Meanings
- A genealogical numbering system for listing a person's direct ancestors.
To avoid the difficulties caused by this inventive numbering, three basic numbering formats are widely accepted in genealogical circles: the ahnentafel system for ascending genealogies, and the Register and NGS Quarterly systems for […]
2006, Kimberly Powell, The Everything Family Tree Book: Research And Preserve Your Family History, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN1 more example
One well-known numbering system is called ahnentafel, which means “ancestor” (ahnen) and “table” (tafel) in German. You may also hear the ahnentafel system referred to as the Sosa-Stradonitz system (the names get easier, trust us) […]
2008, Matthew L. Helm, April Leigh Helm, Genealogy Online For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 50
Origin
- GermanAhnentafel
- Englishahnentafel
Borrowed from German Ahnentafel (literally “ancestors table”).
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