GENEALOGY TRIVIA
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- What is the name of the famous place that immigrants to America passed through?
- Manhattan Island
- Los Angeles
- San Francisco
- Ellis Island
ELLIS ISLAND
HOW MANY YEARS ARE THERE BETWEEN GENERATIONS USUALLY?
- 20-35
- 60-90
- 50-100
- 1-10
20-35 YEARS
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- What sort of illness would someone referred to as a 'lock' patient be suffering from?
- Tuberculosis
- Mental Illness
- Gout
- Syphilis
SYPHILIS
WHICH WEBSITE ALLOWS YOU TO ACCESS THE 1881 BRITISH ISLES CENSUS FOR FREE?
- Ancestry
- FreeBMD
- LostCousins
- Family Search
FAMILY SEARCH
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- What do you call someone who enters a country legally and lives there?
- Traveller
- Citizen
- Immigrant or legal alien
- Trespasser
Immigrant or legal alien
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- What do you call the children, grandchildren and great grandchildren of a person?
- Family
- All of these
- Descendants
- Relatives
All of These
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- What information makes up a burial entry of a typical 19th century parish register?
- Name and date of burial
- Time of death, informant and age
- Name, age, date of burial and abode
- Name, age and abode
Name, age, date of burial and abode.
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- If you were writing out a family tree, how would you show a marriage between a Mr A and Miss B?
- Mr A = Miss B
- Mr A / Miss B
- Mr A + Miss B
- Mr A > Miss B
Mr A = Miss B
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- Censuses were taken every how many years in the UK
- 15
- 9
- 10
- 11
10 Years
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- What do you understand by Genealogy?
- It is all about genetic analysis.
- It is the study and tracing of families.
- It is the study of earth's geography
- None
It is the study and tracing of families.
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- Genealogists begin their research by:
- Collecting family documents and stories.
- by conducting DNA tests.
- by collecting all family names.
- by sharing data among researchers.
Collecting family documents and stories.
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- A person's DNA is considered to contain information that has been passed down relatively unchanged from early ancestors. What are two DNA types?
- Mitochondreal DNA and X Chromosome
- Ribosomal DNA and Y chromosome
- Mitochondrial DNA and Y Chromosome
- Ribosomal DNA and X chromosome
Mitochondreal DNA and Y chromosome
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- Most genealogy software programs can export information about persons and their relationships in:
- MS word format
- Wyswyg format
- jpg
- GEDCOM format
GEDCOM format
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- What are the important sources for understanding the places researched?
- LDS collections
- Gazetters
- DNA analysis
- Maps
Gazetters and Maps
What do you mean by Patronymics?
- What do you mean by Patronymics?
- It is mainly concerned with the kinship and descent of rulers and noble.
- Genealogists that conduct research for others, publish books on genealogical methods.
- Names that allow identification of an individual based on father's name.
- Family history societies.
Names that allow identification of an individual based on father's name.
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- Which is often most reliable source for dates?
- Family Bibles
- Census
- Calendar
- None
Family Bibles
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- Which country used the
- Gregorian calendar with year starting from 01 jan?
- England
- France
- Scotland
- Sweden
France
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- In which country, 1700 had been a leap year?
- England
- France
- Scotland
- Sweden
England
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- As compared to France, 10th june 1715 in England appear to be how many days earlier than 21 june, 1715 in France?
- 10 days earlier
- 11 days earlier
- 9 days earlier
- 8 days earlier
11 days earlier
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- What is used by Modern Genealogical research involving more than affixing a collection of names?
- Puree chart
- Publicity chart
- Progress chart
- Pedigree chart
Pedigree chart
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- Which illness is ague?
- Inflammation of the hair follicles.
- Malaria.
- Tuberculosis
- Influenza
Malaria
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- Which is the largest county in Ireland?
- Galway
- Mayo
- Cork
- Donegal
- Kerry
Cork
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- What occupation is a suttler?
- Weaponmaker
- Bondsman
- Peddler who sold to the military.
- Jailer
Peddler who sold to the military.
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- What is special about the 1890 census?
- tabulated by machine for the first time.
- the frontier region of the United States no longer existed.
- most was destroyed by fire in 1921.
- all of the above.
All of the above.
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- What occupation is a huckster?
- Farmer
- Pirate
- Door-to-door or road-side salesperson.
- Weaponmaker
Door-to-door or road-side salesperson.
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- What is the capital of Ireland?
- Swords
- Waterford
- Cork
- Galway
- Dublin
Dublin
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- When recording dates in genealogical research, what is the standard form used?
- 08/05/2003
- 5 August 2003
- 08-05-03
- August 5, 2003
5 August 2003
Using the full four-digit year is crucial, as the world realized towards the end of the twentieth century. Using a numeral to indicate the month is problematic because many countries write the day first then the month, but others write the month first and then the day. If you then had 08/05/2003, some people may interpret that as August 5th, 2003 and some people may interpret it as May 8th, 2003.
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- You have the names of three siblings born between 1884 and 1887 and need to know the names of their parents. Which census would be the best one to start with?
- 1880
- 1890
- 1900
- 1910
1900
- The siblings were not born in 1880, so that census would do no good and by 1910, they were probably not living with their parents. The 1890 census was 99% destroyed and for all practical purposes, does not exist. Learning what is available on each census is a basic bit of knowledge for genealogists.
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- Which group requires a documented genealogy of potential new members?
- Daughters of the American Revolution
- Friars Club
- Rotary International
- American Women's Association of Vienna
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- Daughters of the American Revolution
- A woman aspiring to join the Daughters of the American Revolution has to provide a documented genealogy proving that she is directly descended from a patriot of the America Revolution.
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- What caused an influx of Irish immigrants to come to America in the 1800s?
