The Birth and Death Lookup is used to search for information on the biographical details of an individual entity. You may not look up organization entities using this lookup. For example, use this lookup to search for all entities that were born in New York City, all entities that were born on February 19, 1974 or all entities that have three children.
How Do I Perform a Template Lookup?
How Do I Perform an Advanced Lookup?
Note: If you are performing a template lookup, some of the fields described below may not appear on the form.
Data Fields:
Birth Place |
The birth place of the entity that you wish to look up. |
Death Place |
The place of death for the entity that you wish to look up. |
Obituary |
The status of the obituary for the entity you wish to look up. Values in this drop-down list are validated against the tms_obituary table (AQ). |
Ethnicity |
The race or ethnicity of the entity that you wish to look up. This code is validated against the tms_race table (AO). |
Ethnic Src. |
The source of ethnicity information for the entity that you wish to look up. Values in this drop-down list are validated against the tms_ethnic_source table (ES). |
Religion |
The religion of the entity you wish to look up. Values in this drop-down list are validated against the tms_religion table (AP). |
Citizenship 1,2 |
These codes indicate the citizenship held by the entity that you wish to look up. Values in this drop-down list are validated against the tms_country table (GA). |
Political Int. |
This code indicates the political interests of this entity that you wish to look up. Values in this drop-down list are validated against the tms_political table (PL). |
Language |
This code indicates the language in which this entity that you wish to look up prefers to communicate. Values in this drop-down list are validated against the tms_language (W4) table. |
Birth Date |
The birth date of the entity that you wish to look up. |
Death Date |
The date on which the entity that you wish to look up has died. |
Notified |
The date on which the institution was first notified of the death of the entity you wish to look up. |
Confirmed |
The date on which the institution confirmed the death of the person you wish to look up. |
Children |
The number of children the entity you wish to look up has. |
Publication Date |
The date on which the entity’s death was published in the alumni magazine. |
Letter Date 1,2 |
These are the dates on which letters were sent to the family of the deceased entity that you wish to look up. |
Research Date |
The last date on which research on this entity was updated. |