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     German word for "brewer."

     German word for "bride."

     Spanish word for "arm."

     Portuguese word for "arm."

     Swedish word for "next to."

     Icelandic word for "burn."

     Icelandic word for "burned, burning."

     Norwegian word for "distiller of spirits."

     French word for "Brittany [first cousin of one's parent]."

     Danish and Norwegian word for "letter, correspondence."

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

*A large collection of typed transcripts of wills, cemetery records, vital records, and other family records for families from the towns of West Greenwich, Exeter, and Coventry in Rhode Island. It was created by Anthony Tarbox Briggs and is at the Rhode Island Historical Society and on microfilm at the Family History Library™.

     French word for "brick maker."

*The name used for colonies that remained in British hands after the Revolutionary War between 1783 (when Britain acknowledged the independence of the United States) and 1867 (when the Dominion of Canada was created).

     Icelandic word for "chest disease."

     Icelandic word for "shortness of breath."

     Norwegian and Swedish word for "bridge."

     Danish word for "brother."

     Danish word for "brother's daughter."

     Danish word for "brother's son."

     Dutch word for "brother."

     Afrikaans word for "brother(s)."

===== Bromwell Index  =====

*A five-volume alphabetical list of prominent people from Colorado. The index covers up to the year 1933 and is held by the Colorado Historical Society.

     Danish, Norwegian and Swedish word for "brother."

     Norwegian word for "brother's daughter."

     Swedish word for "niece, brother's daughter."

     Swedish word for "nephew, brother's son."

     Norwegian word for "brother's son."

     Swedish word for "chest pain."

     Afrikaans word for "brewer."

     Dutch word for "brewer."

===== Brown Books  =====

*A part of the Maryland State Papers that contains military and civilian communications dating from 1775 to 1803. The books also contain Revolutionary War correspondence, including lists of rebels, payments, seizures, arrests, and military engagements.

     French word for "daughter-in-law."

     Norwegian and Swedish word for "bride."

     Danish word for "the bride."

     German word for "brother."

     Swedish word for "bridal couple."

     Norwegian word for "bridegroom."

     Danish word for "the bridegroom."

     Swedish word for "bridegroom."

     Swedish word for "bridal couple."

     Danish word for "use, outfit."

     Dutch word for "bridge."

     Afrikaans and Dutch word for "bride."

     Afrikaans and Dutch word for "bridegroom."

     Norwegian word for "farm, use."

     Swedish word for "foundry, mill, iron industry."

     Swedish word for "tenant farmer, leaseholder."

     Swedish word for "foundryman, mill hand, iron worker."

     French word for "the name of one of the months used in the French Republic Calendar."

     During the years 1792 to 1806, the French used a unique calendar that related to the founding of the French Republic. The month names cannot be translated because they do not correspond to the months we know as January to December.

     Swedish word for "brewer."

     Norwegian word for "brewer."

     Danish word for "brewer."

     Danish and Norwegian word for "wedding."

     Polish word for "pregnant."

     Swedish word for "frailty."

     German word for "diptheria."

     German word for "bridegroom."

     Danish word for "woodcutter."

     Danish word for "distiller of spirits."

     Icelandic word for "brothers."

     Icelandic word for "letter, deed."

     Icelandic word for 'brother."

     Icelandic word for "nephew (brother's son)."

     Swedish word for "wedding."

     Swedish word for "heir."

     Swedish word for "pneumonia."

     Swedish word for "chest illness, pneumonia."

     Icelandic word for "bridegroom."

     Icelandic word for "bridal pair."

     Icelandic word for "bride."

     German word for "bridge."

     German word for "boy."

     Italian word for "washwoman."

     German word for "book."

===== Buddhism  =====

*A major world religion founded in India in 500 B.C. by a teacher named Buddha. It has influenced religious, social, and cultural effects in much of Asia. In each area it has often combined with teachings from other religions such as Hinduism and Shinto. Zen Buddhism, practiced chiefly in Japan, has some distinctive differences. Buddha taught that each person's position in life was determined by actions in past lives. He sought to conquer attachments to worldly things.

     Czech word for "he will, she will, it will."

     Norwegian word for "milkmaid."

     Czech word for "they will."

     Spanish word for "good."

     Italian word for "dark."

     Afrikaans word for "outside."

     Dutch word for "outside."

     Afrikaans word for "besides."

     Dutch word for "illegitimate."

     Italian word for "good."

     French word for "office."

*The agency of the United States government charged with taking a national census every 10 years.

     German word for "castle, fortress."

     Dutch word for "civil administration."

===== Bürgerbücher, Germany  =====