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===== aarde, Afrikaans  =====
===== aarde, Afrikaans  =====


*Afrikaans word for "earth (buried in)."
*Afrikaans word for "earth (buried in)."  
*Dutch word for "earth (buried in), ground."
*Dutch word for "earth (buried in), ground."


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*Members of the Old Order Amish Mennonite Church who followed the strict teachings of Jakob Ammann and broke from the Swiss Mennonites in the late 1600s. Many began migrating to America in 1720 and settled in eastern Pennsylvania. The "old order" followed strict practices that included severely plain dress and the shunning of electricity and telephones. After 1850 many "new-order" groups broke off to follow more modern practices. Today the largest old-order settlements are in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas.
*Members of the Old Order Amish Mennonite Church who followed the strict teachings of Jakob Ammann and broke from the Swiss Mennonites in the late 1600s. Many began migrating to America in 1720 and settled in eastern Pennsylvania. The "old order" followed strict practices that included severely plain dress and the shunning of electricity and telephones. After 1850 many "new-order" groups broke off to follow more modern practices. Today the largest old-order settlements are in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas.


amita  
===== amita =====
*Latin word for "aunt, father's sister."


    Latin word for "aunt, father's sister."
===== amitinus  =====
*Latin word for "cousin, (child of father's sister)."


amitinus
===== amma  =====
*Icelandic word for "grandmother."


    Latin word for "cousin, (child of father's sister)."
===== Amman  =====
*German word for "bailiff, magistrate."


amma
===== ammatti  =====
*Finnish word for "profession, occupation."


    Icelandic word for "grandmother."
===== amministratore  =====
*Italian word for "steward, manager."


Amman
===== amministrazione  =====
*Italian word for "administration."


    German word for "bailiff, magistrate."
===== amo  =====
*Spanish word for "master, owner."


ammatti
===== amogliato  =====
*Italian word for "took a wife."


    Finnish word for "profession, occupation."
===== amonestaciones  =====
*Spanish word for "marriage banns."


amministratore
===== amptenaar =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "official."
    Italian word for "steward, manager."
 
amministrazione
 
    Italian word for "administration."
 
amo
 
    Spanish word for "master, owner."
 
amogliato
 
    Italian word for "took a wife."
 
amonestaciones
 
    Spanish word for "marriage banns."
 
amptenaar  
 
    Afrikaans word for "official."
 
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===== Amt  =====
===== Amt  =====
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*Norwegian word for "county"
*Norwegian word for "county"


amtmand  
===== amtmand =====
 
*Danish word for "chief county administrator."
    Danish word for "chief county administrator."
 
amtmann


    Norwegian word for "chief county administrator."
===== amtmann  =====
*Norwegian word for "chief county administrator."


===== Amtsgericht, Germany  =====
===== Amtsgericht, Germany  =====
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*A local court in Germany.
*A local court in Germany.


an (année)  
===== an (année) =====
 
*French word for "year."
    French word for "year."


===== Anabaptist  =====
===== Anabaptist  =====
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*A religious movement that developed in Zurich, Switzerland, during the 16th century under the influence of Huldrych Zwingli. The Anabaptists, whose name means "rebaptizer," believed that infant baptism was blasphemous because people could not be punished for sin until they had developed an awareness of good and evil. Hence, though it was illegal, many Anabaptists were baptized a second time as adults. Anabaptists also believed in a separation of church and state, opposed war, and refused to swear oaths. The Mennonite and Amish faiths developed from the Anabaptist movement.
*A religious movement that developed in Zurich, Switzerland, during the 16th century under the influence of Huldrych Zwingli. The Anabaptists, whose name means "rebaptizer," believed that infant baptism was blasphemous because people could not be punished for sin until they had developed an awareness of good and evil. Hence, though it was illegal, many Anabaptists were baptized a second time as adults. Anabaptists also believed in a separation of church and state, opposed war, and refused to swear oaths. The Mennonite and Amish faiths developed from the Anabaptist movement.


anabaptiste  
===== anabaptiste =====
 
*French word for "Mennonite."
    French word for "Mennonite."
 
Anbauer


    German word for "peasant."
===== Anbauer  =====
*German word for "peasant."


===== Ancestor  =====
===== Ancestor  =====
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*A type of record kept by many Germans during the Nazi era, starting in about 1937. It documents four generations of a person's family. The information was usually verified in civil registration records. The German word for this type of record is Ahnenpaß.
*A type of record kept by many Germans during the Nazi era, starting in about 1937. It documents four generations of a person's family. The information was usually verified in civil registration records. The German word for this type of record is Ahnenpaß.


ancestral  
===== ancestral =====
 
*Portuguese word for "ancestor."
    Portuguese word for "ancestor."


===== Ancestral File™  =====
===== Ancestral File™  =====
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*A number used to identify each record in Ancestral File.
*A number used to identify each record in Ancestral File.


anche  
===== anche =====
*Italian word for "also."


    Italian word for "also."
===== anciano (a)  =====
*Spanish word for "elderly."


anciano (a)
===== ancilla  =====
*Latin word for "female servant."


    Spanish word for "elderly."
===== ancillus  =====
*Latin word for "male servant."


ancilla
===== ancora  =====
*Italian word for "yet, still."


    Latin word for "female servant."
===== andarteppa  =====
*Icelandic word for "croup."


ancillus
===== andast  =====
*Icelandic word for "die."


    Latin word for "male servant."
===== andaður, andaðir (plural)  =====
*Icelandic word "deceased (male), dead."


ancora
===== andedictus  =====
*Latin word for "aforesaid."


