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HOW TO: Experience genealogy, family history activities, family photos and pedigree charts while we search family connections and collections. Write your life story, or keep a journal. Become the caretaker for precious family photos. Learn the stories, and how to protect treasures of family significance.

Monday, August 22, 2011

Monday Mine Cart - Glossary A - B

    Here is a little mine cart - bringing you some information---
    Let's get started with some Family History terms- it will make it easier if you become conversant with these definitions:
  • Abstract - summary of important points of a text of document
  • Administrator - person appointed to manage or divide the estate of a deceased person, especially one who died without a will, feminine: administratrix
  • Alien - noun: a foreigner, citizen of another country; verb: to transfer property to another
  • Ancestor - person for whom you are descended; a forefather; a forbear
  • Ancestry - all forebears of a person, from parents backwards in time
  • Archives- records of a government, organizations, institution, the place where such records are stored     
  • Attest - to affirm: to certify by signature or oath   
  • Banns - public announcement of an intended marriage
  • Bequeath - to give personal property to a person in a will, noun: bequest
  • Bond - a binding agreement to perform certain actions or duties or be required to pay a specified sum of money as a penalty; at different times rewired of estate administrators or executors, grooms, certain elected officials. A bondsman, often a relative, acted as surety.
  • Bounty land - land promised as reward or inducement for enlisting in military service

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