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• Genealogy Terms

• genealogyPro Glossary of Genealogy Terms

• German Study Group / German Words

• German Word List | Learn | FamilySearch.org

• German-English Genealogical Dictionary

  A book by Ernest Thode.

• Glossary

  Online searchable glossary from the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana.

• Glossary of Scottish terms of interest to genealogists

  From the Scottish Archives Network.

• Glossary of Terms used in past times

  From the United Kingdom.

• Glossary of Unusual Words Found in Wills etc.

• Hungary Genealogical Word List | Learn | FamilySearch.org

• Icelandic Word List | Learn | FamilySearch.org

• Italian Genealogical Word List | Learn | FamilySearch.org

  This list contains Italian words with their English translations. The words included here are those that you are likely to find in genealogical sources.

• Kentuckiana Genealogy - Genealogy Glossary

• Land Records Glossary

  From the Georgia Archives.

• Latin Genealogical Word List | Learn | FamilySearch.org

• Latin Genealogy Glossary

• Latin in Parish Records

  Article by Alison U. Ring.

• Latin Words from Belgium Parish Registers Translations to Flemish/Dutch/Vlaams & English

• List of Abbreviations and Acronyms - Ancestry.com Wiki

  This article originally appeared in "Appendix A: Selected Abbreviations and Acronyms" in The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy

• Martin's Norwegian Genealogy Dictionary

  This dictionary contains words related to genealogy. Most of the words are not likely to appear in a common dictionary. However, to be able to make a translation you will also need a common dictionary. Abbreviation NN means Nynorsk (one of Norway's two official languages).