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===== baptista  =====
===== baptista  =====
*Hungarian word for "Baptist."
*Hungarian word for "Baptist."


===== Baptiste  =====
===== Baptiste  =====
*French word for "Baptist."
*French word for "Baptist."


===== baptisé  =====
===== baptisé  =====
*French word for "baptized."
*French word for "baptized."


===== baptisé sous condition  =====
===== baptisé sous condition  =====
*French word for "conditionally baptized."
*French word for "conditionally baptized."


===== baptizar  =====
===== baptizar  =====
*Portuguese word for "to baptize."
*Portuguese word for "to baptize."


===== baptizatorum, liber  =====
===== baptizatorum, liber  =====
*Latin word for "register of baptisms."
*Latin word for "register of baptisms."


===== baptizatus est  =====
===== baptizatus est  =====
*Latin word for "he was baptized, has been baptized."
*Latin word for "he was baptized, has been baptized."


===== baptizavi  =====
===== baptizavi  =====
*Latin word for "I baptized, have baptized."
*Latin word for "I baptized, have baptized."


===== baptême d'urgence  =====
===== baptême d'urgence  =====
*French word for "emergency baptism."
*French word for "emergency baptism."


===== Baptêmes  =====
===== Baptêmes  =====
*The French word for baptisms.
*The French word for baptisms.


===== bar  =====
===== bar  =====
*Danish, Norwegian and Swedish word for "carried."
*Danish, Norwegian and Swedish word for "carried."


===== bar barnet  =====
===== bar barnet  =====
*Danish, Norwegian and Swedish word for "carried or held the child (at baptism font)."
*Danish, Norwegian and Swedish word for "carried or held the child (at baptism font)."


===== bara  =====
===== bara  =====
*Swedish word for "only."
*Swedish word for "only."


===== barbiere  =====
===== barbiere  =====
*Italian word for "barber."
*Italian word for "barber."


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===== barca, fabbricatore di  =====
===== barca, fabbricatore di  =====
*Italian word for "boat maker."
*Italian word for "boat maker."


===== barcaiolo  =====
===== barcaiolo  =====
*Italian word for "boatman."
*Italian word for "boatman."


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===== barco, Portuguese  =====
===== barco, Portuguese  =====
*Portuguese word for "boat."
*Portuguese word for "boat."


===== barco, Spanish  =====
===== barco, Spanish  =====
*Spanish word for "ship."
*Spanish word for "ship."


===== bare  =====
===== bare  =====
*Norwegian word for "only."
*Norwegian word for "only."


===== barilaio  =====
===== barilaio  =====
*Italian word for "cooper, barrel maker."
*Italian word for "cooper, barrel maker."


===== barista  =====
===== barista  =====
*Italian word for "bartender."
*Italian word for "bartender."


===== barkahósti  =====
===== barkahósti  =====
*Icelandic word for "croup."
*Icelandic word for "croup."


===== barn  =====
===== barn  =====
*Icelandic word for "child."
*Icelandic word for "child."


===== barn  =====
===== barn  =====
*Danish and Norwegian word for "child."
*Danish and Norwegian word for "child."


===== barn, Swedish  =====
===== barn, Swedish  =====
*Swedish word for "child(ren)."
*Swedish word for "child(ren)."


===== barna  =====
===== barna  =====
*Icelandic word for "make pregnant."
*Icelandic word for "make pregnant."


===== barna, Hungarian  =====
===== barna, Hungarian  =====
*Hungarian word for "brown."
*Hungarian word for "brown."


===== barna, Norwegian  =====
===== barna, Norwegian  =====
*Norwegian word for "children."
*Norwegian word for "children."


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===== barnbarn  =====
===== barnbarn  =====
*Swedish word for "grandchild(ren)."
*Swedish word for "grandchild(ren)."


===== barnbok  =====
===== barnbok  =====
*Swedish word for "preconfirmation roll (in Finland)."
*Swedish word for "preconfirmation roll (in Finland)."


===== barndom  =====
===== barndom  =====
*Danish and Norwegian word for "childhood."
*Danish and Norwegian word for "childhood."


===== barnebarn  =====
===== barnebarn  =====
*Danish and Norwegian word for "grandchild."
*Danish and Norwegian word for "grandchild."


