Use this section to add words/abbreviations with
their meanings, that you have found in your research, i.e. from
census returns, certificates, parish records and Latin words/meanings
etc.
| Word | Meaning |
| Ab Nepos | A great great Grandson
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| Ab Neptis | A great great Granddaughter
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| Abeyance | a condition of undetermined ownership, as of an estate that has not yet been assigned |
| Abstract | A statement summarizing the essential facts contained in a document or record |
| Abstract Book | Record book containing abstracts of the information contained on deeds or land entries, usually listed in alphabetical order b surnames of the purchasers |
| Aegrotantem | Illness - Sickness |
| Affidavit | A written and signed statement sworn in front of a court officer |
| BT | Bishops Transcript |
| Bundling | To sleep in the same bed while fully clothed, a practice commonly practices by engaged couples in early New England |
| Cadastral | A public record, survey or map for tax purposes showing the owenrship and value of land |
| Carman | Driver of horse-drawn vehicles for transporting goods. Carmen were often employed by railway companies for local deliveries and collections of goods and parcels. A person who drove horse-drawn trams was also called a Carman.
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| Chattels | Personal items which someone owns, such as clothes, furniture, books,
watches,jewellery and cars etc.
It does not include property, land, money or shares.
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| Circa | Approximately, around about |
| Codicil | An amendment or change by way of an addition to a Will which modifies or revokes the Will or part of one.
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| Febris Puerperalis | Childbed fever: Fever due to an infection usually of the placental site within the uterus. The fever is also called childbirth fever or puerperal fever. If the infection involves the bloodstream, it constitutes puerperal sepsis. In Latin a "puerpera" is a woman in childbirth since "puer" means child and "parere" means to give birth. The puerperium is the time immediately after the delivery of a baby. |
| Floor | The place for storing your priceless genealogy records |
| IGI | International Genealogical Index |
| KIA | Killed in action |
| Marshall Banns | Publication or posting of the announcement of a coming marriage, a period of time before the actual marriage, to allow advance notice to those that might have reason to protest. In most churchest the banns were read aloud in church on three successive Sundays |
| Spouse | A person someone is legally married to, i.e. a husband or a wife |
| VRI | Vital Records Index |
