> >>MAIDEN NAME - A girl's last name or surname before she marries. >>MANUSCRIPT - A composition written with the hand as an ancient >>book or an >>un-printed modern book or music. >>MARRIAGE BOND - A financial guarantee that no impediment to the >>marriage >>existed, furnished by the intended bridegroom or by his friends. >>MATERNAL - Related through one's mother, such as a Maternal >>grandmother >>being the mother's mother. >>MEASUREMENTS - Link - 7.92 inches; Chain - 100 Links or 66 >>feet; >>Furlong - 1000 Links or 660 feet; Rod - 5 1/2 yds or 16 1/2 ft >>(also >>called a perch or pole); Rood - From 5 1/2 yards to 8 yards, >>depending >>on locality; Acre - 43,560 square ft or 160 square rods. >>MESSUAGE - A dwelling house. >>METES & BOUNDS - Property described by natural boundaries, such >>as 3 >>notches in a white oak tree, etc. >>MICROFICHE - Sheet of microfilm with greatly reduced images of >>pages of >>documents. >>MICROFILM - Reproduction of documents on film at reduced size. >>MIGRANT - Person who moves from place to place, usually in search >>of work >>MIGRATE - To move from one country or state or region to another. >>(Noun : >>migration) >>MILITIA - Citizens of a state who are not part of the national >>military >>forces but who can be called into military service in an >>emergency; a >>citizen army, apart from the regular military forces. >>MINOR - One who is under legal age; not yet a legal adult. >>MISTER - In early times, a title of respect given only to those >>who held >>important civil officer or who were of gentle blood. >>MOIETY - A half; an indefinite portion >>MORTALITY - Death; death rate. >>MORTALITY SCHEDULES - Enumeration of persons who died during the >>year >>prior to June 1 of 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 in each state of >>the United >>States, conducted by the bureau of census. >>MORTGAGE - A conditional transfer of title to real property as >>security >>for payment of a debt. >>MOTHER-IN-LAW - Mother of one's spouse. >>NAMESAKE - Person named after another person. >>NECROLOGY - Listing or record of persons who have died recently >>NEE - Used to identify a woman's maiden name; born with the >>surname >>of.NEPHEW - Son of one's brother or sister. >>NIECE - Daughter of one's brother or sister. >>NONCUPATIVE WILL - One declared or dictated by the testator, >>usually for >>persons in last sickness, sudden illness, or military. >>ORPHAN - Child whose parents are dead; sometimes, a child who has >>lost >>one parent by death. >>ORPHAN'S COURT - Orphans being recognized as wards of the states, >> >>provisions were made for them in special courts. >>PASSENGER LIST - A ships list of passengers, usually referring to >>those >>ships arriving in the US from Europe. >>PATENT - Grant of land from a government to an individual. >>PATERNAL - Related to one's father. Paternal grandmother is the >>father's >>mother. >>PATRIOT - One who loves his country and supports its interests. >>PEDIGREE - Family tree; ancestry. >>PENSION - Money paid regularly to an individual, especially by a >>government as reward for military service during wartime or upon >>retirement from government service. >>PENSIONER - One who receives a pension. >>PERCH - See measurements. >>POLE - See measurements. >>POLL - List or record of persons, especially for taxing or >>voting. >>POST - Latin prefix meaning after, as in post-war economy. >>POSTERITY - Descendants; those who come after. >>POWER OF ATTORNEY - When a person in unable to act for himself, >>he >>appoints another to act in his behalf. >>PRE - Latin prefix meaning before, as in pre-war military >>build-up. >>PRE-EMOTION RIGHTS - Right given by the federal government to >>citizens to >>buy a quarter section of land or less. >>PROBATE - Having to do with wills and the administration of >>estates. >>PROGENITOR - A direct ancestor. >>PROGENY - Descendants of a common ancestor; issue. >>PROVED WILL - A will established as genuine by probate court. >>PROVOST - A person appointed to superintend, or preside over >>something. >>PROXIMO - In the following month, in the month after the present >>one. >>PUBLIC DOMAIN - Land owned by the government. >>QUAKER - Member of the Religious Society of Friends. >>QUITCLAIM - A deed conveying the interest of the party at that >>time. >>RECTOR - A clergyman; the ruler or governor of a country. >>RELICT - Widow; surviving spouse when one has died, husband or >>wife. >>REPUBLIC - Government in which supreme authority lies with the >>people or >>their elected representatives. >>REVOLUTIONARY WAR - U.S. war for independence from Great Britain >>1775 - >>1783. >>ROD - See measurements. >>ROOD - See measurements. >>SHAKER - Member of a religious group formed in 1747 which >>practiced >>communal living and celibacy. >>SIBLING - Person having one or both parents in common with >>another; a >>brother or sister. >>SIC - Latin meaning thus; copied exactly as the original reads. >>Often >>suggests a mistake or surprise in the original. >>SON-IN-LAW - Husband of one's daughter. >>SPINSTER - A woman still unmarried; or one who spins. >>SPONSOR - A bondsman; surety. >>SPOUSE - Husband or wife. >>STATUTE - Law. >>STEP-BROTHER / STEP-SISTER - Child of one's step-father or >>step-mother. >>STEP-CHILD - Child of one's husband or wife from a previous >>marriage. >>STEP-FATHER - Husband of one's mother by a later marriage. >>STEP-MOTHER - Wife of one's father by a later marriage. >>SURNAME - Family name or last name. >>TERRITORY - Area of land owned by the united States, not a state, >>but >>having its own legislature and governor. >>TESTAMENTARY - Pertaining to a will. >>TESTATE - A person who dies leaving a valid will. >>TESTATOR - A person who makes a valid will before his death. >>TITHABLE - Taxable. >>TITHE - Formerly, money due as a tax for support of the clergy or >>church. >>TORY - Loyalist; one who supported the British side in the >>American >>Revolution. >>TOWNSHIP - A division of U.S. public land that contained 36 >>sections, or >>36 square miles. Also a subdivision of the county in many >>Northeastern >>and Midwestern states of the U.S. >>TRADITION - The handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, >>customs, >>genealogies, etc. from generation to generation, especially by >>word of >>mouth. >>TRANSCRIBE - To make a copy in writing. >>ULTIMO - In the month before this one. >>UNION - The United States; also the North during the Civil War, >>the >>states which did not secede. >>VERBATIM - Word for word; in the same words, verbally. >>VITAL RECORDS - Records of birth, death, marriage or divorce. >>VITAL STATISTICS - Data dealing with birth, death, marriage or >>divorce. >>WAR BETWEEN THE STATES - U.S. Civil War, 1861 - 1865. >>WARD - Chiefly the division of a city for election purposes. >>WILL - Document declaring how a person wants his property divided >>after >>his death. >>WITNESS - One who is present at a transaction, such as a sale of >>land or >>signing of a will, who can testify or affirm that it actually >>took place. >>WPA HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY - A program undertaken by the US >>Government >>1935 - 1936 in which inventories were compiled of historical >>material. >>YEOMAN - A servant, an attendant or subordinate official in a >>royal >>household; a subordinate of a sheriff; an independent farmer. >> >> >> >