===== barnedåb, Danish  =====
===== barnedåb, Danish  =====
*Danish word for "child's baptism."
*Danish word for "child's baptism."


===== barnedåp, Norwegian  =====
===== barnedåp, Norwegian  =====
*Norwegian word for "child baptism."
*Norwegian word for "child baptism."


===== barnefader  =====
===== barnefader  =====
*Danish word for "child's father."
*Danish word for "child's father."


===== barnefar  =====
===== barnefar  =====
*Norwegian word for "child's father."
*Norwegian word for "child's father."


===== barnlaus  =====
===== barnlaus  =====
*Icelandic word for "childless."
*Icelandic word for "childless."


===== barnlös  =====
===== barnlös  =====
*Swedish word for "childless."
*Swedish word for "childless."


===== barnløs  =====
===== barnløs  =====
*Danish and Norwegian word for "childless."
*Danish and Norwegian word for "childless."


===== barnmorska  =====
===== barnmorska  =====
*Swedish word for "midwife."
*Swedish word for "midwife."


===== Barnocino  =====
===== Barnocino  =====
*A term used in Catholic Church registers to describe a person from Spanish-speaking Latin America whose ancestry is a mix of Indian, African, and Caucasian. Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate.
*A term used in Catholic Church registers to describe a person from Spanish-speaking Latin America whose ancestry is a mix of Indian, African, and Caucasian. Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate.


===== barnsbörd, barnsäng  =====
===== barnsbörd, barnsäng  =====
*Swedish word for "childbirth."
*Swedish word for "childbirth."


===== barnsæng  =====
===== barnsæng  =====
*Icelandic word for "childbed."
*Icelandic word for "childbed."


===== baro  =====
===== baro  =====
*Latin word for "baron."
*Latin word for "baron."


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===== Baron  =====
===== Baron  =====
*German word for "baron."
*German word for "baron."


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===== barone  =====
===== barone  =====
*Italian word for "baron."
*Italian word for "baron."


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===== barrio  =====
===== barrio  =====
*Spanish word for "city ward."
*Spanish word for "city ward."


===== barsel  =====
===== barsel  =====
*Danish and Norwegian word for "birth."
*Danish and Norwegian word for "birth."


===== barselfeber  =====
===== barselfeber  =====
*Norwegian word for "childbed fever."
*Norwegian word for "childbed fever."


===== barselseng  =====
===== barselseng  =====
*Danish and Norwegian word for "birthing bed."
*Danish and Norwegian word for "birthing bed."


===== E. E. Barton Collection of Northern Kentucky Families (Barton collection)  =====
===== E. E. Barton Collection of Northern Kentucky Families (Barton collection)  =====
*A collection of biographies, guardian bonds, appraisements, marriages, and church records for the residents of Kentucky in Pendleton County and neighboring counties.
*A collection of biographies, guardian bonds, appraisements, marriages, and church records for the residents of Kentucky in Pendleton County and neighboring counties.


===== barát  =====
===== barát  =====
*Hungarian word for "friend."
*Hungarian word for "friend."


===== barão  =====
===== barão  =====
*Portuguese word for "baron."
*Portuguese word for "baron."


===== Barón  =====
===== Barón  =====
*The Spanish word for baron, a title of nobility ranking below a viscount (vizconde) and above a lord (señor).
*The Spanish word for baron, a title of nobility ranking below a viscount (vizconde) and above a lord (señor).


