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     In Canadian national censuses, the smallest area covered by the census. Canadian provinces are divided into census districts. Districts are divided into subdistricts. Only sometimes are the subdistricts divided into two or more divisions.

     The geographic area assigned to one census taker, who was known as an enumerator. The size of the enumeration district depended on the number of people living in the area. The enumerator was responsible to collect information about every person in the district on a specific night.

     Several enumeration districts make up a section of the census known as a census piece or bundle.

     A census folio is a two-sided sheet of paper used for recording the census. The folio number is stamped in the top right corner of the front of the sheet. Folio numbers run consecutively through a section of the census known as a piece or bundle.

*A special census taken in 1911 in Arkansas of all living veterans who served in the Confederate Army.

     A number printed on a page in an enumerator's book. The number appears in the top middle or a top corner of each page. Page numbers run consecutively through one enumeration district only.

     A number assigned by the Public Record Office in England to each section of the census returns, 1841 to the present. Also called a bundle number.

*An index to the 1881 British Census that is organized alphabetically by surname then alphabetically by the census place.

     An index to the 1881 British census that is arranged in the same order as the original census, with individuals listed by the household in which they were enumerated. Use this index after using the Surname Index, Birthplace Index, or Census Place Index.

*A record type used in the Locality and Research Methodologies sections of the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) to identify articles that contain information about census records.

     An alphabetical list of streets appearing in the census record of a geographic area. The index shows the name of the street and a set of reference numbers that are helpful in finding the street in a census record of most large cities.

     In Canadian national censuses, an area covered by the census. Canadian provinces are divided into census districts. Districts are divided into subdistricts. In some provinces, townships are census subdistricts. A political ward in a city may also be a census subdistrict. Only sometimes are the subdistricts further divided into two or more divisions.

     Records which can be used instead of a census. The substitutes are lists of people in an area, such as tax lists.

     An index to the 1881 British census that is arranged alphabetically by surname, then by first name and age in descending order.

     A record type used in the Locality and Research Methodologies sections of the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) to identify articles that contain information about census records.

     Latin and Czech word for "census."

     French word for "hundred."

     Spanish word for "centennial."

     Latin word for "a person one hundred years of age."

     Portuguese word for "centennial."

     Italian word for "hundredth."

     Latin word for "hundredth."

     Latin word for "one-hundred-first."

     Latin word for "one-hundred-fiftieth."

     French word for "hundredth."

     Italian and Portuguese word for "one hundred."

===== Central Bureau of Statistics, Sweden  =====

*A grouping of Canadian provinces comprising Québec and Ontario.

     Latin word for "hundred."

     Latin word for "one-hundred-fifty."

     Latin word for "one-hundred-one."

     A collection of records gathered by the Iowa American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. These records contain information about farm owners in Iowa whose property had remained in the family for 100 years or longer.

     Portuguese and Spanish word for "one-hundredth."

     Spanish word for "one-hundred-first."

===== Century Farm Applications, Iowa  =====

*A collection of records gathered by the Iowa American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. These records contain information about farm owners in Iowa whose property had remained in the family for 100 years or longer.

     Portuguese and Spanish word for "near, approximate."

     Latin word for "handworker."

     Spanish word for "locksmith."

     Portuguese word for "certificate."

     Spanish word for "certificate."

*A legal document given to immigrants after they have met all immigration requirements and have been sworn in as citizens of the United States. Also called a Certificate of Naturalization and Form 2207.

     Italian word for "certificate."

*A French term for marriage certificate, a record that documents the date and place of a couple's marriage.

     Italian word for "we certify."

     Spanish word for "brewer."

     Portuguese word for "brewer."

     Polish word for "imperial."

     Polish word for "empire."

     Czech word for "road."

     Czech word for "passport."

     French word for "those."

     Italian word for "compare."

     Polish word for "cottager, poor peasant."

     Czech word for "cottager, poor peasant."

*A clergyman in charge of a chapel; also a person who serves in the military as a clergyman. The chaplain is considered an officer.

     French word for "charcoal burner."

     French word for "pork merchant."

*A collection of cemetery records from Connecticut. The collection has cemetery inscriptions from more than 2,000 cemeteries. It also includes notices of deaths and marriages listed in newspapers.

     French word for "cart or carriage man."

     French word for "cartwright, wheelwright."

     Latin word for "paper miller."

     French word for "hunter."

     French word for "cooper, barrel maker."

     Polish and Czech word for "he wants."

     Italian word for "which, than, what, who, that, whom."

*The French term for the highest ranking title in the French gentry (petite noblesse). A chevalier is equivalent to a British knight.

     A tribe of Native Americans that lived on the western plains in the United States.

     French word for "at the home of."

     Italian word for "who, whom."

*A city in Cook County, Illinois.

     The military highway that ran between Detroit and Fort Dearborn, now Chicago, after the 1820s. It was a major route for settlers moving to the Northwest.

*A tribe of Native Americans who originally lived in northern Mississippi, western Tennessee, and northwestern Alabama. In 1837 they moved to Indian Territory.

     Italian word for "church."

     Italian word for "Greek Catholic."

     Italian word for "kilometer."

     Italian word for "chemist."

*Pertaining to something or someone from China; also the languages used by the people of China and other countries.

===== Choctaw  =====

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

===== Christen, religious  =====

Christening records: Records created when an individual is christened (a religious ceremony in which an individual is baptized or an infant is given a name).  

===== Christian Church  =====

*A church founded in 1857 in the United States by people who separated from the Dutch Reformed Church (now called the Reformed Church in America). It adopted its current name in 1904. The church follows the teachings of John Calvin and Huldrych Zwingli, maintaining a conservative, orthodox interpretation of doctrine and practices. It used to conduct its services and keep its records in Dutch.

===== Church Almanac, Latter-day Saint  =====

*A lay officer in a parish or district of the Church of England. The churchwarden helps the minister with various administrative duties and represents the parishioners in church matters. Most parishes have two churchwardens, who are elected on Easter Tuesday. Before large parishes were broken down into divisions, they may have had up to four churchwardens to represent various areas of the parish. Also called churchman, churchmaster, church reeve, and kirkmaster.

===== Cimarrón  =====

*A term used in Mexican and Guatemalan Catholic Church registers to describe a person whose ancestry is a mix of Indian (1/4), African (1/2), and Spanish Caucasian (1/4). Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate.

===== Circuit court guardian docket  =====

*A court in Wisconsin with countywide jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases and some appeals.

===== Circuit superior court of law, West Virginia  =====

*A book containing information about Jewish circumcisions. They include the Hebrew given name of the child, the date of circumcision in the Hebrew calendar, and the father's Hebrew given name. Also called Mohel books.

===== Citizen, early England and Wales  =====