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     Spanish word for "council."

     Spanish word for "Council of Trent."

     Italian word for "concubine."

     French word for "concubine."

     Spanish word for "county."

     Portuguese word for "count, earl".

*The third highest raking title of Spanish nobility. A conde (equivalent in rank to a count or earl) ranks below a marqués (marques or marquis) and above a vizconde (viscount).

     Latin word for "conditionally."

     Italian word for "status, condition."

     Italian word for "driver."

===== Confederacy  =====

*The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861. These states were Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

     A person who supported the Southern States prior to, during, and after the Civil War. Also an adjective describing things relating to the states that seceded from the United States, such as places, military forces, and flags.

*Men who served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War and were taken as prisoners of war.

     The army and navy of the Southeran states during the United States Civil War.

*Land grants issued by Texas to Confederate veterans who were permanently disabled in the American Civil War or to widows of soldiers who were killed during the war.

     The union on 1 July 1867 of the former British colonies of Canada West (Ontario), Canada East (Quebec), New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia as the Dominion of Canada. It now includes all the present provinces and territories of Canada.

     Italian word for "confirmation."

     Italian word for "confectioner."

*A Portuguese word for confirmations.

     Dutch word for "confirmation."

*A church rite that allows an individual to become a member of a church.

     An ordinance of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in which an individual becomes a member of the Church and receives the gift of the Holy Ghost.  

     Icelandic word for "confirmed, confirmand."

     Norwegian word for "confirmed."

     Danish word for "confirmed."

*An organization in Spain whose membership was restricted to persons of hidalgo status (untitled Spanish nobility). In Spanish, the terms órdenes militares, confradías and confraternidades refer to military orders of chivalry that were established during the Crusades (1100–1450) to provide a fraternal religious life among the Spanish nobility. The orders were dedicated to retaking Spain from the Moors and protecting pilgrimages to the Holy Land. These orders functioned under the direction of the Pope and were independent of other ecclesiastical or civil authority. However, as the orders grew in wealth and power, they came into conflict with the Spanish Crown. By 1587 most of the orders fell under the control of the monarch. The orders became honorary in nature.

     Italian word for "compare."

     French word for "stroke."

     Italian word for "related."

*Land in Ohio that was owned by the United States government and sold by general acts of Congress. Congress lands included land sold to the Ohio Company and John Cleves Symmes. Much of the land was reserved for soldiers who had served in the Revolutionary War and refugees from Canada who had supported the colonies during the war. Much of the reserved land was not claimed, and it reverted back to being Congress land. Most of what is now the state of Ohio was Congress land. The term Congress land can also refer to any federal land disposed of by acts of Congress.

     The legislative or law-making branch of the government. Congress is divided into two groups: the House of Representatives and the Senate.

     Portuguese word for "known, acquaintance."

     Portuguese word for "known as."

     Italian word for "married."

     Italian word for "married couple."

     French word for "spouse, assistant."

     Latin word for "married."

     Latin word for "married couple."

     Latin word for "of/from the married couple."

     Latin word for "they were joined (in marriage)."

     Latin word for "spouse."

     French word for "acquaintance."

     Italian word for "relationship."

     Spanish word for "known, acquaintance."

     Spanish word for "known as."

     Spanish word for "blood relationship, kinship."

     Latin word for "of blood relationship (such as cousins)."

     Portuguese word for "blood relationship, kinship."

===== Conscription  =====

*A type of military record used in Latin America, translated as listas de quintas or conscripciones. These are lists of new recruits and, in some cases, all males eligible for military service. In many cases, these records are found in town or municipal archives. They can serve as a type of census of all the males who lived in a community at the time the list was compiled.

     French word for "civil registrar's."

*The judicial arm of government in French Louisiana. It handled all judicial matters in the colony. The administrative arm of government was called the conseil de regie. These two branches often met together, and it is difficult to distinguish them. The conseil superieur is also called the French Superior Council.

     French word for "councilor."

     Spanish word for "council."

     Italian word for "consent."

*A document signed by the parents of children who are legally too young to marry to give them permission to marry.

     French word for "consent."

     Italian word for "preserved."

     Italian word for "counselor."

*The highest court in a diocese of the Church of England. These courts also had superior jurisdiction over lesser courts in probate matters. Consistory courts are also called episcopal, commissary, diocesan, exchequer, and bishop's courts.

     Latin word for "female cousin (usually on the mother's side)."

     Latin word for "male cousin (usually on the mother's side)."

     Latin word for "wife."

     Portuguese and Spanish word for "spouse, partner."

     Spanish word for "constipation."

     Portuguese word for "constipation."

     The document that lists the basic laws, powers, and duties of a state or nation and which guarantees certain rights of the people.

     Spanish word for "consumption."

     Portuguese word for "consumption."

     Portuguese word for "account, bill."

     Italian word for "accountant."

     Italian word for "farm laborer, peasant."

     Italian word for "count, earl."

     Italian word for "county."

     Spanish word for "contents."

===== Contents  =====

*The information contained in a record.

     French word for "content."

     Portuguese word for "contents."

*A table that lists the name and date and place of birth, marriage, and death for an individual and a specified number of his or her ancestors. This chart is also called an ahnentafel chart.

     Italian word for "account, bill."

     Latin word for "against, opposite."

     Portuguese word for "against."

===== Contract  =====

*A legally binding agreement between parties.

     French word for "the groom (in a marriage record)."

     French word for "the bride (in a marriage record)."

     Latin word for "contracted, drawn together."

     Italian word for "town quarter."

     Portuguese word for "contracting party in a marriage."

     Spanish word for "contracted marriage with."

*The Spanish term for a contract documenting the purchase and sale of goods.

     Italian word for "marriage contract."

     Latin word for "they contracted (marriage)."

*Passenger lists that masters of ships submitted to United States customs officials when ships arrived in the United States.

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