Ancestor, Ancestress

An Ancestor or Ancestress is a person from whom one is descended. An Uncle or a Great Aunt for example are not ancestors, but a grandfather or a great grandmother is.

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Descendant

A descendent is any child, grandchildren, great grandchildren etc. of a particular person

Family

A family is a group of people sharing the same surname, and are all descended from one particular male or female ancestor.  

Family History

Family history is a record of family events and activities through the ages. It is not, although important, just a collection of birth, marriage and death dates. 

Family Tree

A diagram showing male line(s) of descent. A family tree does not show all of a person's ancestors  -  this would be a Blood Descent diagram.

Genealogy

Is the study of family history and family research.

Sibling

A sibling means a brother or sister.

Transcript

A copy of a document made by typing or handwriting.
It  should include any errors made on the original.

A photocopy is not a transcript. 

Whilst every effort has been made to try to ensure the accuracy of the information on these Family History pages, records cannot  be guaranteed as being completely correct. 

However, nearly all of the records have either been checked against original data sources, or the information has been collected from those who were living at the time that the record was made. You are strongly advised to make your own checks to validate this information. 

The author would be happy to receive details of any identified errors.