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229 relations: A Translation Guide to 19th-Century Polish-Language Civil-Registration Documents, Adam, Adoption, Ahnenpass, Ahnentafel, Alex Haley, Almshouse, Alumni association, American Society of Genealogists, Ancestry.com, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies, Archive, Artificial intelligence, Autosome, Baptism, Baptism for the dead, Bar and bat mitzvah, Bible, Bihar, Biography, Birth certificate, Bloodlines of Salem, Board for Certification of Genealogists, Brigham Young University, Bristol, Brit milah, Brockton, Burden of proof (law), Cemetery, Census, Census in the United Kingdom, China Internet Information Center, Chintpurni, Chronology, Circumstantial evidence, Civil registration, Cluster genealogy, Coat of arms, Collective identity, Confirmation, Confucianism, Confucius, Confucius Genealogy Compilation Committee, Conscription, Constitution of the United States, Coroner, Criminal record, Cultural Revolution, Daughters of the American Revolution, ... Expand index (179 more) »
A Translation Guide to 19th-Century Polish-Language Civil-Registration Documents
A Translation Guide to 19th-Century Polish-Language Civil-Registration Documents (including Birth, Marriage and Death Records) is a book written by genealogical researcher Judith R. Frazin as a tool to help researchers unlock the meaning of 19th-century Polish language civil records.
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Adam
Adam is the name given in Genesis 1–5 to the first human.
Adoption
Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another, usually a child, from that person's biological or legal parent or parents.
Ahnenpass
The Ahnenpaß (literally, "ancestor pass") documented the Aryan lineage of people "of German blood" in Nazi Germany.
Ahnentafel
An ahnentafel (German for "ancestor table") or ahnenreihe ("ancestor series") is a genealogical numbering system for listing a person's direct ancestors in a fixed sequence of ascent.
Alex Haley
Alexander Murray Palmer Haley (August 11, 1921 – February 10, 1992) was an American writer and the author of the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family. ABC adapted the book as a television miniseries of the same name and aired it in 1977 to a record-breaking audience of 130 million viewers.
Almshouse
An almshouse (also known as a bede-house, poorhouse, or hospital) is charitable housing provided to people in a particular community, especially during the Middle Ages.
Alumni association
An alumni association or alumnae association is an association of graduates or, more broadly, of former students (alumni).
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American Society of Genealogists
The American Society of Genealogists is the scholarly honorary society of the genealogical field.
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Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com LLC is an American genealogy company based in Lehi, Utah.
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Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English, chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons.
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Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies
A number of royal genealogies of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, collectively referred to as the Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies, have been preserved in a manuscript tradition based in the 8th to 10th centuries.
See Genealogy and Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies
Archive
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI), in its broadest sense, is intelligence exhibited by machines, particularly computer systems.
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Autosome
An autosome is any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome.
Baptism
Baptism (from immersion, dipping in water) is a Christian sacrament of initiation almost invariably with the use of water.
Baptism for the dead
Baptism for the dead, vicarious baptism or proxy baptism today commonly refers to the religious practice of baptizing a person on behalf of one who is dead—a living person receiving the rite on behalf of a deceased person.
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Bar and bat mitzvah
A bar mitzvah, bat mitzvah, or b mitzvah (gender neutral), is a coming-of-age ritual in Judaism.
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Bible
The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία,, 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures, some, all, or a variant of which are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the Baha'i Faith, and other Abrahamic religions.
Bihar
Bihar is a state in Eastern India.
Biography
A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life.
Birth certificate
A birth certificate is a vital record that documents the birth of a person.
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Bloodlines of Salem
Bloodlines of Salem was a Salt Lake City-based family-history group in the United States.
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Board for Certification of Genealogists
The Board for Certification of Genealogists is a certifying body for genealogists founded in 1964 by Fellows of the American Society of Genealogists, the genealogical field's academic honorary society.
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Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University (BYU) is a private research university in Provo, Utah, United States.
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Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region.
Brit milah
The brit milah (bərīṯ mīlā,,; "covenant of circumcision") or bris (ברית) is the ceremony of circumcision in Judaism and Samaritanism, during which the foreskin is surgically removed.
Brockton
Brockton may refer to.
