in connection with positions of royalty or other social status, such as Grand Duke. |
| WIFE |
An individual in the role as a mother and/or married woman. |
| WILL |
A legal document treated as an event, by which a person disposes of his or her estate. It takes effect after death.
The event date is the date the will was signed while the person was alive (also see PROB).
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| WEB ADDRESS |
A URL or other locator for a World Wide Web page. |
