Across
- 3. A book written about someone's life.
- 5. Anyone to whom an individual is an ancestor—their children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and so on.
- 7. Someone who has died; commonly written "the deceased."
- 9. A person from whom you descend.
- 10. Birth, marriage, death, and divorce records.
- 12. An official enumeration of the population in a particular area.
- 16. An account of those working for the armed forces.
- 17. Line of decent traced through persons who are directly related to one another as a child and parent.
- 18. Records of the names and death dates of people buried in a cemetery or graveyard.
Down
- 1. Child of an aunt or uncle; in earlier times, this could be a kinsman, close relative, or friend.
- 2. A collection of family stories told by a member of the family or by a close family friend.
- 4. A woman's last name prior to marriage.
- 6. A chart showing a person's ancestors.
- 8. Person through whom two or more persons claim descent or lineage.
- 11. A brother or sister, persons who share the same parents.
- 13. Names other than a person's last name.
- 14. Last name, family name.
- 15. A person's ancestry, lineage, family tree.