Burden of proof (law)
In a legal dispute, one party has the burden of proof to show that they are correct, while the other party has no such burden and is presumed to be correct.
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Cemetery
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park, is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred.
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating population information about the members of a given population.
Census in the United Kingdom
Coincident full censuses have taken place in the different jurisdictions of the United Kingdom every ten years since 1801, with the exceptions of 1941 (during the Second World War), Ireland in 1921/Northern Ireland in 1931, and Scotland in 2021.
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China Internet Information Center
China Internet Information Center (or 中国网/网上中国) is a state-run web portal of the People's Republic of China of the State Council Information Office and the China International Communications Group.
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Chintpurni
Chintpurni is a small town in the Una district of Himachal Pradesh about 40 km (25 miles) north of Una, not far from the border with the Indian state of Punjab.
Chronology
Chronology (from Latin chronologia, from Ancient Greek χρόνος, chrónos, "time"; and -λογία, -logia) is the science of arranging events in their order of occurrence in time.
Circumstantial evidence
Circumstantial evidence is evidence that relies on an inference to connect it to a conclusion of fact—such as a fingerprint at the scene of a crime.
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Civil registration
Civil registration is the system by which a government records the vital events (births, marriages, and deaths) of its citizens and residents.
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Cluster genealogy
Cluster genealogy is a research technique employed by genealogists to learn more about an ancestor by examining records left by the ancestor's cluster.
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Coat of arms
A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments).
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Collective identity
Collective identity or group identity is a shared sense of belonging to a group.
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Confirmation
In Christian denominations that practice infant baptism, confirmation is seen as the sealing of the covenant created in baptism.
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Confucianism
Confucianism, also known as Ruism or Ru classicism, is a system of thought and behavior originating in ancient China, and is variously described as a tradition, philosophy (humanistic or rationalistic), religion, theory of government, or way of life.
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Confucius
Confucius (孔子; pinyin), born Kong Qiu (孔丘), was a Chinese philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages, as well as the first teacher in China to advocate for mass education.
Confucius Genealogy Compilation Committee
The Confucius Genealogy Compilation Committee (孔子世家谱续修工作协会) is responsible for collecting, collating and publishing the 2,500 years' worth of genealogical data associated with Confucius.
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Conscription
Conscription is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service.
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Constitution of the United States
The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States.
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Coroner
A coroner is a government or judicial official who is empowered to conduct or order an inquest into the manner or cause of death.
Criminal record
A criminal record (not to be confused with a police record or arrest record) is a record of a person's criminal convictions history.
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Cultural Revolution
The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC).
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Daughters of the American Revolution
The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (often abbreviated as DAR or NSDAR) is a lineage-based membership service organization for women who are directly descended from a person involved in supporting the American Revolutionary War.
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David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection is a large private map collection with over 150,000 maps and cartographic items.
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Death certificate
A death certificate is either a legal document issued by a medical practitioner which states when a person died, or a document issued by a government civil registration office, that declares the date, location and cause of a person's death, as entered in an official register of deaths.
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Deed
A deed is a legal document that is signed and delivered, especially concerning the ownership of property or legal rights.
Deity
A deity or god is a supernatural being considered to be sacred and worthy of worship due to having authority over the universe, nature or human life.
Descent from antiquity
In European genealogy, a descent from antiquity (DFA or DfA) is a proven unbroken line of descent between specific individuals from ancient history and people living today. Genealogy and descent from antiquity are kinship and descent.
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Detective
A detective is an investigator, usually a member of a law enforcement agency.
Diary
A diary is a written or audiovisual memorable record, with discrete entries arranged by date reporting on what has happened over the course of a day or other period.
Divorce
Divorce (also known as dissolution of marriage) is the process of terminating a marriage or marital union.
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a polymer composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix.
DNA profiling
DNA profiling (also called DNA fingerprinting and genetic fingerprinting) is the process of determining an individual's deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) characteristics.
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Documentary research
Documentary research is the use of outside sources, documents, to support the viewpoint or argument of an academic work.
