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Family ancestry
Systematic research and trace of past events relating families and their history.
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Family ancestry
christening
Genealogy; Family ancestry
Christian ceremony of baptizing and giving a name to an infant. See also baptism.
testate
Genealogy; Family ancestry
Adjective, having left a valid will. When he has died testate, or leaving a will that has been probated, the property passes by devise to the person or persons so designated in the will. .
burial record
Genealogy; Family ancestry
A formal account normally kept by a church of burials that occurred in their congregation. Besides the names of the deceased, it may contain the age of the person at death, their birth date, cause of ...
stepchild
Genealogy; Family ancestry
The child of a person's spouse by a previous marriage; stepdaughter or stepson.
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.
will
Genealogy; Family ancestry
A legal statement of a person's wishes concerning the disposal of his or her property after death.
