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Family ancestry
Systematic research and trace of past events relating families and their history.
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Intestate
Genealogy; Family ancestry
1. Having made no valid will. 2. Not disposed of by will. 3. When an owner of real property has died intestate, title to the property is said to pass by descent to the heirs. See also testate.
Cadastra
Genealogy; Family ancestry
A public record, survey or map for tax purposes showing ownership and value of land.
Widower
Genealogy; Family ancestry
A man whose wife has died; particularly such a man who has not yet remarried.
Pedigree
Genealogy; Family ancestry
1. A list of ancestors; record of ancestry; family tree 2. Descent; lineage; ancestry 3. A recorded or known line of descent.
Marriage banns
Genealogy; Family ancestry
A religious tradition by which engaged couples had to announce their intention to marry. This announcement allowed anyone in the congregation to voice their protest. The marriage banns normally took ...
Tithe
Genealogy; Family ancestry
A tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment.
Christening
Genealogy; Family ancestry
Christian ceremony of baptising and giving a name to an infant. See also baptism.