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Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh
Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh, also known as Dubhaltach Óg mac Giolla Íosa Mór mac Dubhaltach Mór Mac Fhirbhisigh, Duald Mac Firbis, Dudly Ferbisie, and Dualdus Firbissius (fl. 1643 – January 1671) was an Irish scribe, translator, historian and genealogist.
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Elijah
Elijah (ʾĒlīyyāhū, meaning "My God is Yahweh/YHWH"; Greek form: Elias /eːˈlias/) was a Jewish prophet and a miracle worker who lived in the northern kingdom of Israel during the reign of King Ahab (9th century BC), according to the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible.
Emigration
Emigration is the act of leaving a resident country or place of residence with the intent to settle elsewhere (to permanently leave a country).
Ethnicity
An ethnicity or ethnic group is a group of people who identify with each other on the basis of perceived shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups.
Family
Family (from familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). Genealogy and family are kinship and descent.
Family history (medicine)
In medicine, a family history (FH or FHx) consists of information about disorders of direct blood relatives of the patient.
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Family History Research Wiki
The Family History Research Wiki (also known as the FamilySearch Research Wiki or the FamilySearch Wiki) offers reference information and educational articles to help genealogists locate and interpret records of their ancestors.
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Family history society
A family history society or genealogical society is a society, often charitable or not-for-profit, that allows member genealogists and family historians to profit from shared knowledge.
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Family tree
A family tree, also called a genealogy or a pedigree chart, is a chart representing family relationships in a conventional tree structure.
Family tree mapping
Family tree mapping is the process of geocoding places in family tree files to produce geospatial data suitable for viewing with a virtual globe or 2D mapping program.
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Family tree of Confucius in the main line of descent
This is a family tree of the main line of descent of Confucius.
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FamilySearch
FamilySearch is a nonprofit organization and website offering genealogical records, education, and software.
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FamilySearch Center
FamilySearch Centers (FSC), formerly Family History Centers (FHC), are branches of the FamilySearch Library (FSL) in Salt Lake City, Utah, operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
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FamilySearch Library
The FamilySearch Library (FSL), formerly the Family History Library, is a genealogical research facility in downtown Salt Lake City.
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Federation of Genealogical Societies
The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) was a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation founded in January 1976 and headquartered in Austin, Texas.
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Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists
Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists (FASG) is an independent society of fellows reflecting the master class of genealogists within the United States of America.
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Filial piety
Filial piety is the virtue of exhibiting love and respect for one's parents, elders, and ancestors, particularly within the context of Confucian, Chinese Buddhist, and Daoist ethics.
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Finding aid
A finding aid, in the context of archival science and archival research, is an organization tool, a document containing detailed and processed metadata and other information about a specific collection of records within an archive.
French Republican calendar
The French Republican calendar (calendrier républicain français), also commonly called the French Revolutionary calendar (calendrier révolutionnaire français), was a calendar created and implemented during the French Revolution, and used by the French government for about 12 years from late 1793 to 1805, and for 18 days by the Paris Commune in 1871, and meant to replace the Gregorian calendar.
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Funeral
A funeral is a ceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse, such as a burial or cremation, with the attendant observances.
Funeral home
A funeral home, funeral parlor or mortuary, is a business that provides burial and funeral services for the dead and their families.
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Future generations
Future generations are cohorts of hypothetical people not yet born.
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GEDCOM
FamilySearch GEDCOM, or simply GEDCOM (acronym of Genealogical Data Communication), is a de facto open file format specification to store genealogical data.
Genealogical DNA test
A genealogical DNA test is a DNA-based genetic test used in genetic genealogy that looks at specific locations of a person's genome in order to find or verify ancestral genealogical relationships, or (with lower reliability) to estimate the ethnic mixture of an individual.
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Genealogical numbering systems
Several genealogical numbering systems have been widely adopted for presenting family trees and pedigree charts in text format.
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Genealogical Proof Standard
The Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS) is a guideline for establishing the reliability ("proof") of a genealogical conclusion with reasonable certainty.
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Genealogy
Genealogy is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages. Genealogy and Genealogy are kinship and descent.
Genealogy book
A genealogy book or register is used in Asia and Europe to record the family history of ancestors.
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Genealogy of Jesus
The New Testament provides two accounts of the genealogy of Jesus, one in the Gospel of Matthew and another in the Gospel of Luke.
