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Many of the older records were written in Latin, to help translate
Latin there are many free translators on the web, here are a few words I
picked up to help with the information on this site.
abavia great great grandmother
abavus great great grandfather
adnepos son of the great grandson or great
grandaughter
adneptis daughter of the great grandson or great
grandaughter
amita paternal aunt
ascendens ascendancy, ascendants ascendentes
ancestors
ava, avia grandmother
avia materna grandmother on the maternal side
avia paterna grandmother on the paternal side
avunculus uncle on the paternal side
avus grandfather
avus maternus grandfather on the maternal side
avus paternus grandfather on the paternal side avi,avorum
grandparents
castellanus Lord comes Count , Earl
coniunx married person, spouse
conjugatus married, or husband
conjugata wife conjux husband or spouse
connubium marriage curator trustee or guardian
descendens descendants
dictus called name
dies day
dies dies mortis day of death
dux Duke
ecclesia Church
elutus baptized
eorumdem from the same parents
et and, both
et alii et al. and others
ex
from familia family
foemina woman
filia, filiam daughter filia fratris brothers daughter
filiaster
son-in-law or illegitimate
filiastra daughter-in-law or illegitimate
filiola young daughter filius
filium son filiolus young son
filius fratris brothers son
foemina woman
frater brother
fraternus nephew
f ratria sister-in-law
fratris filia niece gener son-in-law
genimus twin
gens family
germanus first cousin glos sister-in-law
humatus buried
illegitimus illegitimate incertris patris from uncertain father
infans
infant juvenis young man
juvensis caelebs unmarried man, bachelor
jevir brother-in-law
ligatus
joined, married
legitimus legitimate
levir brother-in-law
magna great
marita fem. wife
maritus masc husband
mater mother
materera aunt on the maternal side materera magna great aunt on the maternal
side
materera major great great aunt on the maternal side materfamilias
female head of the household
matrima godmother matrimonio
iuncti married
matrimonium marriage
matrix mother, grandmother
matrona matron, lady, spouse
miles Knight
militissa daughter, spouse or widow of a Knight
mors death
mortus dead
natus
born
nepos grandson, grandchild or nephew
nepos ex fratre brothers son, nephew
neptis granddaughter or niece
neptis ex fratre brothers daughter, niece
noblis noble, nobility
nomen name
nomine, nom. by name
nothus illegitimate child when the father is known
noverca second wife of
the father
nupta fem. spouse
nuptus masc. spouse
nurus daughter-in-law, wife of the son obit died
obit
sine prole o.s.p died without offspring
obiit is deceased
obitus death
orbus orphan
parens parent parentes parents
parochia parish partus childbirth
parva little pastor loci p.l. local Pastor pater father
patrina godmother
patrinus godfather
patrini godparents
patruus paternal uncle
post humus born after the death of the father.
posteri grandchildren
posteritas posterity
previgna daughter of the first marriage prevignus son of the first marriage primigenes first born princeps Prince
progenitus first born
proavus
great-grandfather
proavia great-grandmother
progener husband of the
grandaughter
progenitus first born pronepos great grandson
proneptis great
grandaughter
puella child girl puellus child boy
puer child
pueri children puerpera a newly delivered mother
puerperium
childbirth
relicta widow
requiscat in pace R.I.P.rest in peace
senex old man
sine sacramentis
without the sacraments
socvusus mother-in-law
socor father-in-law
socrus
mother-in-law
socvusus mother-in-law
soror sister
sororis filia sisters
daughter
sororis filius sisters son spinster unmarried woman
spurius illegitimate
spurus illegitimate child
susceptor godparent
suseptrix godmother
testes
witnesses
uxor ux, vx wife
vevir brother-in-law
vidua widow
viduus widower
vir husband
virgo an unmarried girl
'TRE' is the abbreviation for "Tempore Regis Edwardi" During the time
of King Edward' 1042-1066 .
Terra Regis = Land of the King
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