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     Portuguese word for "great-grandmother."

     Portuguese word for "great-grandfather."

     Portuguese word for "great-grandparents."

     German word for "bishop."

     Afrikaans and Dutch word for "diocese."

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

*A list of Latter-day Saint heads of households and the wards in which they lived. This report was prepared in 1852 and 1853.

     Norwegian word for "bishop."

     Czech and Polish word for "bishop."

     Portuguese word for "great-granddaughter."

     Portuguese word for "great-grandson."

     Portuguese word for "great-grandchildren."

     Spanish word for "great-granddaughter."

     Spanish word for "great-grandson."

     Spanish word for "great-grandchildren."

     Italian word for "great-grandmother."

     Italian word for "great-grandfather."

     Portuguese word for "bishopric."

     Danish and Norwegian word for "diocese."

     Portuguese word for "bishop."

     German word for "diocese."

     Hungarian word for "vagrant, vagabond."

     Hungarian word for "certain, sure."

     Hungarian word for "testimonies, (witnesses)."

     Hungarian word for "uncertain."

     Hungarian word for "certificate, document."

===== Bjelke Feud (1658-1660), Norway  =====

*An Indian war that arose when a Ute chief named Black Hawk led an uprising against the settlers in Utah.

     Afrikaans word for "page."

     Dutch word for "page."

     French word for "white."

     Spanish word for "white."

     German word for "smallpox."

*An official description of a coat of arms. Blazons are found in armorials. The term blazon is also used to mean a coat of arms.

     Icelandic word for "page."

*A priesthood ordinance of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in which an infant is given a name and a blessing.

     Norwegian word for "become."

     Danish and Norwegian word for "tinsmith."

     Icelandic word for "tinsmith."

     Danish, Norwegian and Swedish word for "blind."

     Icelandic word for "blind."

     Polish word for "near."

     Swedish word for "to become."

     Polish word for "twins."

     An agency of the United States government that manages and maintains the government's survey and land records. The bureau also manages national lands and their resources, including mineral resources. The bureau was created in 1946 when the Government Land Office (GLO) and the Grazing Service were combined. It is under the Department of the Interior.

     Danish and Norwegian word for "blood."

     Danish and Norwegian word for "dysentery."

     Norwegian word for "incest."

     Norwegian word for "abnormal loss of blood during illness."

     Afrikaans word for "bleeding, hemorrhage."

     Afrikaans word for "bloei."

     Dutch word for "May (blossoming month)."

     Polish word for "blessed."

     Polish word for "blessed, the late."

===== Blue Books  =====

*A part of the Maryland State Papers that contains records relating to stock in the Bank of Maryland from 1733 to 1810. The collection contains information about paper money investment schemes, lawsuits against the state of Maryland, and papers concerning property that citizens lost during the Revolutionary War.

     German word for "bleeding."

     German word for "blood relationship."

     Dutch word for "page."

     Czech word for "near."

     Icelandic word for "dysentery."

     Swedish word for "bleeding."

     German word for "May."

     Afrikaans word for "above, on top of."

     Danish word for "to live at, home."

     Norwegian word for "to live at."

     Polish word for "because."

     Swedish word for "to live, home, estate."

===== Board for Certification of Genealogists  =====

*A committee organized by the United States Congress in 1805 to investigate claims made by landowners to lands previously granted by the French and Spanish governments.

     Italian word for "cattle hand."

*The officer on a merchant or navy ship who has charge over the hull, sails, rigging, and so forth.

     Portuguese and Spanish word for "mouth."

     Portuguese and Spanish word for "wedding, marriage."

     Norwegian word for "lived."

     Hungarian word for "cooper, barrel maker."

     Danish word for "lived."

     Afrikaans and Dutch word for "book."

     Afrikaans and Dutch word for "farmer."

*A term referring to two wars between the British and the Boers (now called Afrikaners) in South Africa. The first Boer War occurred in 1880 and 1881, when the Boers gained independence from Britain. The second Boer War, which occurred between 1899 and 1902, happened when the Boers tried to deny British citizens and other non-Afrikaners full political rights. The Boers won the opening battles of the second war, but the British eventually won the war. The Boer troops surrendered in 1900, but guerilla fighting lasted until 1902.

     Afrikaans word for "farmhand (laborer)."

     Afrikaans word for "farmworker."

     Dutch word for "cottager, farmhand, worker."

     Dutch word for "farm worker."

     Danish word for "book."

     Danish word for "bookseller."

     Danish word for "bookkeeper, accountant."

     Hungarian word for "wheel maker."

     Portuguese word for "herdsman."

     Norwegian and Swedish word for "book."

     Norwegian word for "bookseller."

     Norwegian word for "bookkeeper."

     Swedish word for "bookkeeper."

     Norwegian word for "letter, character."

     Hungarian word for "happy."

     Czech word for "pain."

     Danish and Norwegian word for "residence, house."

===== Bond of curation  =====

*A probate record posted by estate administrators or executors that ensures they will properly carry out their duties.

===== Bondsman  =====

*An individual or institution that signs a bond to guarantee that if the bond holder does not meet the obligations, that individual or institution will. Also called a surety.

===== Bonus application papers  =====

*An article that summarizes a book and evaluates the quality of the book’s information and writing.

===== Bordeaux Emigration Index, France  =====

*Lists beginning in 1895 that document people who have crossed the border between the United States and Canada or Mexico.

===== Borgerskabprotokoller, Denmark  =====

*A Danish word for citizenship book. It lists the people who received the rights to citizenship extended by a city. Citizenship rights included the right to engage in business in the city, protection under the law, and permission to live in the city without being expelled. The book includes the names of the people granted citizenship and their age, social and economic status, occupation and training, and sometimes birthplace and names of relatives. Until the twentieth century, only males of the middle or upper class, usually merchants and tradesmen, were granted citizenship.

===== Born In (the) Covenant  =====

*A self-governing town or city that sends a representative to Parliament.

===== Borough, Scotland  =====

*A city or town in Scotland. In current usage, the term borough refers only to towns with a charter. Also spelled burgh.

===== Boundary  =====

*A formal, written request for a piece of federal land in return for past military service.

===== Bowman Collection  =====

*A printed book used to record membership records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1920 and 1941. Each page of the book had four to six boxes, and each box contained the complete membership information for an individual. The records are available at the Family History Library™ and Family History Centers™.

===== Branch history, Latter-day Saint  =====

*A local division of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is similar to a ward but usually does not have enough membership or enough priesthood leadership to support all the programs of the Church.

===== Brief description, Family History Library Catalog™ on compact disc  =====