A Glossary of Genealogical Terms: Difference between revisions

*Finnish word for "forenoon."

*Afrikaans word for "to."

*Dutch word for "upon, to."

*Dutch word for "day of confirmation."

*Afrikaans word for "betrothed, future (husband/wife), next."

*Dutch word for "next, toward, following, expectant, future, impending."

*Dutch word for "stroke, attack."

*Afrikaans word for "earth (buried in)."

*Dutch word for "earth (buried in), ground."

*Done away with, discontinued.

===== abs  =====

===== administração  =====

*Portuguese word for "administration."

===== alacsony  =====

*Hungarian word for "short."

===== alaikäinen  =====

*Finnish word for "minor, underaged."

===== alapos  =====

*Hungarian word for "thorough."

===== alatt  =====

*Hungarian word for "under, before, during."

===== albacea  =====

*Spanish word for "executor of estate."

===== Albarazado  =====

*A term used in Catholic church registers to describe a person from Spanish-speaking Latin America whose ancestry is a mix of Indian and Caucasian. Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate

===== albañil  =====

*Spanish word for "stonemason."

===== albei  =====

*Afrikaans word for "both."

===== albergatore  =====

*Italian word for "innkeeper."

===== albero genealogico  =====

*Italian word for "pedigree."ays accurate.

===== albo  =====

*Polish word for "or."

===== albus  =====

*Latin word for "white."

===== American Lutheran Church Archives (ALC Archives)  =====

*The central archives of the American Lutheran Church.

===== alcalde  =====

*Spanish word for "mayor."

===== alcunha  =====

*Portuguese word for "name."

===== alcuni, -e  =====

*Italian word for "some."

===== alcuno, -a  =====

*Italian word for "any, some."

===== aldea  =====

*Spanish word for "village."

===== alder  =====

*Danish and Norwegian word for "age."

===== alderdomssvaghed  =====

*Danish word for "weakness from old age."

===== alderdomssvakhet  =====

*Norwegian word for "weakness of old age."

===== aldri  =====

*Danish and Norwegian word for "never."

===== aldrig  =====

*Swedish word for "never."

===== aldur  =====

*Icelandic word for "age."

===== ale  =====

*Polish and Czech word for "but."

===== alemannus  =====

*Latin word for "German."

===== alemán (a)  =====

*Spanish word for "German."

===== alemão (a)  =====

*Portuguese word for "German."

===== Aleuts  =====

*The native people who have traditionally lived on the Aleutian Islands, off the coast of Alaska. The Aleuts call themselves Unangan, meaning "we the people." Though they are descended from the Eskimos, the Aleuts speak a different language.

===== alfaiate  =====

*Portuguese word for "tailor."

===== alfarero  =====

*Spanish word for "potter."

===== Algerie  =====

*French word for "Algeria."

===== algodão  =====

*Portuguese word for "cotton."

===== algodón  =====

*Spanish word for "cotton."

===== algum (a)  =====

*Portuguese word for "some."

===== algún (o, a)  =====

*Spanish word for "some, someone."

===== alhier  =====

*Dutch word for "here, at this place, locally."

===== ali  =====

*Portuguese word for "there."

===== alias, Afrikaans  =====

*Afrikaans word for "alias, known as, otherwise."

===== alias, Italian  =====

*Italian word for "alias, also known as."

===== alias, Latin  =====

*Latin word for "also, otherwise, or, at, another, called."

===== alibi  =====

*Latin word for "elsewhere, at another time."

===== alité  =====

*French word for "bedridden."

===== aliud (alius)  =====

*Latin word for "other, another."

===== all'uopo  =====

*Italian word for "to this end."

===== alla  =====

*Finnish word for "under."

===== alla nascita  =====

*Italian word for "time of birth."

===== alla, allt  =====

*Swedish word for "all."

===== alle  =====

*Danish, German, and Norwegian word for "all."

===== alle ore  =====

*Italian word for "at the hour."

===== alle ore sedici  =====

*Italian word for "at the sixteenth hour (4:00 p.m.)."

