What is the Event Form Editor?
What is the difference between events and attributes?
Attributes help describe who or what the individual was; a carpenter, a Brazilian, a Catholic, etc. Some Attributes may be associated with a place and time(being a carpenter for 15 years), others do not. MagiKey Family Tree requires the input of either a place or time for Events, but not for Attributes.
What Events are available?
Event: Description of the Event that is being recorded
Clicking the
Individual: Eventsat the end of the line will open a drop-down list of events from which you can select. You can continue to type and the letters highlighted in blue will change as you type. You cannot enter arbitrary text in this field. Below are the events that can be added:
Adoption Event marking the creation of a child-parent relationship usually by legal means. Adult Chr Religious event (not LDS) of baptizing or naming an adult. Baptism Religious event (not LDS) performed in infancy or later. Bar Mitzvah Jewish coming of age ceremony for males, often at 13 years of age Bas Mitzvah Jewish coming of age ceremony for females, often 12 years of age also called "Bat Mitzvah" Birth Event of entering into life Blessing Religious event of bestowing divine care, sometimes in connection with a naming ceremony. Burial Event marking the proper disposing of a deceased person's body. Census Event of the periodic count of the population in a given locality. Christening Religious event (not LDS) of baptizing or naming a child. Confirmation Religious event (not LDS) of conferring the gift of the Holy Ghost or full church membership. Cremation Event marking the disposal of a deceased person's body by fire. Death Event which mortal life ends. Emigration Leaving ones home country with the intent of living elsewhere. Event Noteworthy happening not listed specifically in this list. First Communion The first act of sharing in the Lord's supper as part of church worship Graduation Earning an educational diploma or degree Immigration Arrival in a new location with the intent of residing. Naturalization Becoming a citizen of a nation. Ordination Religious event to recieve authority to act in religious matters. Probate The legal processing of a will, or of an estate without a will. Retirement Ending of an occupation after a qualifying time. Will Date of Will, date when a will was written.
Caste An Indivdiuals rank or status in society Children Count Number of children from all marriages. Education Level of Education attained. Marriage Count Number of marriages. Nationality National heritage. Occupation Type of work or profession Phy Description Physical Description Property Real Estate or other personal possessions Religion Religious denomination Residence Address where one resides Soc Sec Num Social Security Number
Baptism-LDS Ordinance of Baptism performed by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Confirmation-LDS Ordinance of Confirmation performed by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Endowment Ordinance of Endowment performed by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Sealing Child Ordinance of Sealing a child to his parents by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Annulment Event declaring a marriage void from the beginning Census Event of the periodic count of the population in a given locality. Divorce Event dissolving of a marriage through civil or legal action Divorce Filed Event of filing for a devorce Engagement Event announcing an agreement to become married Event Other Marriage event not specifically listed Marr. Contract Event recording a formal marriage agreement, such as a prenuptial agreement, regarding property rights Marr. License Event of obtaining a legal license to marry Marr. Settlement Agreement releasing property rights that would arise from the marriage. Marriage Legal, common-law, or other event creating a family unit between husband and wife. Marriage Bann Official public notice given that two people intend to marry.
Sealing Spouse Ordinance of sealing a husband and wife performed by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Once you click the OK button you can not change the Event type later. Make sure you have the correct Event selected before clicking OK.
What other information can be recorded?
Date: Date that the Event took place
Dates can be entered as 10 Apr 1973 or April 10, 1973 or 4/10/1973. For more information see Dates.
Place: Enter comma separated place name such as City,County,State,Country
This field will be Spell Checked against the place information already in your database each time you add a comma. If you are adding a place which has never been used in your database, click Add on the Spell Check screen.
Family Tree will attempt to automatically complete the place field as you type based on other places you have added in your database. You can continue to type and the letters highlighted in blue will change as you type. You can click on the
Sources: There is where you can re-order, add, delete or edit sources for this event.
Up: Move the selected source toward the top of the list.
Down: Move the selected source toward the bottom of the list.
Add: Opens a Source screen where you can select an existing source to add for this individual or add a new source and use it for this individual.
Delete: Delete this source information from this Individual. This does not delete this source information from other individuals who also use this source.
Edit: Opens a Source screen where you can change the selected Source, Page, Source Quality for this event.
OK: Keep all the information as entered, and close the window.
Cancel: Ignore any changes you have made, and close the window.
More >>: Show additional or advanced items that can be added that are hidden by default.
Less >>: Hide the advanced items that are currently viewable, but are hidden by default.
Cause of Event: Cause of Death or other event cause.
Visible if you have clicked the More >> button, and is hidden again when you click the Less >> button.
Responsible Agency: Institution responsible for the event, such as a school name for graduation.
Visible if you have clicked the More >> button, and is hidden again when you click the Less >> button.
Age: Age at the time of the event. Useful for calculating approximate birth or death information.
Visible if you have clicked the More >> button, and is hidden again when you click the Less >> button.
Notes: There is where you can re-order, add, delete or edit sources for this event.
Notes are only visible if you have clicked the More >> button, and are hidden again when you click the Less >> button. Multiple notes can be added for each event.
Up: Move the selected note toward the top of the list.
The Up button is disabled if you have the first item in the list selected, or if there are no notes.
Down: Move the selected note down allowing another note to be viewed first.
The Down button is disabled if you have the last item in the list selected, or if there are no notes.
Add: Add a new note for this individual.
Opens a Note screen where you can enter a research information, or create a TODO note.
Delete: Delete this note.
Edit: Change the selected note.
Opens a Note screen where you can edit your note.