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22 Dec 2003
Genealogical Terms - I
GENEALOGICAL TERMS LETTER I
I On Ontario Land Record Index; type of lease or sale = Indian LEGAL I GOFIO'N DYNER AM in tender memory of WELSH I. METH. E. Independent Methodist Episcopalian Church ABBREVIATION IA Iowa, USA PLACE-NAME IANNARIUS January LATIN IAU, DIFIAU Thursday WELSH IBID the same or at the same place (in a book) LATIN IBIDEM the same or at the same place (in a book) LATIN ICEMAN seller or deliverer of ice OCCUPATION ICH DIEN I serve GERMAN ICHOR a thin watery acrid discharge from an ulcer, wound etc MEDICAL ICL Iceland PLACE-NAME ICTERIUS jaundice MEDICAL ICTERUS GRAVIS malignant jaundice with high fever and delirium typical of some forms of hepatitis MEDICAL ICTERUS NEONATORUM jaundice of newborns; also Ritter's Disease MEDICAL ICTERUS PRECOX rapidly developing jaundice, with anemia, due to incompatibility of the blood systems of the mother and child MEDICAL ICTUS convulsion or stroke MEDICAL ID Idaho, USA PLACE-NAME IDADE age PORTUGUESE IDLEMAN gentleman of leisure OCCUPATION IDROSIS greatly increased perspiration MEDICAL IF Infidel ABBREVIATION IGNOTUS foundling or cause of death unknown LATIN IL Illinois, USA PLACE-NAME IL illegible ABBREVIATION IL MORBO bubonic plague MEDICAL ILLEGITIMATE born to a mother who was not married to the child's father LEGAL ILLEGITIMUS illegitimate LATIN IM Independent Methodist Episcopalian Church ABBREVIATION IMCUBUS nightmare; an imaginary being or demon MEDICAL IMPETIGO contagious eruption of itching pustules in clusters on the skin MEDICAL IMPOSTHUME abscess full of purulent matter; also aposteme MEDICAL IMPRIMEUR printer FRENCH IMPRIMIS the first LATIN IN Indiana, USA PLACE-NAME IN Independent ABBREVIATION IN AETERNUM for ever LATIN IN ARTICULO MORTIS at the point of death LATIN IN CURIA in court LATIN IN ESSE in being; in actuality LATIN IN EXTREMIS at the point of death LATIN IN FACIE ECCESIAE before the church LATIN IN FUTURO henceforth LATIN IN LOCO PARENTIS in the place of a parent LATIN IN MEMORIAM in memory of LATIN IN NOMINE in the name of LATIN IN PERPERUUM for ever LATIN IN SAECULA SAECULORUM for ever and ever LATIN INA Indonesia PLACE-NAME INANITION exhaustion from lack of nourishment MEDICAL INCOLA resident LATIN IND India PLACE-NAME INDENTURE a deed in which the parties enter into reciprocal & corresponding grants or obligations toward each other LEGAL INDENTURED SERVANT a person bound into service to another person for a specified number of years - often in return for transportation on emigration LEGAL INF infant ABBREVIATION INFANS infant, child LATIN INFANT in law a person not of legal age LEGAL INFANTILE DEBILITY marasmus MEDICAL INFANTILE PARALYSIS polio MEDICAL INFANTILE SPINAL PARALYSIS polio MEDICAL INFECTION invasion of the body by disease producing organisms MEDICAL INFERIOR lower LATIN INFIRMARIAN in charge of an infirmary OCCUPATION INFLAMMATION a redness and swelling of any part of a body, attended with heat, pain and tenderness MEDICAL INGÉNIEUR AU GAZ gas works engineer FRENCH INGÉNIEUR CIVIL civil engineer FRENCH INGENUUS yeoman LATIN INHUMATUS unburied LATIN INITIATUS baptized LATIN INNATO born SPANISH INNOMINE DOMINI in the name of our Lord LATIN INOMINATA unnamed daughter LATIN INOMINATUS unnamed son LATIN INORDINATUS intestate LATIN INS AGENT insurance agent ABBREVIATION INS MANAGER insurance manager ABBREVIATION INST this month; for instant ABBREVIATION INSTANT this month GENEALOGY INSTITUTEUR teacher FRENCH INSTRUMENT a formal or legal document in writing as a means of affording evidence of an act or agreement LEGAL INT intent to wed ABBREVIATION INTELLIGENCER spy OCCUPATION INTENDENT director of a public or government business OCCUPATION INTERALGIA distressing pain in the bowels; also wind colic or flatulent colic MEDICAL INTERFACTOR murderer OCCUPATION INTERMITTENT FEVER a fever which entirely subsides or ceases at certain intervals; influenza MEDICAL INTERRARE bury ITALIAN INTESTATE dying without having made a will LEGAL INTESTINAL COLIC abdominal pain due to improper diet MEDICAL INV Inverness, SCT PLACE-NAME INVENIS young man LATIN INVENTORY a list describing, with the values, of goods and chattels of a person LEGAL IOM Isle of Man PLACE-NAME IONAWR January WELSH IONOR January WELSH IP Irish Presbyterian ABBREVIATION IR Irvingite (Catholic Apostoli) ABBREVIATION IRITIS inflammation of the iris MEDICAL IRL Ireland PLACE-NAME IRMA sister PORTUGUESE IRMAO brother PORTUGUESE IRON FOUNDER one who casts iron OCCUPATION IRON MASTER owner or manager of a foundry OCCUPATION IRONMONGER dealer in iron goods OCCUPATION ISSUE a child or children LEGAL ITINERANS traveller, vagrant, tramp LATIN ITL Italy PLACE-NAME IUNIUS June LATIN IVORY WORKERS makers of combs, boxes, billiard balls, buttons, and keys for pianofortes using ivory OCCUPATION IVY a plant that represents friendship SYMBOLS
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