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     Swedish word for "burial."
     Swedish word for "burial."
begravningsplats
    Swedish word for "cemetery."
begrawe
    Afrikaans word for "to bury."
Begräbnisse
    The German word for burials.
begått H(errens) H(eliga) Nattvard
    Swedish word for "taken the Lord's Holy Communion."
behandle
    Norwegian word for "handle, treat, manage."
behoeftig
    Afrikaans word for "indigent, needy."
behoeftigden
    Dutch word for "needy, indigent."
behoort
    Afrikaans word for "belongs."
behoren
    Dutch word for "to belong to."
Beichte
    German word for "confession."
beide
    Afrikaans, Dutch and German word for "both."
Beilage
    German word for "supplement."
beiningamaður
    Icelandic word for "beggar."
bejaard
    Dutch word for "aged."
bejaarde
    Afrikaans word for "aged."
bejelent
    Hungarian word for "declares, reports."
Bekannte(r)
    German word for "acquaintance."
Bekehrung
    German word for "conversion."
bekende
    Afrikaans and Dutch word for "acquaintance."
belasting, Afrikaans
    Afrikaans word for "tax."
belasting, Dutch
    Dutch word for "taxation."
belastingheffer
    Afrikaans word for "tax collector."
Belege
    German word for "proof, documentation."
Belg(isch)
    Dutch word for "Belgian."
Belge
    French word for "Belgian."
Belgie
    Afrikaans word for "Belgium."
Belgies
    Afrikaans word for "Belgian."
België
    Dutch word for "Belgium."
belle-fille
    French word for "daughter-in-law, stepdaughter."
belle-mère
    French word for "mother-in-law, stepmother."
belle-soeur
    French word for "sister-in-law, stepsister."
belül
    Hungarian word for "inside."
bem
    Portuguese word for "good, well."
bemerking
    Dutch word for "remarks."
bemerkning
    Norwegian word for "remark."
Bemerkungen
    German word for "remarks."
bemærkning
    Danish word for "remark."
ben, Danish
    Danish word for "leg, bone, limb."
ben, Norwegian
    Norwegian word for "leg, bone."
benadering
    Dutch word for "approximation."
benché
    Italian word for "although."
bendición
    Spanish word for "blessing."
bene
    Latin word for "well."


===== Beneficiary, insurance  =====
===== Beneficiary, insurance  =====
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*An individual who receives property or money from a deceased individual’s estate.
*An individual who receives property or money from a deceased individual’s estate.
benekte
    Norwegian word for "deny."
benestante
    Italian word for "wealthy person."
beni immobili
    Italian word for "real property, real estate."
beni stabili
    Italian word for "real property, real estate."


===== Benjamin Lake Noyes Collection  =====
===== Benjamin Lake Noyes Collection  =====


*A collection of genealogies and correspondence concerning many Maine families, especially those who settled at Deer Isle in Hancock County.
*A collection of genealogies and correspondence concerning many Maine families, especially those who settled at Deer Isle in Hancock County.
benämd
    Swedish word for "called."
benåde
    Norwegian word for "pardon."
berg
    German and Swedish word for "hill, mountain."
berg, Dutch
    Dutch word for "mountain."
bergarius
    Latin word for "shepherd."
berger
    French word for "shepherd."
Bergmann
    German word for "miner."
bergslag
    Swedish word for "mining district."
bergsman
    Swedish word for "miner."
berklaveiki
    Icelandic word for "tuberculosis."
berní ruly
    Czech word for "tax lists."
beroep, Afrikaans
    Afrikaans word for "occupation."
beroep, Dutch
    Dutch word for "trade, occupation."
beroerte
    Afrikaans word for "apoplexy, stroke."
Beruf
    German word for "occupation, profession."
beruset
    Norwegian word for "drunk."
Beschreibung
    German word for "description."
beschrijving
    Dutch word for "description."
besetning
    Norwegian word for "livestock, crew."
besidder
    Danish word for "owner.:
Besitzer
    German word for "possessor, proprietor, owner."
beskattning
    Swedish word for "taxation."
beskrive
    Danish word for "description."
beskrivelse
    Norwegian word for "description."
beskrivning, Swedish
    Swedish word for "description."
beskrywing, Afrikaans
    Afrikaans word for "description."
beslagnemen
    Dutch word for "to seize."
beslektet
    Norwegian word for "related."
besnijdenis
    Dutch word for "circumcision."
bestattet
    German word for "buried."
bestefar
    Norwegian word for "grandfather."
besteforeldre
    Norwegian word for "grandparents."
bestemor
    Norwegian word for "grandmother."
bestilling
    Danish word for "occupation."
bestätigt
    German word for "confirmed, verified."
besvangre
    Norwegian word for "impregnate, get with child, make pregnant."
besökare
    Swedish word for "customs official (archaic), visitor (modern)."
bet-bet-overgrootvader
    Dutch word for "third great-grandfather."
bet-overgrootvader
    Dutch word for "second great-grandfather."
betale
    Norwegian word for "pay."
betegség
    Hungarian word for "disease, illness."
betjene
    Danish word for "serve."
betjänt
    Swedish word for "servant, civil servant."
betler
    Norwegian word for "beggar."
betrekking, Afrikaans
    Afrikaans word for "concerning, in relation to, position (employment)."
betrekking, Dutch
    Dutch word for "in relation to, relatives."
bettlare
    Swedish word for "beggar."
Bettler
    German word for "beggar."
bettlägerig
    German word for "bedridden."
bettoliere
    Italian word for "tavern keeper."
betuiging, Afrikaans
    Afrikaans word for "giving (as in giving thanks or legal testimony)."
betuiging, Dutch
    Dutch word for "declaration, expression."


