Dictionary of Genealogy Terms

Question 1

Abatement

Answer 1

The difference between the amount of the state an heir is to receive as specified in a will and the amount actually received.

Question 2

Abstract

Answer 2

a statement summarizing the essential facts contained in a document or record.

Question 3

Abstract of Title

Answer 3

a short description of a piece of property and the history of its title.

Question 4

Acadian

Answer 4

an individual of French heritage from Acadia. or a descendant of French settlers of Acadia who were resettled in Louisiana, commonly known as Cajuns.

Question 5

Cajun

Answer 5

French settlers of Acadia who were resettled in Louisiana.

Question 6

Accretion

Answer 6

right of inheritance by survival.

Question 7

Administrator

Answer 7

appointee of the court who settles the estate of a deceased who died without leaving a will or where the executor is unwilling/unable.

Question 8

AE/AET

Answer 8

About the age of

Question 9

Ague

Answer 9

Fever marked by chills

Question 10

Ahl

Answer 10

Arabic, people family kin

Question 11

Ahnentafel

Answer 11

German ancestor table, numbering the generations in a list.

Question 12

Alcalde

Answer 12

spanish administrator

Question 13

Allegience Supremacie

Answer 13

Oath taken to the king of England by ship passengers leaving England during the 17th and 18t7 century

Question 14

Apoplexy

Answer 14

A stroke

Question 15

Apprentice

Answer 15

a person bound by indenture for a specified period in order to learn and art or trade

Question 16

Appurtenances

Answer 16

rights attached to real property

Question 17

Abstract

Answer 17

A statement summarizing the essential facts contained in a document or record.