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"Life Events" are the name given to the important events that happened to closely related people that likely had an impact on a person's life. These would be significant events that the person may have attended or been listed in records about that event. Even if the person did not care about this specific event (due to estrangement or other reason), their lack of interest would have been a significant clue to aspects of the person's life. Including these events with a person's information will help you see related events together and give you better insights as to what happened. This will also make it easier to identify and correct inconsistencies in your data and conclusions.
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 Life Event Information
Life events are designated with a green text. The first includes the relationship of the closely related person who is involved and the event that happened to the closely related person. The date, age and marriage status of the affected person, and place is shown.
The second line designates who the closely related person is. If it is not their birth event, their age if known if known is given and if it is not their marriage event, their length of marriage if known is given.
Other lines give any other information pertaining to the event.
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 People Included
For each person, the following relatives are scanned for important events to be included as their Life Events:
1. Spouses/Partners
2. Stepchildren (only those prior to the marriage)
3. Children
4. Parents
5. Stepparents (only those following parent's marriage)
6. Stepsiblings (only those prior to the stepparent's marriage)
7. Half-siblings
8. Siblings
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 Events Included
For each relative, the following events are considered important events that are included as Life Events:
These change relationships:
1. ADOP - Adoption
2. BIRT - Birth
3. DEAT - Death
4. MARR - Marriage
5. DIV - Divorce
6. ANUL - Anullment
These are often religious events attended by close relatives:
7. CHR - Christening
8. CHRA - Adult Christening
9. BLES - Blessing
10. CONF - Confirmation
11. FCOM - First Communion
12. BAPM - Baptism
13. BARM - Bar Mitzvah
14. BASM - Bas Mitzvah
15. ORDN - Ordination
These are other significant events in one's life attended by close relatives:
16. EMIG - Emmigration
17. IMIG - Immigration
18. GRAD - Graduation
19. RESI - Residence
20. CENS - Census
If there are any important events missing from this list, please let me know.
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 Scope of Events
Only events that would have been relevant at the time to the person are included. Some exclusions include:
1. Events before a person's birth.
2. Events after a person's death.
3. Events happening to a spouse prior to marriage or after remarriage.
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 "Who's Alive At" EventsBehold includes the following events that otherwise would not be included because they are not events in the normal sense. They indicate new relationships at the time of a specific event.
Older siblings at the time of a person's birth are shown:
Stepchildren (spouse's children) at the time of a person's marriage are shown:
Also, surviving relatives at the time of a person's death are shown. This is described in Survived By.
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