- Religious Oppression Great Potato Famine
- Irish Rebellion War
- Looting Leprechauns
- Viking Invasions
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- The Great Potato Famine
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- What occupation was referred to in the past as cordwainer or cordiner?
- Pirate
- Bondsman
- Barrel or cask maker
- Shoemaker
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- Shoemaker
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- What relation is your grandmother's cousin's son to you?
- Second cousin, once removed
- Third cousin
- Second cousin
- First cousin, twice removed
Second cousin, once removed.
- It's important to know the proper ways of describing relationships within families when getting involved with genealogy. Using a relationship chart like the one available at http://www.islandregister.com/cousin.html can help. You identify the common ancestor to the two people you are connecting. Then for the first person, count the number of generations between them and that common ancestor down the left side of the chart and do the same for the second person across the tip of the chart. Follow the chart to the right and down to find the relationship between the two people. In this case, you are the great-great grandchild of the common ancestor and your grandmother's cousin's son is the great grandchild. Thus you are second cousins once removed.
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- Genealogists use a wide variety of resources to collect information when compiling a particular lineage. Which of the following is *not* typically one of these resources?
- U.S. Social Security Records
- Grammar school report cards
- Family Bibles
- U.S. Census records
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- Grammar school report cards
Family bibles frequently contain hand-written notes about births, deaths, etc. of family members. Copies of U.S. Social Security records of deceased individuals can be obtained from the Social Security Administration for a small fee; these records contain the birth date, birth place and parent names of the individual. The detail available from U.S. Census records varies depending on the year taken, but they can provide valuable information about members of a household at that particular point in time. Grammar school report cards, while they might be interesting in illuminating the history of an individual, do not generally provide much useful information pertaining to one's lineage.
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- Approximately how many people in the U.S. claim Irish ancestry?
- 34.5 million
- 45 million
- 23.5 million
- 31.5 million
- 15 million
34.5 million
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- The best place to start your genealogical research is...
- Internet
- Grandma
- National Archives
- Mormon Library
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- Grandma
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- IGI stands for...
- International Genealogical Index
- Index of German Immigrants
- Itemized Guardianship Inventories
- Irish Geographical Index
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- International Genealogical Index
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- It's been said that "genealogy of place" is vital to doing research. This means that the most important thing to do when you find out the name of the town an ancestor was from is to...
- Learn the important people in a town's history.
- Determine where the town is located and how boundaries have changed over time
- go to the town itself to research your family's history.
- Learn where the cemeteries are located in the town.
Determine where the town is located and how boundaries have changed over time.
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- Your grandfather's sister's daughter is your...
- great aunt
- half-sister
- second cousin
- first cousin once removed.
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- First cousin, once removed.
- Relationships are what families are made of, so be sure you know the terms used to define a family. and don't think a fifth cousin is too distant to care about--you'll want to know all the branches of your family and you'll meet many of them online.
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- You do not know your grandmother's maiden name. she was married several times. The surname you will use for her on a pedigree chart is...
- the surname of her first husband
- the surname of you grandfather
- the surname she had when she died
- none of the above
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- None of the above
- Always use a woman's maiden name. If you don't know a person's name, don't substitute another one. some other name and place conventions are:
- Do not use titles such as Mrs., Dr., jr., III, or Esq. in a person's name. They are relative terms and not part of the name.
- Write US places as city, county, state. since the county is vital to doing US genealogy, don't leave it out. Look it up if you don't know it. there are standard conventions for other countries as well.
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- You found several records that give your ancestor's birthdate. Rank the sources for reliability.
- 1834 baptismal record
- 1850 census
- 1902 death record
- 1974 family history book
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- 1-1834 baptismal record
- 2-1850 census
- 3-1902 death record
- 4-1974 family history book
the baptismal record, recorded at the time the event occurred is the most reliable. In general, the closer the record to the event, the more reliable. Another consideration is who supplied the information. The census information was probably given by a parent but could have been given by a neighbor or a child. Keep in mind that if it had been the 1840 census instead of the 1850, no names other than for the head of household are given and other family members are just "hash marks" under sex/age range columns. Information on a death record is usually filled in by someone who was not present a the birth and so birth information is second-hand information. Unless the family history book includes sources, the information in it can be considered merely clues for you to research. Same for undocumented information you find on the Internet.
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- Finding the original meaning of your surname will help you in researching your ancestors.
- True
- Fals
False
- Surnames were used long before they were commonly recorded. You will probably not be able to trace back to when surnames were first used. (There are some exceptions, for example the early Dutch in America.) So how your ancestors got the name will not help you find them
Before this century, spelling was not important, most people could not write, and foreign names were mangled or contorted. Over the many years since your ancestors first started using a surname, it could have changed in was you could not know. for these reasons, saying something like, "Our Elliotts have always spelled it with two L's and two T's" may mean you'll miss some important clues.
and don't forget that the surname you have is not the surname of all your ancestors. It is, in fact, your least reliable line, but often the one pursued most vigorously by men (yes, men) who are newcomers to genealogy.
and don't forget that the surname you have is not the surname of all your ancestors. It is, in fact, your least reliable line, but often the one pursued most vigorously by men (yes, men) who are newcomers to genealogy.
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- An ancestor died intestate. This means...
- he left no will
- he was traveling out of state when he died
- he died in a state prison
- his body was never found
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- Died without a will
- Before you spend your time and money clumbing your family tree, learn the terms used by genealogists so that you can communicate with others. Find a book at your local library or a site on the internet that discusses the principles of genealogy and these basic concepts:
- Standard forms and conventions
- Primary vs. secondary evidence
- R
- Documenting sources
- Record groups: census, vital, military, church, probate, land, immigration.
- How to construct a query
