Ancestry's Concise Genealogical Dictionary

Is your research time wasted looking up words like “beamster” “grimgribber” “anascara” and “wainbote” in regular dictionaries? Ever heard of a “gossips wheel” or a “shanks mare”? These and other unusual terms are defined in Ancestrys Concise Genealogical Dictionary. You will find this book a useful and entertaining reference. The authors spent years collecting researching and verifying definitions of terms they discovered while researching cemetery probate court medical and other records. The mystery of terms and abbreviations that many researchers face has been solved with this essential quick-reference source geared to the needs of the genealogist. Now you can have at your fingertips accurate and easy-to-find definitions for troublesome or unfamiliar words encountered in the research process. With thousands of concise definitions all arranged alphabetically this dictionary is an essential for any genealogists home office or briefcase.