User references are a special data type used in person records to add various notes. The GEDCOM standard does not define a purpose for this object and it was introduced only for user comfortto be used as a short note.
GEDKeeper itself defines the purpose for user references: to show special marks on persons in tree diagrams. For example, if a person waged The Great Patriotic War and his/her person record has the respective reference, then this person is shown in tree diagrams with a red star. If the person died, the respective reference adds a black edge to the star.
The following are predefined user references available in GEDKeeper:
![]() | USSR:WW II:Rear worker |
![]() | USSR:WW II:Combatant |
![]() | USSR:WW II:Killed in action |
![]() | RI:George knight |
![]() | USSR:Victimizated |
![]() | Religion:Islam |
![]() | Religion:Catholicism |
![]() | Religion:Orthodoxy |
![]() | Religion:Old Belief |
New user references will be added to GEDKeeper as needed.
You assign user references on the "User references" tab of the person editor window.
See also: Person.