===== Between the Miami Rivers Survey  =====
===== Between the Miami Rivers Survey  =====


*A land survey that the United States government conducted between the Great and Little Miami Rivers in Ohio. The survey used the same nonstandard method used in the Symmes Purchase.
*A land survey that the United States government conducted between the Great and Little Miami Rivers in Ohio. The survey used the same nonstandard method used in the Symmes Purchase.
betyg
    Swedish word for "certificate."
bevaka
    Swedish word for "protect."
bevestiging
    Afrikaans word for "confirmation."
bevilge
    Norwegian word for "grant."
bevis, Norwegian
    Norwegian word for "proof."
bevis, Swedish
    Swedish word for "certificate, proof, evidence."
bevistat läsförhören
    Swedish word for "present at household examination (clerical survey).
bevolking
    Afrikaans and Dutch word for "population."
bevolking, Dutch
    Dutch word for "population."
bevolkingsregister
    Dutch word for "population register."
bevorstehend
    German word for "previously mentioned."
bevándorlás
    Hungarian word for "immigration."
bevándorló
    Hungarian word for "immigrant."
beväring
    Swedish word for "conscript."
beväringsman
    Swedish word for "recruit."
Bevölkerungsregister
    German word for "population register."
bewaarder
    Dutch word for "guardian, warden."
bewijs
    Dutch word for "certificate, proof."
bewijs van overlijden
    Dutch word for "death certificate, proof of death."
bewijs van trouwen
    Dutch word for "marriage certificate, proof of marriage."
bewys
    Afrikaans word for "evidence, proof."
beykir
    Icelandic word for "cooper."
bez
    Polish and Czech word for "without."
bezdzietny
    Polish word for "childless."
bezejmenný
    Czech word for "unnamed, nameless."
bezimienny
    Polish word for "unnamed, nameless."
Bezirk
    German word for "district."
beður
    Icelandic word for "bed."
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
    An agency of the United States government that manages and keeps the records of the government's interaction with American Indian tribes.
bialoruski
    Polish word for "Belorussian."
bialy
    Polish word for "white."
bianco
    Italian word for "white."
Bible records
    Birth, marriage, and death information written in family Bibles, usually on pages set aside for such a purpose.


===== Bible Records, Family History Library Catalog™  =====
===== Bible Records, Family History Library Catalog™  =====
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*A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize Bible records (birth, marriage, and death information written in family Bibles).  
*A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize Bible records (birth, marriage, and death information written in family Bibles).  
*Bible records, general: Birth, marriage, and death information written in family Bibles, usually on pages set aside for such a purpose.<br>
*Bible records, general: Birth, marriage, and death information written in family Bibles, usually on pages set aside for such a purpose.<br>


===== Bibliography, Family History Library Catalog™  =====
===== Bibliography, Family History Library Catalog™  =====
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*A list of books, periodicals, or other resources that were used to prepare a book or article; also a separate list of books, periodicals, or other resources related to a particular topic.
*A list of books, periodicals, or other resources that were used to prepare a book or article; also a separate list of books, periodicals, or other resources related to a particular topic.
bibliográfia
    Hungarian word for "bibliography."
biblioteca
    Portuguese and Spanish word for "library."
biblioteche
    Italian word for "libraries."
bibliotek
    Danish and Norwegian word for "library."


===== Bibliothèque Généalogique, France  =====
===== Bibliothèque Généalogique, France  =====
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*A library in Paris, France, that has a collection of 300,000 volumes and 2,400 periodicals. It has a good genealogical collection.
*A library in Paris, France, that has a collection of 300,000 volumes and 2,400 periodicals. It has a good genealogical collection.
bidden
    Dutch word for "to request, to pray."
bidello
    Italian word for "janitor."
biduum
    Latin word for "space of two days, two-day period."
biegunka
    Polish word for "diarrhea, dysentery."
bien, French
    French word for "well."
bien, Spanish
    Spanish word for "good, well."
bienes
    Spanish word for "property, goods, fee."


