Genealogy is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history. Genealogists use oral traditions, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kinship and pedigrees of its members. The results are often displayed in charts or written as narratives.
Some scholars differentiate between genealogy and family history, limiting genealogy to an account of kinship, while using "family history" to denote the provision of additional details about lives and historical context.
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Ab Nepos
Ab Neptis
Abeyance
Abstract
Abtstract Book
Accelerated
Accomptant
Action
Administration
Administrator
Administrator's Bond
Administratrix
Aegrotantem
Affidavit
Ahnentafel
Amanuensis
Annus
Archives
Artificer
Ascendant
Assignee
Assignor
Assistant Marshall
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Banns
Baptizavi
Barrister
Bequest
Boluter
Bond
Boniface
Borough
Bounty Land
Bounty Land Warrant
Brand Iron
Brazier
Brightsmith
Brother
Bundling
Burnisher
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Cadastral
Cals
Canon Law
Capitation Tax
Census
Census Index
CG
Chaffer
Chandler
Chattels
Chiffonier
Circiter
Civitate
Clan
Coat of Arms
Codicil
Collateral Ancestor
Collier
Colporteur
Common Law
Conjugi
Connubium
Consanguinity
Convey
Conveyance
Conveyor
Cooper
Cordwainer
Cousin
Crowner
Cui
Currier
Curtesy
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Decedent
Decem
Declaration of Intention
Deed
De Jure
Demography
Denizen
Deposition
Descendant
Devise
Devisee
Die
Direct Heir
Distributee
Domo
Dornix
Dowager
Dower
Dowry
Dowser
Draper
Drayman
Dresser
Drover
Drummer
Duffer
D.S.P.
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Eadem
Eam
Ecclescia
Ego
Ejus
Ejusdem
Enumeration
Enumerator
Eodem
Episcopus
Escheat
Est
Estate
Et
Etiam
Et Ux, Et Uxor
Ex
Executor
Executrix
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Farrier
Fee Simple
Filiam
Filium
Final Papers
Firelands
First Papers
Fletcher
Forebear
Fortnight
Freeborn
Freedman/woman
Freeholder
Freeman
Friends
Fuere
Fuller
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Gaoler
Gentile
Gentleman
Godfather
Goodman
Goods and Chattels
Goodwife
Grant
Grantee
Grantee Index
Gregorian Calendar
Guardian
Guilder
Gutte
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Haeretica
Headright
Head Tax
Heir
Hereditaments
Heraldry
Hibernia
High Sheriff
Hind
Holographic Will
Hostler
Huc
Huckster
Hujus
Hujusidem
Husbandman
Hutch
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Immens
Imminens
Impositum
Impressment
Indenture
Indentured Servant
Infant
Infantem
Infra
In-Law
Inprimis
Inqus
Ipsius
Instrument
Intestate
Inventory
Issue
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Journeyman
Julian Calendar
Junior, Senior
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Keeler
Kilderkin
Kindred
Kith and Kin
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Lands and Tenements
Legacy
Lineal Descendant
Loco
Locus
Loyalist
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Manumission
Marriage Bond
Master
Mensis
Mockadow
Mortaility Schedule
Mortis
Mr.
Mrs.
Mulierem
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Natum
Naturalize
Necrology
NEHGS
NGS
Nuncupative Will
Notary
Novem
Now Wife
Nupr -A -AE
Nuber Huc Adventis
- O
Oath of Abjuration
Ob
Obit
Octo
Oppido
Ordinary
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Paleography
Palatinate
Parochus
Patritius
Patronymic
Paucis Hebdomadibus
Pedigree
Pedigree Chart
Peel
Per
Personal Property
Per Stirpes
Population Schedule
Posthumous
Praecende
Prae
Pridie/Priede
Primary Record
Primogenitor
Primogeniture
Probate
Procurant
Procuratorem
Progeny
Progenitor
Purrell
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Quaker
Quarta
Quearne
Qui
Quinque
Redemptioner
Relict
- S
Secondary Record
Septem
Sepulchered
Servus/A Servarum
Sex
Sibling
Soundex
Spouse
Standard
Stupuet
Sutler
- T
Tarletan
Testament
Testate
Testator
Testatrix
Thoro
Tithable
Tolvet
Tory
Transientibus
Tres
Tribus Mensibus
Truckle Bed
Trug
Trustee
Tunnel
Turnout
- U
Ultimo
Unus
Uxor
- V
Vero
Vincinitate
Visitation
- W
Wheelwright
Will
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