Genealogy Glossary : A
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abstract : shortened transcription of a document or record.
ad litem : legal term meaning in this case only.
adm. or admin. (abbr) : administrator, administration.
admon. (abbr) : letters of administration.
administration
: a court action used to settle the estate of a person who died without
leaving a will.
affidavit : a written or oral statement made under oath.
ahnentafel : an ancestor table. Text-based table of the ancestry of an individual.
ahnentafel number : the unique number assigned to each
position in an ancestor table.
a.k.a. : also known as; alias.
alien : a citizen of another country.
ancestor : a person from whom you descend.
ancestry : all of your ancestors.
anon. (abbr) : anonymous.
annotation : additional notes illuminating the text.
appr. (abbr) : appraisal; appraisment.
assignment : grant of property, rights or privilege to another person.
authenticate : to prove a document is not a forgery.
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