FactType (JSON)

Enumeration of standard fact types.

URI:FactType

Values

http://gedcomx.org/Adoption A fact of a person's adoption. In the context of a parent-child relationship, it describes a fact of the adoption of a child by a parent. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/AdultChristening A fact of a person's christening as an adult. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/Amnesty A fact of a person's amnesty. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/Apprenticeship A fact of a person's apprenticeship. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/Arrest A fact of a person's arrest. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/Award A fact of a person's award (medal, honor). FTU
http://gedcomx.org/Baptism A fact of a person's baptism. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/BarMitzvah A fact of a person's bar mitzvah.
http://gedcomx.org/BatMitzvah A fact of a person's bat mitzvah.
http://gedcomx.org/Birth A fact of a person's birth.
http://gedcomx.org/BirthNotice A fact of a person's birth notice, such as posted in a newspaper or other publishing medium.
http://gedcomx.org/Blessing A fact of an official blessing received by a person, such as at the hands of a clergy member or at another religious rite.
http://gedcomx.org/Branch A fact of a person's branch within an extended clan.
http://gedcomx.org/Burial A fact of a person's burial after death.
http://gedcomx.org/Caste A fact of a person's caste.
http://gedcomx.org/Census A fact of a person's participation in a census. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/Christening A fact of a person's christening *at birth*. Note: use `AdultChristening` for the christening as an adult.
http://gedcomx.org/Circumcision A fact of a person's circumcision. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/Clan A fact of a person's clan.
http://gedcomx.org/Confirmation A fact of a person's confirmation (or other rite of initiation) in a church or religion. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/Court A fact of the appearance of a person in a court proceeding.
http://gedcomx.org/Cremation A fact of the cremation of person's body after death.
http://gedcomx.org/Death A fact of the death of a person.
http://gedcomx.org/Education A fact of an education of a person. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/EducationEnrollment A fact of a person's enrollment in an educational program or institution. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/Emigration A fact of the emigration of a person. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/Enslavement A fact of a person's enslavement.
http://gedcomx.org/Ethnicity A fact of a person's ethnicity or race.
http://gedcomx.org/Excommunication A fact of a person's excommunication from a church. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/FirstCommunion A fact of a person's first communion in a church. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/Funeral A fact of a person's funeral. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/GenderChange A fact of a person's gender change. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/Graduation A fact of a person's graduation from a scholastic institution. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/Heimat A fact of a person's heimat. "Heimat" refers to a person's affiliation by birth to a specific geographic place. Distinct heimaten are often useful as indicators that two persons of the same name are not likely to be closely related genealogically. In English, "heimat" may be described using terms like "ancestral home", "homeland", or "place of origin". FTU
http://gedcomx.org/Immigration A fact of a person's immigration. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/Imprisonment A fact of a person's imprisonment. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/Inquest A legal inquest. Inquests usually only occur when there's something suspicious about the death. Inquests might in some instances lead to a murder investigation. Most people that die have a death certificate wherein a doctor indicates the cause of death and often indicates when the decedent was last seen by that physician; these require no inquest.
http://gedcomx.org/LandTransaction A fact of a land transaction enacted by a person. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/Language A fact of a language spoken by a person. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/Living A fact of a record of a person's living for a specific period. This is designed to include "flourish", defined to mean the time period in an adult's life where he was most productive, perhaps as a writer or member of the state assembly. It does not reflect the person's birth and death dates. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/MaritalStatus A fact of a person's marital status. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/Medical A fact of a person's medical record, such as for an illness or hospital stay. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/MilitaryAward A fact of a person's military award. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/MilitaryDischarge A fact of a person's military discharge. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/MilitaryDraftRegistration A fact of a person's registration for a military draft. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/MilitaryInduction A fact of a person's military induction. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/MilitaryService A fact of a person's militray service.
http://gedcomx.org/Mission A fact of a person's church mission. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/MoveFrom A fact of a person's move (i.e. change of residence) from a location. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/MoveTo A fact of a person's move (i.e. change of residence) to a new location. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/MultipleBirth A fact that a person was born as part of a multiple birth (e.g. twin, triplet, etc.) FTU
http://gedcomx.org/NationalId A fact of a person's national id (e.g. social security number).
http://gedcomx.org/Nationality A fact of a person's nationality.
http://gedcomx.org/Naturalization A fact of a person's naturalization (i.e. acquisition of citizenship and nationality).
http://gedcomx.org/NumberOfMarriages A fact of a person's number of marriages. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/Obituary A fact of a person's obituary. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/Occupation A fact of a person's occupation or employment.
http://gedcomx.org/Ordination A fact of a person's ordination to a stewardship in a church. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/Pardon A fact of a person's legal pardon. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/PhysicalDescription A fact of a person's physical description.
http://gedcomx.org/Probate A fact of a receipt of probate of a person's property. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/Property A fact of a person's property or possessions. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/Race A fact of the declaration of a person's race, presumably in a historical document. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/Religion A fact of a person's religion.
http://gedcomx.org/Residence A fact of a person's residence.
http://gedcomx.org/Retirement A fact of a person's retirement. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/Stillbirth A fact of a person's stillbirth.
http://gedcomx.org/TaxAssessment A fact of a person's tax assessment. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/Tribe A fact of a person's tribe. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/Will A fact of a person's will. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/Visit A fact of a person's visit to a place different from the person's residence.
http://gedcomx.org/Yahrzeit A fact of a person's _yahrzeit_ date. A person's yahzeit is the anniversary of their death as measured by the Hebrew calendar.
http://gedcomx.org/Annulment The fact of an annulment of a marriage.
http://gedcomx.org/CommonLawMarriage The fact of a marriage by common law.
http://gedcomx.org/CivilUnion The fact of a civil union. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/Divorce The fact of a divorce of a couple.
http://gedcomx.org/DivorceFiling The fact of a filing for divorce. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/DomesticPartnership The fact of a domestic partnership. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/Engagement The fact of an engagement to be married. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/Marriage The fact of a marriage.
http://gedcomx.org/MarriageBanns The fact of a marriage banns. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/MarriageContract The fact of a marriage contract. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/MarriageLicense The fact of a marriage license. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/MarriageNotice The fact of a marriage notice. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/NumberOfChildren A fact of the number of children of a person or relationship. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/Separation A fact of a couple's separation. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/AdoptiveParent A fact about an adoptive relationship between a parent an a child.
http://gedcomx.org/BiologicalParent A fact the biological relationship between a parent and a child.
http://gedcomx.org/FosterParent A fact about a foster relationship between a foster parent and a child.
http://gedcomx.org/GuardianParent A fact about a legal guardianship between a parent and a child.
http://gedcomx.org/StepParent A fact about the step relationship between a parent and a child.
http://gedcomx.org/SociologicalParent A fact about a sociological relationship between a parent and a child, but not definable in typical legal or biological terms. FTU
http://gedcomx.org/SurrogateParent A fact about a pregnancy surrogate relationship between a parent and a child. FTU

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