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Genealogies

Scope note

Accounts or histories of the descent of persons, families, or other groups, from an ancestor or ancestors; enumerations of ancestors and their descendants in the natural order of succession. GAHLM

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300027015

Broader Terms used

histories

Narrower Terms used

pedigrees
genealogical tables

Equivalent Terms used

genealogy

Created

13yrs ago

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Terminology definition for: genealogies" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/terminology/term-104452 Accessed: 2024-12-19 03:06:00

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