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family ancestry or its study- The world wide web is making genealogy easier than ever.
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.
- 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
- Deborah grabbed several photocopied pages from a genealogy how-to book and...Rebecca Skloot -- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- My entire genealogy file, my notebooks, my books, everything was afloat.Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl
- Since I had some time left, I glanced through a genealogical chart:Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl
- Number two: genealogical charts.Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl
- 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
- "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
genealogy = family ancestry (parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc.)
genealogical = related to family ancestry (the record of parents, grandparents, great-grandparents...)
genealogy = the study of family ancestry (family trees)
genealogy = family ancestry or its study
genealogical = related to family ancestry or its study
genealogical = related to family ancestry or its study
genealogical = related to family ancestry or its study
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