DICTIONARIES: GENEALOGICAL TERMS
- Emigrant - one leaving a country and moving to another.
- Enumeration - listing or counting , such as a census.
- Epitaph - an inscription on or at a tomb or grave in memory of the one buried there.
- Escheat - the reversion of property to the state when there are no qualified heirs.
- Estate - all property and debts belonging to a person.
- Et Al - Latin for "and others".
- Et Ux - Latin for "and wife".
- Executor - one appointed in a will to carry out its provisions.
- Fee - an estate of inheritance in land, being either fee simple or fee tail. An estate in land held of a feudal lord on condition of the performing of certain services.
- Fee Simple - an absolute ownership without restriction.
- Fee Tail - An estate of inheritance limited to lineal descendant heirs of a person to whom it was granted.
- Fraternity - group of men (or women) sharing a common purpose or interest.
- Free Hold - an estate in fee simple, in fee tail, or for life.
- Gazetteer - a geographical dictionary; a book giving names and descriptions of places usually in alphabetical order.
- Gentleman - a man well born.
- Given Name - name given to a person at birth or baptism, one's first and middle names.
- Glebe - land belonging to a parish church.
- Grantee - one who buys property or receives a grant.
- Grantor - one who sells property or makes a grant.
- Guardian - person appointed to care for and manage property of a minor orphan or an adult incompetent of managing his own affairs.
Source: Provided by Dan Burrows.
