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Grandpa did what for a living?
On the Internet
Miscellaneous II
100
This country was previously know as Siam.
What is Thailand?
100
The party that sells land in a property transaction.
What is the grantor?
100
Cordwainer
What is a shoemaker?
100
Genealogy website managed by the LDS Church.
What is Family Search?
100
Contrary to myth surnames did not get changed at this location.
What is Ellis Island?
200
This city was originally New Amsterdam.
What is New York City?
200
The legal provision of property for a woman's support, often spelled out in the marriage contract
What is dower?
200
Another term for barrel maker.
What is a cooper?
200
Recently acquired by Ancestry, this website focuses on military records.
What is Fold 3?
200
This type of DNA is only passed fro the mother and is not part of the cell nucleus.
What is mitochondrial DNA?
300
This city was known as York, Canada West during the War of 1812.
What is Toronto?
300
These are called in the church for three weeks before a wedding.
What is banns?
300
This term is used for two occupations - making candles or selling supplies (especially to ships).
What is chandler?
300
This website's goal is to provide access to sites for every state and county in the United States.
What is USGenWeb?
300
The largest genealogy collection in Washington D. C. is in this library.
What is the Library of Congress?
400
This major Southern City was established where several railroad lines came together as Five Forks or Marthasville.
What is Atlanta?
400
The legal concept by which the eldest son inherits the majority of his father's property.
What is primogeniture?
400
This drummer wasn't in a band, but he often toured.
What is a traveling salesman?
400
This popular, categorized directory of genealogy websites has links to over 300,000 useful sites.
What is Cyndislist?
400
A child gets 50% of this type of DNA from their father and 50% from their mother.
What is autosomal DNA?
500
This Midwestern state capital was originally called Pig's Eye.
What is St. Paul?
500
The original land patents for Federal land states are held by this agency.
What is the Bureau of Land Management / General Land Office?
500
Calling one of these a Pettifogger is a mild insult.
What is a lawyer?
500
Communications protocol for transferring genealogical information electronically.
What is GEDCOM?
500
In heraldry, the bar sinister indicates this.
What is illegitimacy / bastardy?
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