Last Name: First Name: Surnames HOME Albums Cemeteries Change Language Christman Coat Of Arms Christman Forum Dates and Anniversaries Early PA Counties Family Name Distribution Family Name History GuestBook Headstones Mythology vs. Genealogy Places Reports Statistics Veterans What's New		View with XML How-To FAQ Family Group Sheet Submission Guestbook Forum Gramma's Recipes Christman Places of Interest Printed Books Online Store Privacy Policy Contact Us 13 visitors online     GEDCOM TAGS   Event tag Event description Event definition ADOP Adoption Legal act declaring a minor child the offspring and heir of parents from which they are not descended biologically. BAPL LDS Baptism LDS Church baptism performed at age eight or later. BAPM Baptism Baptism (non-LDS) performed in infancy and beyond. BARM Bar Mitzvah Ceremony held when a Jewish boy reaches age 13. BASM Bas Mitzvah Ceremony held when a Jewish girl reaches age 13, also known as "Bat Mitzvah." BIRT Birth The event of entering into life. BLES Blessing Bestowing divine care or intercession sometimes done in connection with a naming ceremony. BURI Burial Act of interment of the mortal remains of a deceased person. CHR Christening The act of baptizing and/or naming a child in non-LDS churches. CHRA Adult Christening The act of baptizing and/or naming an adult person in non-LDS churches. CONF Confirmation The act of conferring the gift of the Holy Ghost and, among non-LDS protestants, full church membership. CONL LDS Confirmation The act in which a person receives membership in the LDS Church. CREM Cremation Disposal of the remains of a person's body by fire. DEAT Death The final evnt when mortal life terminates. EVEN Event A noteworthy happening related to an individual, a group, or an organization. FCOM First Communion The first religious act of sharing in the Lord's supper as part of church worship. IMMI Immigration Entering into a new locality with the intent of residing there. ODN Ordination The religious event where a persons authority to act in religious matters is recognized. ENDL Endowment A religious event where an endowment ordinance for an individual was performed by priesthood authority in an LDS temple. GRAD Graduation An event of awarding educational diplomas or degrees to individuals. NATU Naturalization The event of obtaining citizenship. PROB Probate An event of judicial determination of the validity of a will. May indicate several related court activities over several dates. RETI Retirement An event of exiting an occupational relationship with an employer after a qualifying time period. CENS Census The event of the periodic count of the population for a designated locality, such as a national or state Census. Marriage Event tag Marriage Event description Marriage Event definition MARB Marriage Banns The official public notice given that two people intend to marry. MARC Marriage Contract The act of recording a formal agreement of marriage, including the prenuptial agreement regarding property rights of the espoused. MARL Marriage License The legal act of obtaining a license to marry. MARR Marriage The legal, common-law, or customary act of creating a family unit of a man and a woman as husband and wife. MARS Marriage Settlement The act establishing an agreement between two people contemplating marriage, at which time they agree to release or modify property rights that would otherwise arise from the marriage. ANUL Annulment The declaration that a marriage is void from the beginning as though it never existed. DIV Divorce The legal civil act of dissolving a marriage. DIVF Divorce Filed The legal act of filing for a divorce by a spouse. ENGA Engagement An event of recording or announcing an agreement between two people to become married Note tag Note description Note definition ABBR Short A short name of a title, description, or name. ADDR Address The contemporary place, usually required for postal purposes, of an individual, a submitter of information, a repository, a business, a school, or a company. AFN Ancestral File Number A unique, permanent record file number of an individual record stored in Ancestral File. ALIA Alias An indicator to link different record descriptions of a person who may be the same person. CALN Call Number The number used by a repository to identify the specific items in its collections. CAST Caste The name of an individual's rank or status in society, based on racial or religious differences, or differences in wealth, inherited rank, profession, occupation, etc. COPR Copyright A statement that accompanies data to protect it from unlawful duplication and distribution. CORP Corporate A name of an institution, agency, corporation, or company. LANG Language The name of the language used in a communication or transmission of information. LEGA Legatee A role of an individual acting as a person receiving a bequest or legal devise. NATI Nationality The national heritage of an individual. OCCU Occupation The type of work or profession of an individual. ORDI Ordinance Pertaining to a religious ordinance in general. PEDI Pedigree Information pertaining to an individual to parent lineage chart. PHON Phone A unique number assigned to access a specific telephone. PROP Property Pertaining to possessions such as real estate or other property of interest. PUBL Publication Refers to when and/or were a work was published or created. QUAY Quality of Data An assessment of the certainty of the evidence to support the conclusion drawn from evidence. Values: [0|1|2|3]. REFN Reference A description or number used to identify an item for filing, storage, or other reference purposes. RELA Relationship A relationship value between the indicated contexts. RELI Religion A religious denomination to which a person is affiliated or for which a record applies. REPO Repository An institution or person that has the specified item as part of their collection(s). RESI Residence The act of dwelling at an address for a period of time. RESN Restriction A processing indicator signifying access to information has been denied or otherwise restricted. RFN Record File Number A permanent number assigned to a record that uniquely identifies it within a known file. SSN Social Security Number A number assigned by the United States Social Security Administration. Used for tax identification purposes. STAE State A geographical division of a larger jurisdictional area, such as a State within the United States of America. STAT Status An assessment of the state or condition of something. SUBM Submitter An individual or organization who contributes genealogical data to a file or transfers it to someone else. SUBN Submission Pertains to a collection of data issued for processing. TEMP Temple The name or code that represents the name OF a temple of the LDS Church. TEXT Text The exact wording found in an original source document. TITL Title A description of a specific writing or other work, such as the title of a book when used in a source context, or a formal designation used by an individual in connection with positions of royalty or other social status, such as Grand Duke. WILL Will A legal document treated as an event, by which a person disposes of his or her estate, to take effect after death. The event date is the date the will was signed while the person was alive. (See also PROBate NOTE Note Additional information provided by the submitter for understanding the enclosing data. PRIV Private Private records. EDUC Education Education notation.

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