Sample sentences for GENEALOGY

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Definition

family ancestry or its study

genealogy = the study of family ancestry (parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc.)

The researcher is utilizing a database that combines genealogy records with vital statistics including cause-of-death.

genealogy = family ancestry (parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc.)

In recent weeks I've developed a great liking for family trees and the genealogical tables of royal families.
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl

genealogical = related to family ancestry (the record of parents, grandparents, great-grandparents...)

Deborah grabbed several photocopied pages from a genealogy how-to book and...
Rebecca Skloot -- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

genealogy = the study of family ancestry (family trees)

My entire genealogy file, my notebooks, my books, everything was afloat.
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl

genealogy = family ancestry or its study

Since I had some time left, I glanced through a genealogical chart:
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl

genealogical = related to family ancestry or its study

genealogical = related to family ancestry or its study

Besides that, I finished the first volume of a biography of Emperor Charles V yesterday, and I still have to work out the many genealogical charts I've collected and the notes I've taken.
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl

genealogical = related to family ancestry or its study

"I'm not great at genealogy," he said, "but I can go as far back as that."
Oppenheim, E. Phillips -- The Malefactor
Perhaps some genealogist of the future will come across this patch of bones and wonder why so many fishermen died on the prairies.
Joy Kogawa -- Obasan
Oh, thou magnanimous! now I do glory in my genealogy.
Herman Melville -- Moby Dick
Perfect trove of information about New York history—dates, names, genealogies.
Donna Tartt -- The Goldfinch
GENEALOGY On the fourth day after leaving Farthen Dur, Eragon and Saphira arrived in Ellesmera.
Christopher Paolini -- Brisingr
But it is a vital, frisky city unburdened by the pretensions and the genealogical sinuosities of Charleston.
Pat Conroy -- The Lords of Discipline
I saw him in the genealogy room earlier.
Veronica Roth -- Allegiant
After Sir Bliant had ridden away, King Pelles stumped upstairs to do some biblical genealogy.
T. H. White -- The Once and Future King
I am not a genealogist, but if these preachers tell truth, we are all second cousins.
Voltaire -- Candide
It was an elaborate genealogy.
Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code
He waved his hand, dismissing genealogies.
Megan Whalen Turner -- Queen of Attolia
"Here is a true American genealogy for you," said Marmaduke, laughing.
James Fenimore Cooper -- The Pioneers

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