===== alle, Dutch  =====

*Dutch word for "all, every."

===== alleen, Afrikaans  =====

*Afrikaans word for "alone, single."

===== alleen, Dutch  =====

*Dutch word for "alone, single, only."

===== allegati  =====

*Italian word for "supplements."

===== Allegheny Mountains (Alleghenies)  =====

*The mountain range that runs from Pennsylvania to Virginia. It is part of the Appalachian mountain range that extends from Maine to Alabama.

===== Allegheny Mountains (Alleghenies)  =====

*The mountain range that runs from Pennsylvania to Virginia. It is part of the Appalachian mountain range that extends from Maine to Alabama.

===== allekirjoittanut  =====

*Finnish word for "undersigned."

===== Allemand(e)  =====

*French word for "German."

===== allemania  =====

*Latin word for "Germany."

===== alles  =====

*Afrikaans word for "all, everything."

===== allevatore  =====

*Italian word for "animal feeder."

===== allhier  =====

*German word for "in this place."

===== alliance  =====

*French word for "marriage."

===== allora  =====

*Italian word for "then."

===== alltid  =====

*Norwegian and Swedish word for "always."

===== allá  =====

*Spanish word for "there."

===== allí  =====

*Spanish word for "there."

===== alma, Portuguese  =====

*Portuguese word for "soul, person."

===== alma, Spanish  =====

*Spanish word for "soul, inhabitant."

===== almeno  =====

*Italian word for "at least."

===== almisse  =====

*Danish and Norwegian word for "charity."

===== almisselem  =====

*Norwegian word for "indigent, poor."

===== alquiler, renta  =====

*Spanish word for "rent."

===== Alsacien(ne)  =====

*French word for "Alsatian."

===== alsó  =====

*Hungarian word for "lower."

===== alt-katholisch  =====

*German word for "old Catholic."

===== alt, Danish  =====

*Danish word for "all."

===== alt, German  =====

*German word for "old."

===== altare  =====

*Latin word for "altar."

===== Altbürger  =====

*German word for "full citizen."

===== Alter, German  =====

*German word for "age."

===== alter, Latin  =====

*Latin word for "the next, the other."

===== altera die  =====

*Latin word for "on the next day."

===== altergang  =====

*Norwegian word for "Communion."

===== Altersschwäche  =====

*German word for "weakness of old age."

===== altid  =====

*Danish word for "always."

===== altijd, steeds  =====

*Dutch word for "always."

===== alto (a), Portuguese  =====

*Portuguese word for "high."

===== alto, Italian  =====

*Italian word for "high."

===== altre volte  =====

*Italian word for "formerly."

===== altresì  =====

*Italian word for "also, too."

===== altro  =====

*Italian word for "other, else."

===== altura  =====

*Portuguese and Spanish word for "height."

===== altyd  =====

*Afrikaans word for "always."

===== alue  =====

*Finnish word for "region, district."

===== aluguél  =====

*Portuguese word for "rent."

===== alulirott  =====

*Hungarian word for "undersigned."

===== alus  =====

*Finnish word for "ship."

===== alutarius  =====

*Latin word for "tanner."

===== aláirás  =====

*Hungarian word for "signature."

===== além  =====

*Portuguese word for "beyond."

===== amanhã  =====

*Portuguese word for "tomorrow."

===== amanuense  =====

*Spanish word for "scribe, clerk."

===== amarelo (a)  =====

*Portuguese word for "yellow."

===== amarillo (a)  =====

*Spanish word for "yellow."

===== ambagsman  =====

*Afrikaans word for "artisan, tradesman, workman."

===== ambedue  =====

*Italian word for "both."

===== ambo  =====

*Latin word for "both, two together."

===== ambos (as)  =====

*Portuguese and Spanish word for "both."

===== ambt  =====

*Dutch word for "office."

===== ambtenaar  =====

*Dutch word for "official, registrar, civil servant, clerk."

===== ami(e)  =====

*French word for "friend."

===== amico, -a  =====

*Italian word for "friend."

===== amigo (a)  =====

*Portuguese and Spanish word for "friend."