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Is your research time wasted looking up words like "beamster", "grimgribber", "anascara", and "wainbote" in regular dictionaries? Ever heard of a "gossip's wheel" or a "shank's mare"? These and other unusual terms are defined in Ancestry's Concise Genealogical Dictionary. You will find this book a useful and entertaining reference. The authors spent years collecting, researching, and verifying definitions of terms they discovered while researching cemetery, probate, court, medical, and other records. The mystery of terms and abbreviations that many researchers face has been solved with this essential, quick-reference source geared to the needs of the genealogist.
Is your research time wasted looking up words like "beamster", "grimgribber", "anascara", and "wainbote" in regular dictionaries? Ever heard of a "gossip's wheel" or a "shank's mare"? These and other unusual terms are defined in Ancestry's Concise Genealogical Dictionary. You will find this book a useful and entertaining reference. The authors spent years collecting, researching, and verifying definitions of terms they discovered while researching cemetery, probate, court, medical, and other records. The mystery of terms and abbreviations that many researchers face has been solved with this essential, quick-reference source geared to the needs of the genealogist.
Now you can have at your fingertips accurate and easy-to-find definitions for troublesome or unfamiliar words encountered in the research process. With thousands of concise definitions, all arranged alphabetically, this dictionary is an essential for any genealogist's home, office, or briefcase.
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Ab: in the Jewish calendar, the eleventh month of the civil year, or the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year (July and part of August); in the Syrian calendar, the twelfth or last summer month (August). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
moveable feast day, fixed feast day, cum testamento annexo, sine prole, bonis non Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, National Society, American Revolution, Civil War, New York, New England, Ohio River, Old Style, North Carolina, West Virginia, Great Britain, New Jersey, Society of Friends, Western Reserve, American Indian, Church of England, Continental Congress, Ebenezer Society, King's Evil, New Year, North America, Roman Catholic Church, Works Progress New!
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Ab: in the Jewish calendar, the eleventh month of the civil year, or the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year (July and part of August); in the Syrian calendar, the twelfth or last summer month (August). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
moveable feast day, fixed feast day, cum testamento annexo, sine prole, bonis non Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, National Society, American Revolution, Civil War, New York, New England, Ohio River, Old Style, North Carolina, West Virginia, Great Britain, New Jersey, Society of Friends, Western Reserve, American Indian, Church of England, Continental Congress, Ebenezer Society, King's Evil, New Year, North America, Roman Catholic Church, Works Progress New!
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