Latin Genealogical Word List: Difference between revisions

This word list includes only the words ''most commonly found in genealogical sources''. For further help, use a Latin-English dictionary. Latin-English dictionaries are available on each floor of the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]]. The call numbers begin with 473.21.  

The following Latin-English dictionary is available on microfilm for use in [[Finding_a_Family_History_Center|Family History Centers]]:  

*Ainsworth, Robert. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Ainsworth%27s+Latin+Dictionary&fq=&dblist=638&qt=first_page Ainsworth's Latin Dictionary]'', Revised Edition. London, England: F. Westly and A.H. Davis, 1836. ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=232221&disp=Thesaurus+linguae+latinae+compendiarius%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book British Ref 473Ai65a 1836; film 599,788].)

Additional dictionaries are listed under [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=subjectdetails&subject=318014&subject_disp=Latin+language+-+Dictionaries&columns=*,0,0 LATIN LANGUAGE - DICTIONARIES] in the [[Family_History_Library_Catalog_Subject_Search|Subject Search]] of the [[Introduction_to_the_Family_History_Library_Catalog|Family History Library Catalog]]. Most bookstores carry useful, inexpensive Latin-English dictionaries.  

*Baxter, J. H. and Charles Johnson. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1346776&referer=brief_results Medieval Latin Word-List From British and Irish Sources]''. London, England: Oxford University Press, n.d. ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=375371&disp=Medieval+Latin+word-list+from+British+%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 942 A8bm].)

*Grun, Paul A. ''Schlüssel zur alten und neuen Abkürzungen : Wörterbuch lateinischer und deutscher Abkürzungen des späten Mittlealters und der Neuzeit''. Limburg/Lahn, Germany: Starke Verlag, 1966. ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=162328&disp=Schl%C3%BCssel+zu+alten+und+neuen+Abk%C3%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 943 B4gg vol. 6].) Key to ancient and modern abbreviations: Dictionary of Latin and German abbreviations of the late middle age and modern times.

*Jensen, C. Russell. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20991732&referer=brief_results Parish Register Latin: An Introduction]''. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Vita Nova Books, 1988. ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=679906&disp=Parish+register+Latin%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 475 J453p].) A guide to understanding Latin as it appears in continental European church records.