ahnentafel

See also: Ahnentafel

English

The first ahnentafel, published by Michaël Eytzinger (1530–1598)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ahnentafel (literally “ancestors table”).

Noun

ahnentafel

1. A genealogical numbering system for listing a person's direct ancestors.
   • 2006, Kimberly Powell, The Everything Family Tree Book: Research And Preserve Your Family History, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

     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 […]

   • 2008, Matthew L. Helm, April Leigh Helm, Genealogy Online For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 50:

     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) […]

Further reading

• ahnentafel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia