Genealogy Definitions
- Family historian -- person who collects and compiles information about a family’s history
- First cousin -- person with whom one has in common two grandparents and their ancestors
- Gazetteer -- geographical dictionary
- Genealogy -- study of the origins and descent of families; a written history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor
- Genealogist -- person who collects and compiles information on the descendants of an individual or the history of a family
- Given name -- person’s first or middle name
- Half brother/sister -- person with whom one has one parent in common
- Half cousin -- person with whom one has one grandparent in common
- Lineal relationship -- relationship between persons descended from a common ancestor in the same line, for example, a parent, grandparent, child, or grandchild
- Locality -- city, town, township, or other subdivision of a county
- Maiden name -- surname of an unmarried woman
- Married name -- surname of a married woman
- Maternal ancestors -- ancestors of one’s mother
- Nickname -- name used as a substitute for a person’s given name
- Paternal ancestors -- ancestors of one’s father
- Pedigree chart -- form for recording genealogical information on several generations of a person’s ancestors; also known as an ancestor chart
- Second cousin -- person with whom one has in common two great-grandparents and their ancestors
- Sibling -- brother or sister
- Surname -- person’s last name or family name
- Third cousin -- person with whom one has in common two great-great-grandparents and their ancestors
- Twp. -- abbreviation for “Township”
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