Ahnentafel
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ahnentafel is a noun meaning A genealogical numbering system for listing a person's direct ancestors.
Meaning
A genealogical numbering system for listing a person's direct ancestors.
Example Sentences
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) […]
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 […]
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