===== Bienes de difuntos  =====
===== Bienes de difuntos  =====


*A Spanish term for inheritance records and inventories of personal estates. Also used in the Philippines.<br>
*A Spanish term for inheritance records and inventories of personal estates. Also used in the Philippines.<br>
biennium
    Latin word for "two-year period."
biens
    French word for "goods, property."
bierzmowanie
    Polish word for "confirmation."
biezacy
    Polish word for "current." Roku biezacego means "of the current year."
bifolco
    Italian word for "plowman."
bijlagen
    Dutch word for "supplemental documents."
bijna
    Dutch word for "almost, nearly."
bijnaam
    Dutch word for "surname, nickname."
bijzit
    Dutch word for "mistress, concubine".
bilaga
    Swedish word for "supplement, enclosure."


===== Bill of sale  =====
===== Bill of sale  =====


*A written document that transfers personal property from one individual to another. It proves that a sale occurred.
*A written document that transfers personal property from one individual to another. It proves that a sale occurred.
billedhugger
    Danish word for "sculptor."
Biloxi Bay, Mississippi
    The seaport area on the Gulf of Mexico where the city of Biloxi, Mississippi is now located. The permanent settlement in the Mississippi Valley was made there by the French in 1699.
bind, Danish
    Danish word for "volume."
bind, Norwegian
    Norwegian word for "volume (book)."
binnekant
    Afrikaans word for "inside."
binnenkant
    Dutch word for "inside."
biografi
    Danish, Norwegian and Swedish word for "biography."
biografia
    Italian word for "biography."


===== Biografica  =====
===== Biografica  =====


*A biographical collection of notes, newspaper clippings, and obituaries of Swedish army officers and others.
*A biographical collection of notes, newspaper clippings, and obituaries of Swedish army officers and others.
biografie
    Afrikaans and Dutch word for "biography."


===== Biographical dictionary  =====
===== Biographical dictionary  =====
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*A brief account of an individual’s life.
*A brief account of an individual’s life.
biographie, French
    French word for "biography."
Biographie, German
    German word for "biography."
Biography
    A history of an individual's life.


===== Biography and Genealogy Master Index  =====
===== Biography and Genealogy Master Index  =====
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*A record type used in the Locality and Research Methodologies sections of the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) to identify articles that contain biographical information about a person or group of people.
*A record type used in the Locality and Research Methodologies sections of the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) to identify articles that contain biographical information about a person or group of people.
birk
    Danish word for "court district."


===== Birke, Denmark  =====
===== Birke, Denmark  =====
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*An official government document stating an individual’s birth date, birthplace, and parentage.
*An official government document stating an individual’s birth date, birthplace, and parentage.
birodalom
    Hungarian word for "empire."
birraio
    Italian word for "barkeeper, brewer."
Birth certificate
    An official government document stating an individual's birth date, birthplace, and parentage.


===== Birth record  =====
===== Birth record  =====
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*An index of the 1881 British Census that is organized alphabetically by surname then by individuals' parish of birth. The Birthplace Index can help you identify possible brothers, sisters, and cousins who were born in the same parish but who may have moved to a different part of Great Britain.
*An index of the 1881 British Census that is organized alphabetically by surname then by individuals' parish of birth. The Birthplace Index can help you identify possible brothers, sisters, and cousins who were born in the same parish but who may have moved to a different part of Great Britain.
birtokos
    Hungarian word for "landowning farmer."
bis-bisnonno
    Italian word for "secont great-grandfather."
bisabuela
    Spanish word for "great-grandmother."
bisabuelo
    Spanish word for "great-grandfather."
bisabuelos
    Spanish word for "great-grandparents."
bisavo, -a
    Italian word for "great-grandfather (great-grandmother)."
bisavolo, -a
    Italian word for "great-grandfather (great-grandmother)."
bisavó
    Portuguese word for "great-grandmother."


===== Bishop's court, Church of England  =====
===== Bishop's court, Church of England  =====
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