Is your research time wasted looking up words like "beamster,"
"grimgribber," "anascara," and "wainbote" in regular dictionaries? Ever
heard of a "gossip's wheel" or a "shank's mare"? These and other unusual
terms are defined in Ancestry's Concise Genealogical Dictionary. You
will find this book a useful and entertaining reference. The authors
spent years collecting, researching, and verifying definitions of terms
they discovered while researching cemetery, probate, court, medical, and
other records. The mystery of terms and abbreviations that many
researchers face has been solved with this essential, quick-reference
source geared to the needs of the genealogist. Now you can have at your
fingertips accurate and easy-to-find definitions for troublesome or
unfamiliar words encountered in the research process. With thousands of
concise definitions, all arranged alphabetically, this dictionary is an
essential for any genealogist's home, office, or briefcase.