Use the terminology tag for questions related to the meaning of words within the context of genealogy/family history. Be careful not to ask questions that can answered with a simple dictionary search.
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What is the difference between 'genealogy' and 'family history'?
The name of this StackExchange site is 'Genealogy and Family History". That is two things instead of one. Why? What is the difference between those two things.
I want to know, because the definitions we hold both shape, and are shaped by, the…
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What is the English equivalent to the German term “Spitzenahn”?
In German, Spitzenahn (plural Spitzenahnen) describes an ancestor (male or female) without parents that are known to you. It is not necessarily a brick wall (or an orphan with never known parents), although it can be. It’s the current limit of your…
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Renaming Family when people have not thought of others as part of their Family?
Some (most) Family Tree software uses the term Family regularly in reports and display. An example is Family Historian with Family Work Sheet and Family of Individual.
I have people who are not happy with the term Family for some of their…
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