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| Here are some common genealogy terms, words, numbers,and other information you may find in Canadian docuements that may need to be translated from French to English. SOME TERMS acheta.........bought, sold ainsi.........thus, so alors.......then, at that time ancetra......ancestor anonyme.........unnamed arpent.....(about 1 acre of land) aussi.......also autre...other, another, different aux........with avant.........before avec.............with avenir......to happen, occure avenir......future, posterity baie;bai.......bay, gulf bapteme.....baptism beau.....fair, fine beau fils...son-in-law, stepson beau frere...brother in law beau frere....step brother beau pere...father in law beau pere.....step-father belle.......beauty belle fille...daughter in law belle fille......step-daughter belle mere.....mother in law belle mere....step mother belle soeur....sister in law belle soeur....step sister bete.....beast, animal a cornea bete.....horned cattle bien....well bien......good, fortune, wealth bien aime, e....well beloved bien etre......well-being bien fonds.....land, propety bien nomme de....honest man biere....coffin blance...white blason.....healdry, coat of arms blesse.....wound, injury blesse a mort...died of wounds blesser...to wound, injure, hurt bois...woods brule;bruler........burned c'est.......it is chef.......head, chief chemin.....way, road, path chemin de fer....railroad chemin faisant....by the way of comme...almost, as if, like, if cote...aide, near cote....sea coast, hill courte.....short courte-duree.....short duration dans....in, at, with, into debarqua...he landed debarquer....to land de cette....of this defuncte......deceased deme ura.....lived, resided detruiset....destroyed devant..before, ahead of, in front donnant...giving ecrase...crush eglise...church ensuite.....afterwards entrepreneur de batuments....... builder enterrement.....burial en valeur...with bravery, gallant epousa......spouse, wife epoux....husband and wife etat......state etre...to be, to exist eveche.....episcopal palace eveil.....warning, alarm feu........deceased femme............wife fiat.......act, deed fiat d' armes.......exploit filles..........daughter fills............son fin...........end, death firent.............to do fondateur........builder fonderent.......he founded font............did funerailles.............burrial garcon............boy gele..............frozen grosse....................big guerre..............war hier......yesterday homme........man,gentleman homme.......husband hors.............except ici..........here, in this place il........he il convole.....he married agin il fut.........he was il y demeura...there he dwelled inhume.....burried jour...........day jusqua;jusque........until laissaint.........leaving les.......the levee............raised leurs............their, them par leur.......by their, by them c'est lui.....it is he lui meme....himself lier.....instead of lors....at the time des lors.....from that time pour lors....in that case, then naissance......birth natal........birthday natif....born nee.....born, maiden name neige......snow niece ne pas...niece n'ont..........not pu signer/they cauld't sign n'ont su signer..don't know how neveu.....nephew naufrage.....shipwrecked noces....wedding, nuptials secondes noces..re married noir...black nom...name noun.....reputation, fame nomau; nom de...in the name of nom de bapteme...baptismal name nom de guerre...assumed name nom de demois elle nam de nombreuses..maiden name...numerious nombre.....number noveau...new nos/notre...our nous....we, us noye.........drowned noyade....drowning noyer....to drown nuit.....night on.....one oncle...uncle ou.....o ou.....where par.....by, through parosse.....parish parrain...godfather parti....part of, faction pays....country pere............father peri............parish peu.............few, little a peu pres.......nearly pres (de) near...close to pre mier..........first pretre..........priest pris(e)...taken, captured, siezed plus........more pont............bridge pour...........for puis...next, then, afterward que...what, that, which, whom, as, only qui.....who, whom, which, that qu'on....he was qu'il....that he (it) sacre....sacred, holy saison....season sangm....blood sangfig....family, birth sang froid....courage sans (pr)......without, besides sauver (v) ..save, rescue,preserve se sauver..to make one's escape sepulture...buried ses (pl ) ...his, hers, it's, theirs, son....his, her, it des siens/his, her, own, relations siecles....century signe...sign soeur....sister soussigner (v) ..undersigned soussigner (v) ..to sign name succombait...succumbed suivante.....following tante....aunt tard...late plus tard...later tempe....time tete....head tout........all venir.....to come vers....around,about veuf...wid ower veuve......widow voir.............see voisin....neighbor |
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