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Genealogy software
Genealogy software is computer software used to record, organize, and publish genealogical data.
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Genealogy tourism
Genealogy tourism, sometimes called roots tourism, is a segment of the tourism market consisting of tourists who have ancestral connections to their holiday destination.
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Genetic genealogy
Genetic genealogy is the use of genealogical DNA tests, i.e., DNA profiling and DNA testing, in combination with traditional genealogical methods, to infer genetic relationships between individuals.
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Genetic testing
Genetic testing, also known as DNA testing, is used to identify changes in DNA sequence or chromosome structure.
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Geneticist
A geneticist is a biologist or physician who studies genetics, the science of genes, heredity, and variation of organisms.
Given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname.
Google Earth
Google Earth is a computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery.
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Gravestone
A gravestone or tombstone is a marker, usually stone, that is placed over a grave.
Greek nationality law
Nationality law of Greece is based on the principle of jus sanguinis.
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Gregorian calendar
The Gregorian calendar is the calendar used in most parts of the world.
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Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
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Health care
Health care, or healthcare, is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people.
Heraldry
Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree.
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh ("Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India.
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Hindu genealogy registers at Haridwar
Genealogy registers of families, maintained by Brahmin Pandits known locally as ‘Pandas’, who work as professional genealogists, at Haridwar, have been a subject of study for many years.
See Genealogy and Hindu genealogy registers at Haridwar
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it.
Homicide
Homicide is an act in which a human causes the death of another human.
Immigration
Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not usual residents or where they do not possess nationality in order to settle as permanent residents.
Indo-European languages
The Indo-European languages are a language family native to the overwhelming majority of Europe, the Iranian plateau, and the northern Indian subcontinent.
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Infant baptism
Infant baptism (or paedobaptism) is the practice of baptizing infants or young children.
See Genealogy and Infant baptism
International Museum for Family History
The Internationaal Museum voor Familiegeschiedenis (known in English as the International Museum for Family History, or in short "The Family Museum") is a museum located in the former Ursuline Convent in Eijsden, Netherlands.
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Internet
The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices.
Internet forum
An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages.
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Intestacy
Intestacy is the condition of the estate of a person who dies without having in force a valid will or other binding declaration.
Investigative genetic genealogy
Investigative genetic genealogy, also known as forensic genetic genealogy, is the emerging practice of utilizing genetic information from direct-to-consumer companies for identifying suspects or victims in criminal cases.
See Genealogy and Investigative genetic genealogy
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.
John Farmer (author)
John Farmer (June 12, 1789 – August 13, 1838) was an American historian and genealogist, born in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
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Journeyman
A journeyman is a worker, skilled in a given building trade or craft, who has successfully completed an official apprenticeship qualification.
Julian calendar
The Julian calendar is a solar calendar of 365 days in every year with an additional leap day every fourth year (without exception).
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Kinship
In anthropology, kinship is the web of social relationships that form an important part of the lives of all humans in all societies, although its exact meanings even within this discipline are often debated. Genealogy and kinship are kinship and descent.
Korean War
The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea; it began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea and ceased upon an armistice on 27 July 1953.
Kunta Kinte
Kunta Kinte (–) is a fictional character in the 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family by American author Alex Haley.
Laborer
A laborer (or labourer) is a skilled trade, a person who works in manual labor types, especially in the construction and factory industries.
Lady Day
In the Western liturgical year, Lady Day is the common name in some English-speaking and Scandinavian countries of the Feast of the Annunciation, celebrated on 25 March to commemorate the annunciation of the archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she would bear Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
Lawyer
A lawyer is a person who practices law.
Leabhar na nGenealach
Leabhar na nGenealach ("Book of Genealogies") is a massive genealogical collection written mainly in the years 1649 to 1650, at the college-house of St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Galway, by Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh.
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Letter (message)
A letter is a written message conveyed from one person (or group of people) to another through a medium.
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Library and Archives Canada
Library and Archives Canada (LAC; Bibliothèque et Archives Canada) is the federal institution tasked with acquiring, preserving, and providing accessibility to the documentary heritage of Canada.
