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Genealogical terms starting with 'X, Y & Z'

XC Christian Conference Baptist ABBREVIATION

XYLOGRAPHER one who used and made wooden blocks used in printing illustrations OCCUPATION

Y DDYWEDEDIG UCHOD the above mentioned (female) WELSH

Y DYWEDEDIG UCHOD the above mentioned (male) WELSH

Y MA Y CLADDWYD here was buried WELSH

Y MA Y GORWEDD here lieth WELSH

YARDMAN rail road yard worker OCCUPATION

YATMAN gate keeper OCCUPATION

YAWS a contagious disease characterized by cutaneous tumours, growing to the size of a raspberry MEDICAL

YEARMAN one contracted to work for a year OCCUPATION

YELLOW FEVER an acute, often fatal, infectious disease of warm climates caused by a virus transmitted by mosquitoes MEDICAL

YELLOW JACK yellow fever MEDICAL

YELLOW JACKET yellow fever MEDICAL

YEOMAN farmer who owns his own land; a servant, attendant or minor official in a royal household OCCUPATION

YERNO son-in-law SPANISH

YEST youngest LATIN

YKS Yorkshire, ENG PLACE-NAME

YN 7 MLWYDD 7 years old WELSH

YR H0N A FU FARW who died (female) WELSH

YR HWN A FU FARW who died (male) WELSH

YU Yugoslavia PLACE-NAME

ZARI September CZECH

ZATERDAG Saturday DUTCH

ZEHN ten GERMAN

ZEL Zeeland, NL PLACE-NAME

ZES six DUTCH

ZEVEN seven DUTCH

ZG Zug, CH PLACE-NAME

ZH Zurich, CH PLACE-NAME

ZINCOGRAPHER designer who etched in relief a pattern on zinc plates used for printing OCCUPATION

ZITHERIST player of a simple, flat many stringed instrument OCCUPATION

ZOETROPE MAKER craftsman who made zoetropes, an cylindrical optical toy with pictures painted on the inner surface which gave the impression of continuous motion when viewed through slits in the rotating cylinder OCCUPATION

ZONDAG Sunday DUTCH

ZOOGRAPHER one who describes and classifies animals OCCUPATION

ZOON son DUTCH

ZUH Zuid-Holland, NL PLACE-NAME

ZUSTER sister DUTCH

ZWANZIG twenty GERMAN

ZWEI two GERMAN

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