I |
Illegitimate |
Born outside marriage. |
Implex |
This is the ratio between the theoretical number of ancestors and their actual number. See also consanguinity dispensations. |
Index |
Alphabetical table of names listed in a work or set of documents. |
Insinuation |
Entry in the registers of the bailiwick registry of the essential content of deeds drawn up by notaries. |
Intestate |
Died without a will. |
Inventory |
A book that analyses an archive and makes it easier to use. |
Inventory after death |
Enumeration of all the movable and immovable property left by a deceased person to make up his or her estate. These documents can be found in series B at the departmental archives. |
L |
Liasse |
Archive conservation unit. |
Lineage |
Direct line linking a person to his ancestor. We also say lineage or line. |
Book of reason |
A handwritten work in which all the significant events in the life of a family, sometimes spanning several generations, are recorded. |
Family record book |
Document issued at the time of the marriage containing information on marital status. |
Military record book |
Document issued during military service. |
M |
House |
Family, used only for nobility. |
Matronym |
Family name passed down through the mother. See also Patronymic. |
Marginal mention |
Entry made in the margin of a civil status record indicating the content of another record. |
Minute |
Original notarial deed. |
N |
Nobiliary |
Book listing noble families. |
O |
Corrugation |
Emergency baptism in the absence of a clergyman, when the death of the child is feared. |
P |
Paleography |
Study of ancient scripts. |
Parents |
All living relatives of an individual at a given time. |
Parish |
Territory under the spiritual authority of a parish priest. |
Family name |
Family name passed on by the father. See also Matronym. |
Posterity |
All the descendants of a person. When the person has no descendants, "without posterity" or "s.p." is indicated. See also Heirs. |
Youngest child |
Born after. For example, a younger brother. See also Hoirs and Benjamin. |
Q |
Quarter |
Old word synonymous with ancestor. |
R |
Census |
An administrative operation to count the population. These documents provide a wealth of information about families. Until the 18th century, censuses were carried out by fire. |
Parish registers |
Parish registers in which baptisms, marriages and burials were recorded. See also BMS. |
S |
Sosa |
Number assigned to an ancestor. |
Sources |
Documents consulted to establish a genealogy or family history. |
Nickname |
Name given to a person in addition to their real name. The nicknames of the Middle Ages are at the origin of our current family names. |
T |
Ten-year table |
Summary register of civil status records arranged alphabetically and chronologically over a ten-year period. |
U |
Usual |
Routine reference work made available to readers in an archive or library. |
Uterine |
Parent on the mother's side. Two children born to the same mother but different fathers are said to be uterine brothers. See also Consanguine. |