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Lineage (anthropology)
In anthropology, a lineage is a unilineal descent group that traces its ancestry to a demonstrably shared ancestor, known as the apical ancestor. Genealogy and lineage (anthropology) are kinship and descent.
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List of genealogy databases
This is a list of genealogy databases and online resources that are not specifically restricted to a particular place, family set, or time period in their content.
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List of hereditary and lineage organizations in the United States
This is a list of notable hereditary and lineage organizations, and is informed by the database of the Hereditary Society Community of the United States of America.
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List of Mormon family organizations
Mormon family organizations (i.e., family organizations or associations) are entities created by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to accomplish the basic purposes of family life as understood within the church, in order to establish and strengthen family unity and identity across multiple generations.
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List of national archives
National archives are central archives maintained by countries or nation states.
See Genealogy and List of national archives
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (ISO: Mahārāṣṭra) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau.
Maiden and married names
When a person (traditionally the wife in many cultures) assumes the family name of their spouse, in some countries that name replaces the person's previous surname, which in the case of the wife is called the maiden name ("birth name" is also used as a gender-neutral or masculine substitute for maiden name), whereas a married name is a family name or surname adopted upon marriage.
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Mailing list
A mailing list is a collection of names and addresses used by an individual or an organization to send material to multiple recipients.
See Genealogy and Mailing list
Marquis Who's Who
Marquis Who's Who, also known as A.N. Marquis Company, is an American publisher of a number of directories containing short biographies.
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Marriage
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. Genealogy and Marriage are kinship and descent.
Marriage license
A marriage license (or marriage licence in Commonwealth spelling) is a document issued, either by a religious organization or state authority, authorizing a couple to marry.
See Genealogy and Marriage license
Masonry
Masonry is the craft of building a structure with brick, stone, or similar material, including mortar plastering which are often laid in, bound, and pasted together by mortar.
Master craftsman
Historically, a master craftsman or master tradesman (sometimes called only master or grandmaster) was a member of a guild.
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Mayflower
Mayflower was an English sailing ship that transported a group of English families, known today as the Pilgrims, from England to the New World in 1620.
Mayflower Society
The General Society of Mayflower Descendants — commonly called the Mayflower Society — is a hereditary organization of individuals who have documented their descent from at least one of the 102 passengers who arrived on the Mayflower in 1620 at what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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Māori people
Māori are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand (Aotearoa).
See Genealogy and Māori people
Military
A military, also known collectively as an armed forces, are a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare.
Mischling Test
Mischling Test refers to the legal test under Nazi Germany's Nuremberg Laws that was applied to determine whether a person was considered a "Jew" or a Mischling (mixed-blood).
See Genealogy and Mischling Test
Mitochondrial DNA
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA and mDNA) is the DNA located in the mitochondria organelles in a eukaryotic cell that converts chemical energy from food into adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
See Genealogy and Mitochondrial DNA
Naming ceremony
A naming ceremony is a stage at which a person or persons is officially assigned a name.
See Genealogy and Naming ceremony
National Archives and Records Administration
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government within the executive branch, charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records.
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National Genealogical Society
The National Genealogical Society (NGS) is a genealogical interest group founded in 1903 in Washington, D.C., United States, with over 10,000 members.
See Genealogy and National Genealogical Society
Naturalization
Naturalization (or naturalisation) is the legal act or process by which a non-national of a country acquires the nationality of that country after birth.
See Genealogy and Naturalization
Ned Kelly
Edward Kelly (December 185411 November 1880) was an Australian bushranger, outlaw, gang leader and convicted police-murderer.
New England Historic Genealogical Society
The New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) is the oldest and largest genealogical society in the United States, founded in year 1845.
See Genealogy and New England Historic Genealogical Society
Newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.
Nickname
A nickname or nick, also known as a sobriquet, is a substitute for the proper name of a person, place or thing.
Noah
Noah appears as the last of the Antediluvian patriarchs in the traditions of Abrahamic religions.
Nobility
Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy.
Obituary
An obituary (obit for short) is an article about a recently deceased person.
Odin
Odin (from Óðinn) is a widely revered god in Germanic paganism.
One-drop rule
The one-drop rule was a legal principle of racial classification that was prominent in the 20th-century United States. Genealogy and one-drop rule are kinship and descent.
