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Family ancestry
Systematic research and trace of past events relating families and their history.
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codicil
Genealogy; Family ancestry
An addition to a will to change, explain, revoke or add provisions which overrule the provisions in the original will.
double date
Genealogy; Family ancestry
A double date appears on some documents as a result of two changes introduced by the adoption of the Gregorian calendar, introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 to resolve the error caused by the ...
primogeniture
Genealogy; Family ancestry
1. The state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents 2. An exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest son.
peerage
Genealogy; Family ancestry
A book containing a list of peers with their genealogy, history, and titles.
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