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Genealogy word search featuring family-history terms like ancestor, census, pedigree, and haplogroup.
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This 52-word genealogy word search covers research terminology and concepts for high school and adult learners. Hidden words include ancestor, census, pedigree, haplogroup, DNA, family tree, and inheritance-related terms, spanning records, genetics, and family documentation. Use it in a history class, as a free-time activity for genealogy hobbyists, or as a warm-up for a family-history project.

Subject:
Social Studies
Topic:
History
Grade Level:
9th Grade – College
Updated May 2023

Word List

  • ABSTRACT
  • ANCESTOR
  • AUTOSOMALDNA
  • BANNS
  • BIRTH
  • BLOCKNUMBER
  • BOND
  • BOUNTY
  • CEMETERY
  • CENSUS
  • CERTIFICATE
  • CHART
  • CHROMOSOME
  • CLUSTER
  • COLLATERAL
  • COUSIN
  • DEATH
  • DESCENDANT
  • DOCUMENTATION
  • DOWER
  • DYNASTY
  • ESTATE
  • FAMILYTREE
  • GENE
  • GENERATION
  • GRANTEE
  • HAPLOGROUP
  • HERITAGE
  • HISTORY
  • HOMESTEAD
  • INDEX
  • INTESTATE
  • KINDRED
  • LAND
  • LEGACY
  • MANUSCRIPTS
  • MATERNAL
  • OFFSPRING
  • ORPHANAGE
  • PAST
  • PATERNAL
  • PEDIGREE
  • PENSION
  • POSTHUMOUS
  • RECORDS
  • RELATIVE
  • RELICT
  • REMOVED
  • STORIES
  • VALIDATE
  • WILL
  • WITNESS

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