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Genealogical terms starting with 'L'

L On Ontario Land Record Index; transaction type; = lease LEGAL

L 50 LATIN

L labourer ABBREVIATION

LA Louisiana, USA PLACE-NAME

LA GRIPPE influenza MEDICAL

LAB labourer ABBREVIATION

LABORARIUS labourer LATIN

LABORATOR labourer OCCUPATION

LACE DRAWER a child employed in lace work who draws out threads OCCUPATION

LACE MASTER worker in the production of lace OCCUPATION

LACE MISTRESS worker in the production of lace OCCUPATION

LACE RUNNER one who embroidered patterns on lace OCCUPATION

LACEMAN dealer in lace, who collected it from the makers, usually only those who had bought his thread, and sold it in the lace markets OCCUPATION

LACEWOMAN lady's maid OCCUPATION

LADY a woman of rank and distinction; correlative to lord; the title of any woman whose husbamd is above the rank of baronet or knight TITLE

LAGGER sailor OCCUPATION

LAGRAETMAN local constable OCCUPATION

LAITIER dairyman FRENCH

LAITIÈRE dairywoman FRENCH

LAN Lancashire, ENG PLACE-NAME

LANARIUS weaver of wool; wool merchant LATIN

LANARK STONE the Scottish standard for weight of 16 Scottish pounds WEIGHT

LANDIMER a measurer of land OCCUPATION

LANDWAITER customs officer whose duty was to wait or attend on landed goods OCCUPATION

LANG HUNNER in early Scottish accounting number equivalent to 120 or 6 score; also long hundred MEASURE

LANIUS butcher LATIN

LANS DEO praise to God LATIN

LAPIDARIUS stonemason LATIN

LAPIDARIUS stonemason LATIN

LARCENY the unlawful appropriation and use of another's property LEGAL

LARDNER keeper of the cupboard OCCUPATION

LAST a load or cargo of varying weight, usually about 4000 pounds; in Orkney the largest denomination of weight of meal, bear or butcherflesh; also a measure WEIGHT

LAST a load or cargo of varying capacity; of rye 18.5 bolls; of fish 12 barrels (each containing 120 gallons); in Shetland the last was a unit of land valuation; also a weight MEASURE

LASTER shoe maker OCCUPATION

LATE deceased LEGAL

LATER brickmaker LATIN

LATTEN a fine kind of brass or bronze MATERIAL

LATTENER maker or worker of latten - a kind of brass or bronze OCCUPATION

LAUNDERER washer OCCUPATION

LAUS DEO praise to God LATIN

LAVENDER washerwoman OCCUPATION

LAYER worker in paper mill responsible for a particular stage in paper OCCUPATION

LB On Ontario Land Record Index; type of free grant = Land Board LEGAL

LBG Limburg, BEL PLACE-NAME

LBS pounds WEIGHT

LD Latter Day Saints ABBREVIATION

LDY Londonderry, IRL PLACE-NAME

LEAD PALSY muscles of the forearm are palsied from lead in the body MEDICAL

LEAGUE a measure of length varying in different countries; in England a land measure = 3 statute miles; a nautical league was 3.456 statute miles; a French league = 2.764 miles; a Spanish league = 4.214 miles; MEASURE

LEASE a letting of lands, tenements, etc. to a person for a specified rent or compensation LEGAL

LEAVELOOKER examined food on sale at market OCCUPATION

LECTIS a brother's daughter LATIN

LEDEN January CZECH

LEDERER leather maker OCCUPATION

LEECH physician OCCUPATION

LEERIE lamplighter OCCUPATION

LEGACY a bequest; a particular thing or certain sum of money given by a will LEGAL

LEGERDEMAINIST magician OCCUPATION

LEGGER canal boatman OCCUPATION

LEGITIMUS legitimate LATIN

LEI Leicestershire, ENG PLACE-NAME

LEIGHTONWARD gardener OCCUPATION

LEISHMANIASIS a group of diseases due to infection with a number of parasites of the genus Leishmania: transmitted to human by the bites of certain sandflies. MEDICAL

LEISPUND a weight used in Orkney equal to 18 Scottish pounds; also lesh pund or lispund WEIGHT

LEPRA leprosy MEDICAL

LEPROSY chronic communicable disease characterized by red or livid tubercles over the body and a thickened state of the skin MEDICAL

LESH PUND a weight used in Orkney equal to 18 Scottish pounds; also leispund or lispund WEIGHT

LET Leitrum, IRL PLACE-NAME

LETTERS TESTAMENTARY formal instrument of authority appointment given to an executor by the proper court empowering him LEGAL

LEUCOPLAKIA white, thickened, horny patches that appear on the tongue as a result of chronic irritation MEDICAL

LEUCORRHEA a white sticky discharge from the uterus and vagina due to infection MEDICAL

LEUKEMIA a disease in which there is an enormous increase in the number of white cells in the blood MEDICAL

LEUKEOCYTOSIS an increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood MEDICAL

LEVANTE witness LATIN

LEX Leix (Queens), IRL PLACE-NAME

LEX LOCI the law or custom of the place LATIN

LEX NON SCRIPTA unwritten law; common law LATIN

LEX SCRIPTA statute law LATIN

LEX TALIONIS the law of retaliation LATIN

LGD Languedoc, FRA PLACE-NAME

LGE Liege, BEL PLACE-NAME

LIBERI children LATIN

LIBRAIRE bookseller FRENCH

LIC license ABBREVIATION

LICENTIUM license LATIN

LIEN a legal claim; a right of one person to retain the property of another person until some claim of the former is paid or satisfied LEGAL

