What Did They Mean By That - A Dictionary of Historical and Genealogical Terms Old and New by Paul Drake

In today's world we constantly create and use new words like "hard drive" while other words like " eight track" become obsolete and eventually disappear from our everyday language. It was the same for our ancestors. They too created new words while other words became obsolete. Words like "bone-shakers" or "maul" were common to our ancestors and used in their everyday language, but they have little or no meaning to many of us.

If your brick wall involves a lack of understanding historical, or genealogical terms, then this book will help. Its the perfect book for your genealogy shelf.