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 This list contains Latin words with their English translations. The words included here are those that you are likely to find in genealogical sources. If the word (or some form of it) that you are looking for is not on this list, please consult a Latin-English dictionary. (See the "Additional Resources" section below.)
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 Many resources exist that will help you read Latin genealogical records. One of these is the [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/researchcourses Reading Handwritten Records Series] of free online classes available at familysearch.org. This series includes one interactive lesson about Latin words and phrases, which includes a printable handout of key words and phrases.
 Another resource is the National Archives of England, they have 12 online lessons covering&nbsp;latin records from 1086 to 1733, each lesson provides step by step instructions and is listed under the title of "[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/latin/beginners/tutorial/default.htm Beginners' Latin Tutorial]".
+The Internet can be of great assistance in trying to translate Latin.&nbsp; There are some dictionaries and word lists as well as some sites that will translate for you.&nbsp; One good website is William Whitaker's Words, http://archives.nd.edu/words.html, for translating words.&nbsp; Www.sunsite.ubc.ca/LatinDictionary/HyperText/latin-dict-full.html and&nbsp;http://archives.nd.edu/latgramm.htm are Latin dictionaries.&nbsp; It is important to remember with using any of these websites that you have to be careful about accepting the meaning.&nbsp; Be sure that the meaning makes sense with what you are trying to translate.<br><br>
 Latin is the mother language for many modern European languages. Many words in English, Spanish, French, and other languages resemble Latin words and have the same or similar meanings.
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 Some words can be either masculine or feminine, such as ''patrinus'' (godfather) and ''patrina'' (godmother). This word list usually gives only the male form even though a female form may occur in Latin records. Thus, given the word ''famulus'' (servant), you can conclude that ''famula'' is a female servant. Similarly, this word list gives only ''natus est'' ("he was born"). You can conclude that ''nata est'' means "she was born." The plural form ''nati sunt'' means "they were born."
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 ==== Plurals  ====
 Plural forms of Latin words usually end in ''-i, -ae, or -es''. Thus ''patrinus'' (godfather) becomes ''patrini'' (godparents), ''filia'' (daughter) becomes ''filiae'' (daughters), and ''pater'' (father) becomes ''patres'' (fathers). However, these same endings may also indicate other grammatical changes besides plurality.
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