    Italian word for "yet, still."
===== anden  =====
*Danish word for "second."


andarteppa
===== anden gang  =====
*Danish word for "second time."


    Icelandic word for "croup."
===== anden, andet  =====
*Danish word for "second, another."


andast
===== ander(s), Afrikaans  =====
*Afrikaans word for "different, other(s)."


    Icelandic word for "die."
===== ander(s), Dutch  =====
*Dutch word for "other."


andaður, andaðir (plural)
===== andere  =====
*German word for "other, next."


    Icelandic word "deceased (male), dead."
===== anders genoem  =====
*Afrikaans word for "alias, also known as, differently called."


andedictus
===== anders genoemd  =====
*Dutch word for "alias, also known as."


    Latin word for "aforesaid."
===== andiamo  =====
*Italian word for "right away, immediately."


anden
===== andlega vanheill  =====
*Icelandic word for "mentally deficient, weak-minded."


    Danish word for "second."
===== andra  =====
*Swedish word for "second, others."


anden gang
===== andre, Danish  =====
*Danish word for "others."


    Danish word for "second time."
===== andre, French  =====
*French word for "others, other, next."


anden, andet
===== Andrea Leonardo Collection  =====


    Danish word for "second, another."
*A collection of research files about South Carolina families.


ander(s), Afrikaans
===== andtäppa  =====
*Swedish word for "shortness of breath, asthma."


    Afrikaans word for "different, other(s)."
===== andvana fæddur  =====
*Icelandic word for "stillborn child."


ander(s), Dutch
===== anetavle, Danish  =====
*Danish word for "pedigree."


    Dutch word for "other."
===== anetavle, Norwegian  =====
*Norwegian word for "pedigree chart."


andere
===== anfald  =====
*Danish word for "seizures."


    German word for "other, next."
===== anfall, Norwegian  =====
*Norwegian word for "seizure, attack."


anders genoem
===== anfall, Swedish  =====
*Swedish word for "seizure(s)."


    Afrikaans word for "alias, also known as, differently called."
===== anførelse  =====
*Danish word for "statement, quotation."


anders genoemd
===== anført  =====
*Danish word for "entered, mentioned."


    Dutch word for "alias, also known as."
===== anførte  =====
*Norwegian word for "entered, mentioned."


andiamo
===== Angeber  =====
*German word for "informant."


    Italian word for "right away, immediately."
===== angeblich  =====
*German word for "alleged, assumed."


andlega vanheill
===== angiven  =====
*Swedish word for "given, stated."


    Icelandic word for "mentally deficient, weak-minded."
===== anglais(e)  =====
*French word for "English."


andra
===== anglia  =====
*Latin word for "England."


    Swedish word for "second, others."
===== Anglican Church  =====


andre, Danish
*A group of churches that are part of the Anglican Communion, which developed from the Church of England. The Anglican Church of Canada and the Episcopal Church in the United States are also members of the Anglican Communion. Anglican beliefs are based on the Nicene and Apostles' Creeds and follow the Book of Common Prayer, which outlines doctrine, discipline, and worship. National churches can revise the Book of Common Prayer to suit the needs of members in the country.


    Danish word for "others."
===== Anglican Communion  =====


andre, French
*An international group of loosely organized, self-governing churches whose doctrines and practices are based on the Church of England. The major churches in the communion are the Church of England, the Anglican Church of Canada, and the Episcopal Church in the United States.


    French word for "others, other, next."
===== Anglo-American  =====


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*An English-speaking person of European descent who is living in the United States.
 
===== Andrea Leonardo Collection  =====
 
*A collection of research files about South Carolina families.
 
andtäppa
 
    Swedish word for "shortness of breath, asthma."
 
andvana fæddur
 
    Icelandic word for "stillborn child."
 
anetavle, Danish
 
    Danish word for "pedigree."
 
anetavle, Norwegian
 
    Norwegian word for "pedigree chart."
 
anfald
 
    Danish word for "seizures."
 
anfall, Norwegian
 
    Norwegian word for "seizure, attack."
 
anfall, Swedish
 
    Swedish word for "seizure(s)."
 
anførelse
 
    Danish word for "statement, quotation."
 
anført
 
    Danish word for "entered, mentioned."
 
anførte
 
    Norwegian word for "entered, mentioned."
 
Angeber
 
    German word for "informant."
 
angeblich
 
    German word for "alleged, assumed."
 
angiven
 
    Swedish word for "given, stated."
 
anglais(e)
 
    French word for "English."
 
anglia
 
    Latin word for "England."
 
===== Anglican Church  =====
 
*A group of churches that are part of the Anglican Communion, which developed from the Church of England. The Anglican Church of Canada and the Episcopal Church in the United States are also members of the Anglican Communion. Anglican beliefs are based on the Nicene and Apostles' Creeds and follow the Book of Common Prayer, which outlines doctrine, discipline, and worship. National churches can revise the Book of Common Prayer to suit the needs of members in the country.
 
===== Anglican Communion  =====
 
*An international group of loosely organized, self-governing churches whose doctrines and practices are based on the Church of England. The major churches in the communion are the Church of England, the Anglican Church of Canada, and the Episcopal Church in the United States.
 
===== Anglo-American  =====
 
*An English-speaking person of European descent who is living in the United States.
 
angol


    Hungarian word for "English."
===== angol  =====
*Hungarian word for "English."


===== Angola  =====
===== Angola  =====
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