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*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 ===== | ===== 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. | ||
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*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. | ||
===== Baptêmes ===== | ===== Baptêmes ===== | ||
*The French word for baptisms. | *The French word for baptisms. | ||
===== Baptism certificate ===== | ===== Baptism certificate ===== | ||
*A certificate stating the date and place an individual was baptized into a church. | *A certificate stating the date and place an individual was baptized into a church. | ||
===== Baptism for the dead, Latter-day Saint ===== | ===== Baptism for the dead, Latter-day Saint ===== | ||
*A priesthood ordinance performed in temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Church members are baptized by proxy in behalf of people who have died. | *A priesthood ordinance performed in temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Church members are baptized by proxy in behalf of people who have died. | ||
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An initiation into a Christian church, usually performed by sprinkling the individual with water or immersing the individual in water. | An initiation into a Christian church, usually performed by sprinkling the individual with water or immersing the individual in water. | ||
===== Baptism, Latter-day Saint ===== | ===== Baptism, Latter-day Saint ===== | ||
*The introductory ordinance into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Church practices baptism by immersion for the remission of sins. The ordinance symbolizes the individual's rebirth as a disciple of Jesus Christ. | *The introductory ordinance into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Church practices baptism by immersion for the remission of sins. The ordinance symbolizes the individual's rebirth as a disciple of Jesus Christ. | ||
===== Baptismal date ===== | ===== Baptismal date ===== | ||
*The day an individual is baptized. | *The day an individual is baptized. | ||
===== Baptismal records ===== | ===== Baptismal records ===== | ||
*Records created when an individual participates in the rite or ordinance of baptism to become a member of a church. | *Records created when an individual participates in the rite or ordinance of baptism to become a member of a church. | ||