Family ancestry

Family ancestry

Systematic research and trace of past events relating families and their history.

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soundex

Genealogy; Family ancestry

A filing system, usually for recording surnames, using one letter followed by three numbers. The Soundex system keeps together names of the same and/or similar sounds, but of variant spellings.

witness

Genealogy; Family ancestry

An individual present at an event such as a marriage or the signing of a document who can vouch that the event took place.

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.

sibling

Genealogy; Family ancestry

Collective name for brothers or sisters within a family.

A numbering system used to identify each individual in a family tree. The formula states that an individual's father is twice that individual's number, and that an individual's mother is twice that ...