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One-name study
A one-name study is a project researching a specific surname, as opposed to a particular pedigree (ancestors of one person) or descendancy (descendants of one person or couple).
See Genealogy and One-name study
One-place study
One-place studies are a branch of family history and/or local history with a focus on the entire population of a single road, village or community, not just a single, geographically dispersed family line. Genealogy and one-place study are kinship and descent.
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Online Etymology Dictionary
The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often cites), is a free online dictionary that describes the origins of English words, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper.
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Ontario Genealogical Society
The Ontario Genealogical Society, operating as Ontario Ancestors since early 2019, is the largest organization devoted to research into family history in Ontario, Canada.
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Oral history
Oral history is the collection and study of historical information about people, families, important events, or everyday life using audiotapes, videotapes, or transcriptions of planned interviews.
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Panjis
Panjis or Panji Prabandh are extensive genealogical records maintained among the Maithil Kayasthas and Maithil Brahmins of the Mithila region similar to the Hindu genealogy registers at Haridwar.
Passenger ship
A passenger ship is a merchant ship whose primary function is to carry passengers on the sea.
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Passport
A passport is an official travel document issued by a government that certifies a person's identity and nationality for international travel.
Patriarchs (Bible)
The patriarchs (אבות ʾAvot, "fathers") of the Bible, when narrowly defined, are Abraham, his son Isaac, and Isaac's son Jacob, also named Israel, the ancestor of the Israelites.
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Patronymic
A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor.
Pedigree chart
A pedigree chart is a diagram that shows the occurrence and appearance of phenotypes of a particular gene or organism and its ancestors from one generation to the next, most commonly humans, show dogs, and race horses.
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Pension
A pension is a fund into which amounts are paid regularly during an individual's working career, and from which periodic payments are made to support the person's retirement from work.
Photograph
A photograph (also known as a photo, image, or picture) is an image created by light falling on a photosensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic image sensor, such as a CCD or a CMOS chip.
Polynesia
Polynesia is a subregion of Oceania, made up of more than 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean.
Poorhouse
A poorhouse or workhouse is a government-run (usually by a county or municipality) facility to support and provide housing for the dependent or needy.
Prayagraj
Prayagraj (ISO), also known as Allahabad or Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Privacy
Privacy is the ability of an individual or group to seclude themselves or information about themselves, and thereby express themselves selectively.
Probate
In common law jurisdictions, probate is the judicial process whereby a will is "proved" in a court of law and accepted as a valid public document that is the true last testament of the deceased, or whereby the estate is settled according to the laws of intestacy in the state of residence of the deceased at time of death in the absence of a legal will.
Profession
A profession is a field of work that has been successfully professionalized.
Public records
Public records are documents or pieces of information that are not considered confidential and generally pertain to the conduct of government.
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Racial Integrity Act of 1924
In 1924, the Virginia General Assembly enacted the Racial Integrity Act.
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Real property
In English common law, real property, real estate, immovable property or, solely in the US and Canada, realty, refers to parcels of land and any associated structures which are the property of a person.
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Rebecca Flemming
Rebecca Flemming is a Classicist.
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Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family is a 1976 novel written by Alex Haley.
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Rootschat
RootsChat is a free online genealogy forum for researching family history through collaboration.
Royal family
A royal family is the immediate family of kings/queens, emirs/emiras, sultans/sultanas, or raja/rani and sometimes their extended family.
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Salem witch trials
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693.
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Same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same legal sex.
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School
A school is both the educational institution and building designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers.
Scottish clan
A Scottish clan (from Scottish Gaelic clann, literally 'children', more broadly 'kindred') is a kinship group among the Scottish people.
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Shropshire
Shropshire (historically SalopAlso used officially as the name of the county from 1974–1980. The demonym for inhabitants of the county "Salopian" derives from this name. and abbreviated Shrops) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England, on the border with Wales.
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone, (also,; Salone) officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa.
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Sinosphere
The Sinosphere, also known as the Chinese cultural sphere, East Asian cultural sphere, or the Sinic world, encompasses multiple countries in East Asia and Southeast Asia that were historically heavily influenced by Chinese culture.
