Ahnentafel, Banns, Dropsy, Gedcom, Messuage and Tenement are all terms that most family history researchers are familiar with.
How many of these Genealogical terms beginning with "J" do you know?
Jack
Jackson White
Jarl
Jiereschieve
Joined Stool
Jointure
Jongleur
Julian Calendar
Jund
Justicar
You can find the meanings in the Rootsweb Dictionary of Genealogy & Archaic Terms.
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Well as I'm not in to genealogy they are all lost on me.
ReplyDeleteLol. Thanks for reading my posts anyway.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I didn't know any of the J terms either and looked them up.
Hmm, I recognized 3 of the J terms. I didn't realize Rootsweb has a dictionary of archaic terms. Usually I just Google but many times there is no satisfactory answer. Next time I'll know better to go straight to Rootsweb.
ReplyDeleteI am impressed Wendy! I think knowing 3 is excellent :)
DeleteI have heard of the Julian Calendar but couldn't tell you the difference. The rest I would have to look up.
ReplyDeleteYou did one better than me!
DeleteWhat an interesting theme! Thanks for visiting my Blog.
ReplyDeleteA month of Blog...
The only one I recognized was Julian Calendar. All the rest looked like jibberish to me (another fun J word!). :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you for dropping by Jocelyn. I look forward to reading your next contronym.
DeleteJust the Julian Calendar. Looks like I have some homework to do!
ReplyDeleteIt is intriguing to see the way that language has changed over the years
DeleteEvery business has it's own jargon. You have to educate yourself just to understand what is going on.
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