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genealogist

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for genealogist.

Editorial note

My dad's was pretty much as expected, as far as ancestry (my grandmother is an avid genealogist).

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

A person who studies or practises genealogy; an expert in genealogy.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of genealogist gathered in one view.

noun

A person who studies or practises genealogy; an expert in genealogy.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for genealogist.

noun

A person who studies or practises genealogy; an expert in genealogy.

Example sentences

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My dad's was pretty much as expected, as far as ancestry (my grandmother is an avid genealogist).

2

There are also quite a few reasons for becoming a genealogist as well as methods used.

3

He uses The Master Genealogist (TMG) running under Wine (Windows gave up a long time ago).

4

For what it's worth, his grandson, Randy (mentioned in the article), is a terrible genealogist.

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Quoting genetic genealogist Roberta Estes: The problem is that finding your loved one’s memorial, often with incorrect information, created by a stranger is unexpectedly jarring, at best.

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Is it on the genealogist to consider this confidence when specifying the date of the event, or should the software intervene?

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As a genealogist, I would like (or rather, would have liked) to figure out certain things about my ancestry.

8

My relative uses The Master Genealogist (TMG) which is no longer developed.

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As a Jewish genealogist who got involved in direct-to-consumer genetic genealogy testing very early on (14+ years ago), this is one of my biggest fears.

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...the growing interest has partly been caused by genealogist who were initially studying the genome of e.g.

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As a beginner genealogist it's been fun to follow.

12

From a genealogist perspective though, this is horrible news.

Quote examples

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I am something of a "photography genealogist" for the family.

Proper noun examples

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Genealogist was constantly getting upset because someone would see a John Johnson in the same town in roughly the same age bracket and say that's him, make the link and move on without a second thought.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use genealogist in a sentence?

My dad's was pretty much as expected, as far as ancestry (my grandmother is an avid genealogist).

What does genealogist mean?

A person who studies or practises genealogy; an expert in genealogy.

What part of speech is genealogist?

genealogist is commonly used as noun.