Social networking service
A social networking service (SNS), or social networking site, is a type of online social media platform which people use to build social networks or social relationships with other people who share similar personal or career content, interests, activities, backgrounds or real-life connections.
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Social Security (United States)
In the United States, Social Security is the commonly used term for the federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program and is administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA).
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Society of Genealogists
The Society of Genealogists (SoG) is a UK-based educational charity, founded in 1911Fowler, S., School of Advanced Study, University of London.
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Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation
The Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation (SMGF) was an independent DNA and genealogical research institution with the goal of demonstrating how the peoples of the world are related.
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Sovereignty
Sovereignty can generally be defined as supreme authority.
Spirit tablet
A spirit tablet, memorial tablet, or ancestral tablet is a placard that people used to designate the seat of a deity or past ancestor as well as to enclose it.
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Staffordshire
Staffordshire (postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England.
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Stocking frame
A stocking frame was a mechanical knitting machine used in the textiles industry.
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Surname
A surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family.
Tax
A tax is a mandatory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed on a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a governmental organization to collectively fund government spending, public expenditures, or as a way to regulate and reduce negative externalities.
Telephone directory
A telephone directory, commonly called a telephone book, telephone address book, phonebook, or the white and yellow pages, is a listing of telephone subscribers in a geographical area or subscribers to services provided by the organization that publishes the directory.
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The American Genealogist
The American Genealogist is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal which focuses on genealogy and family history.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is the largest Latter Day Saint denomination, tracing its roots to its founding by Joseph Smith during the Second Great Awakening.
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The Genealogist
The Genealogist is a bi-annual genealogical journal founded in 1980 by Neil D. Thompson, a fellow of the American Society of Genealogists (ASG).
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The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail
The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail (published as Holy Blood, Holy Grail in the United States) is a book by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln.
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The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record is a scholarly publication devoted to the interests of American genealogy and biography.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple
Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple (श्री त्र्यंबकेश्वर ज्योतिर्लिंग मंदिर) is an ancient Hindu temple in the town of Trimbak, in the Trimbakeshwar tehsil in the Nashik District of Maharashtra, India, 28 km from the city of Nashik and 40 km from Nashik road.
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Unisex name
A unisex name (also known as an epicene name, a gender-neutral name or an androgynous name) is a given name that is not gender-specific.
United States census
The United States census (plural censuses or census) is a census that is legally mandated by the Constitution of the United States.
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Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh ('North Province') is a state in northern India.
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Varanasi
Varanasi (ISO:,; also Benares, Banaras or Kashi) is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world.
Veneration of the dead
The veneration of the dead, including one's ancestors, is based on love and respect for the deceased.
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Vital record
Vital records are records of life events kept under governmental authority, including birth certificates, marriage licenses (or marriage certificates), separation agreements, divorce certificates or divorce party and death certificates.
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Volunteering
Volunteering is a voluntary act of an individual or group freely giving time and labor, often for community service.
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Voting
Voting is a method by which a group, such as a meeting or an electorate, convenes together for the purpose of making a collective decision or expressing an opinion usually following discussions, debates or election campaigns.
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in North America.
Whakapapa
Whakapapa, or genealogy, is a fundamental principle in Māori culture.
Will and testament
A will and testament is a legal document that expresses a person's (testator) wishes as to how their property (estate) is to be distributed after their death and as to which person (executor) is to manage the property until its final distribution.
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William Morrow and Company
William Morrow and Company is an American publishing company founded by William Morrow in 1926.
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Workhouse
In Britain and Ireland, a workhouse (lit. "poor-house") was an institution where those unable to support themselves financially were offered accommodation and employment.
Xinhua News Agency
Xinhua News Agency (English pronunciation),J.
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Y chromosome
The Y chromosome is one of two sex chromosomes in therian mammals and other organisms.
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1890 United States census
The 1890 United States census was taken beginning June 2, 1890.
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1940 United States census
The 1940 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 132,164,569, an increase of 7.6 percent over the 1930 population of 122,775,046 people.
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1950 United States census
The 1950 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 151,325,798, an increase of 14.5 percent over the 131,669,275 persons enumerated during the 1940 census.
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