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Genealogy Library: Reference Table

Common Foreign Language Terms by Mike Szelog November 2001 The following are some commonly found genealogical terms one will encounter in researching records. The Latin and Polish do not pose problems, however the Ukrainian and Russian terms have all been transliterated. All transliterations are standard unless noted otherwise. LATIN aetas - age agricola - farmer anno - year atque - and, and also bap. - baptised binomis - double name caelebs - single/unmarried cmethonis/cmet. - farmer cognomen - surname conditio - status/occupation copulatorum - marriages decanatus - deanery defunctus - dead domus - house delectus/del. - deceased dies - day eorum - their est - is et - and ex - from filia - daughter filius - son gemini - twins ibidem/ibid. - same place inquilinus - lodger/hired hand incola - inhabitant infans - infant juvenis - young man liber - book maritus - husband mater - mother mensis - month morbus - cause of death natus/nata - born naturalis - natural nomen - first name numerus - number obstetrix - midwife ordinarius - ordinary pagus - village paroecia/parochia - parish patrini - godparents puella - girl puer - boy religio - religion rusticus - farmer sepultus/sep. - burried sexus - sex sponsa - bride sponsus - bridegroom subditus - parish member testes - witnesses testimonium - certificate thorus - legitimate/illigitimate (?) uxor - wife vidua - widow viduus - widower Causes of Death: aeger - illness agrippo - pneumonia catarrhus - cattarh cholera - cholera convulsio - spasm debilitas - debility epidemic - epidemic febris - fever ictus - stroke ordinaria - ordinary (natural causes) pestilentia - epidemic phtisis - tb pustula - pox senectus - old age singultio - hiccup tabes - tb tussis - cough tyfus - typhus Occupations: agricola - farmer aucilla - maid nobilis - nobleman cauponius - innkeeper cmethonis - farmer coriarius - tanner curator - manager faber - artisan/smith faber ferra - blacksmith faber lignatus - carpenter iurator - assassor mendicus - beggar/needy magister - teacher/leader molitor - miller miles - soldier obstetrix - midwife pauper - pauper procurator - administrator rusticus - farmer scriba - scribe silvanus - forrester sutor - shoemaker textor - weaver vestiarius - tailor UKRAINIAN abo - or babka - midwife/grandmother vik - age bil'noho - single vdovets' - widower vdova - widow vinchanykh - those married den' - day dytyna - infant diwchina - girl don'ka - daughter joho - his jeji - her zhinka - wife z - from zan'att'e - occupation zakonnoho - legitimate i - and innoho - other im'a - name jikh - their matery - mother mis'ats' - month marom. - confirmation narechenyj - groom narechena - bride nezakonnoho - illegitimate otets' - father pryzvyshche - surname rodychej - parents rodu - family rok/rik - year rodychikhrestni - godparents syn - son svidotstvo - court smert' - death ctan - status urodlen - births khlopets' - boy khreshchen'a - baptism chyslo - number chyslo domu - house number RUSSIAN (pre 1917) Here I will use 2 for the hard sign, 6 for the soft sign and & for the letter "jęt" (looks like b but crossed like a t) brakosochetann'e - marriage/wedding brakov&nchanije - wedding blagochinstvo - deanery v2 - on/in/at v&nchanija - wedding/marriage vdova - widow vdovets6 - widower gorod2 - city god2 - year den'/dn'a - day d&ti - children jeparkhija - eparchy zhena - wife zhenat6 - married zhenskij - female zan'etije - occupation i - and ili - or im'a - given name kreshchenija - baptism l&t6 - age m&s'ats - month m&sto -place mat' - mother muzhskoj - male ot6 - from ot'ets2 - father otchestvo - patronymic pol2 - sex prikhod2 - parish rodils'a - born rodit'el' - parent rodu - family rozhed'enija - birth s2 - from svu&t'el' - witness s'elo - village syn2 - son sm'ert' - death um'er2/la - died urozhd'ennoj - birth/born u&zd - ujęzd familija - surmane kholost6 - single/unmarried ts'erkov6 - church POLISH With Polish, I have, for the sake of expedience, ommited the diacritics. akt - document akta matzenstwa - marriage doc. akta urodzien - birth doc. akta zgonow - death doc. chrzest. - baptism corka - daughter dom - house dziecie - child imie - name jego - his jej - her kwater - bachelor kosciol - church ksiadz - priest ksiega - book lata - years matka - mother maz - husband miasto - town meski - male miesiac - month nazwisko - surname nowozaslubiona - bride nowozaslubiony - groom ojciec - father parafia - parish rodzice - parent rok - year sad - court skorowidz - index slub - marriage smierc - death syn - son umart - died urodzien - births urzad - office w - in wdowa - widow wdowiec - widower wiek - age wies - village wyznamie - religion z - from zenski - female zgon - death zona - wife Related resources: Learning Center - Additional articles and materials on Records. Polish Alphabet - Compares Polish versus English alphabet. Includes audio files. This article is provided here with permission of the author.