KNOX


COUNTY


TENNESSEE

KNOX


COUNTY


TENNESSEE

KNOX


COUNTY


TENNESSEE

KNOX


COUNTY


TENNESSEE

KNOX


COUNTY


TENNESSEE

American History &

Genealogy Project

DICTIONARIES: GENEALOGICAL TERMS

  • Maiden Name - a girl's last name or surname before she marries.
  • Manuscript - a composition written with the hand as an ancient book or a non-printed modern book or music.
  • Marriage Bond - a financial guarantee that no impediment to the marriage existed, furnished by the intended bridegroom or by his friends.
  • Maternal - related through one's mother.
  • Messuage - a dwelling house.
  • Metes & Bounds - property described by natural boundaries, such as 3 notches in a white oak tree, etc.
  • Microfiche - sheet of microfilm with greatly reduced images of pages of documents.
  • Microfilm - reproduction of documents on film at reduced size.
  • Migrant - person who moves from place to place, usually in search of work.
  • Migrate - to move from one country or state or region to another.
  • Militia - citizens of a state who are not part of the national military forces but who can be called into military service in an emergency; a citizen army, apart from the regular military forces.
  • Minor - one who is under legal age; not yet a legal adult.
  • Mister - in early times, a title of respect given only to those who held important civil officer or who were of gentle blood.
  • Moiety - a half; an indefinite portion.
  • Mortality - death; death rate.
  • Mortality Schedules - enumeration of persons who died during the year prior to June 1 of 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 in each state of the United States, conducted by the bureau of census.
  • Mortgage - a conditional transfer of title to real property as security for payment of a debt.

Source: Provided by Dan Burrows.

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