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===== Background information ===== | ===== Background information ===== | ||
*Information about the land, people, history, government, and other characteristics of an area. Background information helps to focus research in the most appropriate types of records for a given area and time period. | *Information about the land, people, history, government, and other characteristics of an area. Background information helps to focus research in the most appropriate types of records for a given area and time period. | ||
===== Bankruptcy ===== | |||
*The state of being unable to pay one's debts. To formally declare bankruptcy is to seek relief from creditors through a court action. An individual, government, business, or other organization can declare bankruptcy. | *The state of being unable to pay one's debts. To formally declare bankruptcy is to seek relief from creditors through a court action. An individual, government, business, or other organization can declare bankruptcy. | ||
===== Banns ===== | |||
*A public announcement made by a couple to their local church congregation that they planned to marry. The couple may also have posted a written notice on the church. | *A public announcement made by a couple to their local church congregation that they planned to marry. The couple may also have posted a written notice on the church. | ||