35 source terms
Genealogy glossary
Plain-English definitions for archive, parish, probate, land and census terminology.
Structured for place, source and repository research. Factual links checked 29 July 2026.
How to use this section
These definitions help interpret catalogues and source descriptions. Historical practice varies, so a glossary definition should be read alongside the record creator, date and repository notes.
Throughout the section, indexes are treated as finding aids. The fullest available image, certificate or original source should be checked before a claim is accepted.
Directory
35 entries
Every entry has a stable URL, a visible source block and a verification date.
- Administration
- Peculiar
- Apportionment
- Banns
- Baptism
- Bishop Transcript
- Burial Register
- Calendar Of Probate
- Catalogue Reference
- PCC
- Chapelry
- Civil Registration
- IGI
- Settlement Examination
- Deanery
- Denomination
- Enumerator Book
- Finding Aid
- Folio
- Grant Of Probate
- Hundred
- Index
- Jurisdiction
- Manor
- Nonconformist
- Manorial Court Roll
- Parish
- Parish Chest
- Poor Law Union
- Quarter Sessions
- Repository
- Settlement Certificate
- Tithe Map
- Transcription
- Vestry Minutes
Coverage note: this directory describes sources and access routes. It does not assert that every series survives, is digitised, or contains a particular person.
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Links and stated coverage checked 2026-07-29. A coverage date is not evidence of complete survival.