October 27, 2016
Introduction: In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak provides an anagram puzzle of words and terms that can be rearranged to show words and terms familiar to family historians. Mary is a genealogist, author and editor with a strong technology background.
Last week, the GenealogyBank Blog posted my article featuring a number of puzzles that challenged people in earlier days (see: Puzzles That Challenged Our Ancestors). Since that article was well received, I’m following it up with today’s article – this one featuring a puzzle to challenge you! (Rest assured, the answers are provided at the end of this article.) See how many you can get right.
This puzzle consists of a series of anagrams. The Macmillan dictionary defines an anagram as:
A word or phrase that you can make from another word or phrase by putting the letters in a different order. For example, ‘mean’ is an anagram of ‘name.’
Genealogy Term Anagrams
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Each of these is an anagram that can be rearranged to reveal a genealogy term. Hope you have fun!
- glee agony
- fishy oily mart (2 words)
- pep answers
- her acres
- esquire
- eagle sin
- bet wise
- an escort
- tends dance
- boar pet
- senior agent
- nice in heart
- my encore
- versatile
- ripe edge
- man user
- us coins
- was nil
- continued atom
- bluer ship
So how did you do? Here are the answers to see how many of the 20 anagrams you got right.
Genealogy Term Anagrams: Answers
- genealogy
- family history
- newspapers
- research
- queries
- lineages
- website
- ancestor
- descendant
- probate
- generations
- inheritance
- ceremony
- relatives
- pedigree
- surname
- cousins
- inlaws
- documentation
- publisher
If you’re looking for a break today from family history research, search GenealogyBank’s Historical Newspaper Archives for brain teasers and puzzles to give you a genealogy intermission.
