Glossary

– used to refer to someone chosen by the court to represent someone in a particular legal action who is not considered able to represent themselves.

– a numbering system used to display each individual in a family tree in a fixed sequence of ascent. The descendant is listed number 1, the father as number 2 and the mother as number 3, the paternal grandparents as number 4 and number 5 and the maternal grandparents as number 6 and number. 7, and so on. All even-numbered ancestors are male, and all odd-numbered ancestors are female.

– existing or occurring before a war, particularly the US Civil War.

– a public announcement in church of a proposed marriage.

– illegitimate child.

– a written agreement to perform as specified.

– land granted by the government to citizens as a reward for military service.

– a periodic governmental enumeration of population and compilation of economic, social and other data about it.

– an addition to a will that explains, modifies, or cancels it.

– line of descent that connects people who have a common ancestor but are related through an uncle, aunts, etc.

– a legal document that states that property or land has passed from one owner to another.

– the country where a person was born.

– a region where different ethnic groups coexist within society.

– a region where different ethnic groups, cultures and languages coexist within society.

– the process of leaving a vessel or aircraft (sy. disembarkation).

– a document submitted to the court by a foreigner who wanted to become a US citizen.

– a document transferring the ownership of property or legal rights to another person or entity.

– in the UK, a type of legal document that allows someone to officially change their name.

– a clause in a will leaving something, especially real estate, to someone.

– the practice of using double dates because of the switch from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar.

– a share of money or property of a husband given by law to his widow after he dies.

– boarding on a vessel or aircraft.

– means “and others”.

– used to indicate that the wife as well as the husband own property.

– reflects a family (parents and children) and provides information about their places of birth, death, and marriage.

– a chart that depicts all the people in a family and how they are related to one another.

– a form of ownership that doesn’t impose limitations to any class of heirs or restrictions on the transfer of ownership.

– a book that lists places in a specific area, usually with some extra information.

– a universal file format that allows exchanging information with other researchers who use different genealogy software.

– the name given to a child at birth or baptism.

– a list of persons purchasing or receiving real property.

– a list of persons selling, granting or conveying real property.

– a person with the automatic legal right of inheritance provided they outlive the ancestor.

– official symbols granted to a family.

– an organization that limits its membership to those who meet group inclusion criteria, such as descendants of a particular person of historical importance.

– a person who works for another individual for a specified period to repay travel expenses for moving to another country.

– the term means that a person is assuming the parental obligations for the minor.

– a tract of land given or sold to an institution or an individual by the government.

– is a legal document that proves that land has been transferred to another person.

– a legal right to retain the property of an idividual who owes them money until it has been paid.

– a written notice of a pending lawsuit involving property.

– a woman’s family name before she marries.

– release from slavery or servitude.

– a written promise of payment made by the groom indicating his intention to marry the woman.

– a line of descent that follows the mother’s ancestry.

– a person of mixed white, black, and American Indian ancestry.

– month.

– a method of demarcating the limits or boundaries of a tract of land as identified by natural landmarks, such as rivers, roads or other markers.

– a document recording the process an immigrant becomes a citizen of the US.

– a will that has been declared orally.

– a person having 1/8 black ancestry.

– a list of people who arrived on ships into the US.

– line of descent that follows the father’s ancestry.

– the practice of creating names derived from the name of a father or ancestor.

– a bibliography of articles that enables you to easily find information about people and places. It contains over 2.7 million record entries from genealogy and local history periodical articles.

– the first place of a port or border entry an immigrant arrives when entering the country.

– the legal right to act for someone else in their business and financial matters.

– superiority in the weight of evidence that is more convincing than the opposing evidence.

– the right of inheritance belonging to the firstborn legitimate son.

– a document that disposes of the property of a dead person.

– land that cannot be sold because it belongs to the government.

– reasons that attract a person to a country, religion, etc.

– opposite to pull factors, conditions that motivate a person to leave.

– a legal document in which one individual transfers their interest in real property to another person without making any guarantees of ownership.

– a list of landowners who paid the annual fee to the King be eligible to live on the land.

– the process of transferring the title by the trustee back to the borrower when the secured debt is paid in full.

– the term given to each of the types of forms used for US censuses. These include the population schedule, the agricultural schedule, the slave schedule, etc.

– a word written in brackets signifying that there might be a mistake in the original document.

– a database of death records that includes deceased individuals with social security numbers, and whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration.

– an individual who is subject to payment of tithes.

– a tenth part of earnings or annual produce paid as a tax or voluntary contribution for the support of the Church.

– the preceding month.

– a will that wasn’t submitted for probation.

– records of life events kept under governmental authority, including birth, death, marriage, and divorce records.

– a document where the seller guarantees that they hold clear title to real estate and have a right to sell it.

– rent reserved or to be paid in silver.

– a form of prejudgement process in which a court orders the seizing of property to ensure the satisfaction of the verdict.

– an official order for someone to appear in court.