LIGATUS bound, joined, married LATIN

LIGHTERMAN worker on a flat OCCUPATION

LIGNARIUS carpenter, joiner LATIN

LILY OF THE VALLEY a flower that represents unconscious sweetness SYMBOLS

LILY, DAY a flower that represents coquetry SYMBOLS

LILY, WATER a flower that represents purity of heart SYMBOLS

LILY, WHITE a flower that represents sweetness SYMBOLS

LILY, YELLOW a flower that represents gayety SYMBOLS

LIM Limerick, IRL PLACE-NAME

LIMEBURNER maker of lime OCCUPATION

LIMNER illuminator of books, painter or drawer OCCUPATION

LIN Lincolnshire, ENG PLACE-NAME

LINEAGE descendants in a line from a common progenitor GENEALOGY

LINEAL in a direct line of ancestry or descent GENEALOGY

LINENER linen draper, shirtmaker OCCUPATION

LINER flax dresser OCCUPATION

LINK a division of Gunter's measuring chain, having a length of 7.92 inches MEASURE

LINKERBOY one who carried a link or torch to guide people through city streets at night for a small fee (a licensed trade in early 19th century); term later sometimes applied to general manservant OCCUPATION

LINKERMAN one who carried a link or torch to guide people through city streets at night for a small fee (a licensed trade in early 19th century); term later sometimes applied to general manservant OCCUPATION

LINTHGOW FIRLOT the Scottish standard firlot MEASURE

LIP Lippe, GER PLACE-NAME

LIPOMA a benign tumour made up of fat cells MEDICAL

LIPPIE a fourth part of a peck; also forpet or stimpart MEASURE

LIS PENDENS pending court action LEGAL

LISPUND a weight used in Orkney equal to 18 Scottish pounds; also lesh pund or leispund WEIGHT

LISTER dyer OCCUPATION

LISTOPOD November CZECH

LITERA SCRIPTA MANET the written letter remains LATIN

LITHIASIS the formation of stone or concretions in the human body MEDICAL

LITHOGRAPHE lithographer FRENCH

LITSTER dyer OCCUPATION

LITTERMAN groom of horses OCCUPATION

LIVERYMAN a keeper or employee of a livery stable OCCUPATION

LKS Lanark, SCT PLACE-NAME

LLUN Monday WELSH

LLYSFAB stepson WELSH

LLYSFAM, MAM WEN stepmother WELSH

LLYSFERCH stepdaughter WELSH

LLYSTAD stepfather WELSH

LMB Limburg, NL PLACE-NAME

LMS Limousin, FRA PLACE-NAME

LND London, ENG PLACE-NAME

LOADSMAN ship's pilot OCCUPATION

LOBLOLLY BOY ship's doctor's assistant or errand boy OCCUPATION

LOBULAR PNEUMONIA an infection of a specific region of a lung MEDICAL

LOCK KEEPER overseer of canal locks OCCUPATION

LOCK TENDR lock tender ABBREVIATION

LOCKED BOWELS severe constipation MEDICAL

LOCKJAW a form of tetanus MEDICAL

LOCO in the place; to take on lease; to hire; to place LATIN

LOCO CITUTO in the place cited LATIN

LOG Longford, IRL PLACE-NAME

LONG HUNDRED an early Scottish accounting number equivalent to 120 or 6 score; also lang hunner MEASURE

LONG SICKNESS tuberculosis MEDICAL

LONG SONG SELLER street seller who sold popular songsheets printed on paper OCCUPATION

LONGSHOREMAN stevedore OCCUPATION

LOR Lorraine, FRA PLACE-NAME

LORDAG Saturday NORWEGIAN

LORDOSIS abnormal curvature of the spine with a convexity toward the front of the body MEDICAL

LORIMER maker of bits & metal mountings for bridles or small ironworks or a worker of wrought iron OCCUPATION

LOT a certain amount of grain given to a thresher as his wages - generally one twenty fifth part MEASURE

LOTCH a handful or considerable quantity of something in a semi-liquid state (SCT) MEASURE

LOTSELLER street seller OCCUPATION

LOTTER one who bought odd lots of wool and consolidated them for sale OCCUPATION

LOU Louth, IRL PLACE-NAME

LOYALIST an American colonist who supported the British during the American Revolution; also called a Tory GENEALOGY

LPZ Leipzig, DDR PLACE-NAME

LT COL Lieutenant-Colonel ABBREVIATION

LU Luzern, CH PLACE-NAME

LU Lutheran; Evangelical Lutheran ABBREVIATION

LUCK-PENNY a small sum given back by the person who receives a money in consequence of a bargain SCOTLAND

LUDI MAGISTER schoolmaster, teacher LATIN

LUE Lubeck, GER PLACE-NAME

LUES syphilis MEDICAL

LUES VENERA venereal disease MEDICAL

LUGLIO July ITALIAN

LUM SWOOPER chimney sweep OCCUPATION

LUMBAGO back pain MEDICAL

LUMBERMERCH Lumber merchant ABBREVIATION

LUMPER dock laborer who discharged cargo of timber employed by a master lumper (not the Dock Company) OCCUPATION

LUNDI Monday FRENCH

LUNEDI Monday ITALIAN

LUNES Monday SPANISH

LUNG FEVER pneumonia MEDICAL

LUNG SICKNESS tuberculosis MEDICAL

LUNGS alchemist's servant whose duty was to fan the fire OCCUPATION

LUPUS any form of tuberculous of the skin, characterized by brownish nodules or scaly red patches MEDICAL

LUTHIER maker and repairer of stringed musical instruments OCCUPATION

LUX Luxembourg PLACE-NAME

LXM Luxembourg (province), BEL PLACE-NAME

LYING IN the act of bearing a child MEDICAL

LYMPHADENOMA cancer of the lymph glands; Hodgkin's Disease MEDICAL

LYNER flax dresser OCCUPATION

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