C genealogical glossary terms: Difference between revisions

*An probate index that is arranged by first letter of the surname only and then by probate date. I may give the place of residence of a testator.

===== caligator  =====

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

===== Canada East  =====

*A railroad that extended across Canada from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. It was completed in 1885 and allowed for more rapid settlement of Canada's interior lands.

===== Canton  =====

*The region along the Cape Fear River in North Carolina.

===== Capellanías, military  =====

*A type of land grant in Latin America. These land grants covered lands that individuals and families ceded to the Catholic Church. Related documents include wills, court records, land titles, and contracts. Information about the individuals and families involved may also be included.

===== Capital case  =====

*A type of criminal court case in which the defendant could receive the death penalty.

capitis  

*A legally binding agreement between two or more parties.

     Portuguese word for "lame."

*A term used in Catholic Church registers to describe a person from Spanish-speaking Latin America whose ancestry is a mix of Indian (3/8), African (1/8), and Spanish Caucasian (1/2). Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate.

     An old French law system, used in the area surrounding Paris in 1664, on which civil law in Québec (Canada) was based.

     Latin word for "tomorrow."

     The person, church, or government official or agency who made an original document or record. The "author" of a record.

     Latin word for "foundling (creature of God)."

*A descendant of the original Spanish, Portuguese, or French settlers of the Americas.

     Italian word for "confirmation."

     Italian word for "confirmee(s)."

     Portuguese and Spanish word for "maid."

     Portuguese word for "child."

     Spanish word for "infant, child."

*A Spanish word for chrism, or holy oil used in Latin and Greek churches for baptisms, confirmations, and other rites.

     Spanish word for "Christian."

     Italian word for Christian (or Catholic)."

     Portuguese word for "Christian."

     Italian word for "Croat."

*An incomplete but valuable list of Latter-day Saint pioneers who crossed the plains before 1869, when the railroad arrived in Utah. Its official name is the Utah Immigration Card Index.

     A colony that was governed under the direction of the King of England, who appointed a governor over the colony and provided instructions on how the governor was to exercise his authority. All undisposed land was owned by the king, but the governor had the authority to dispose of it through the grant process.

*A contract that allows a person to use land held by the British Crown in return for money or some other form of recompense.

     Hungarian word for "only, but, just."

     Hungarian word for "family, clan."

     Hungarian word for "pedigree, family tree."

     Hungarian word for "marital status of."

     Hungarian word for "family book."

     Hungarian word for "family name, surname."

     Hungarian word for "family member."

     Hungarian word for "genealogy, family history."

     Hungarian word for "czech."

     Hungarian word for "Bohemia."

     Hungarian word for "servant."

     Hungarian word for "horseherder."

     Hungarian word for "bootmaker."

     Hungarian word for "Thursday."

     Spanish word for "fortieth."

     Spanish word for "four-hundredth."

     Spanish word for "forty."

===== Cuarteado  =====

*A term used in Peruvian Catholic Church registers to describe a person 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.

     Spanish word for "room, fourth."

     Spanish word for "fourth."

     Spanish word for "twin."

===== Cuatrero  =====

*A term used in Catholic Church registers to describe a person from Spanish-speaking Latin America whose ancestry is a mix of Indian (3/4) and Spanish Caucasian (1/4). Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate.

     Spanish word for "four."

     Spanish word for "four hundred."

     Italian word for "seamstress."

     Polish word for "foreign."

     Spanish word for "account."

     Italian word for "cousin."

     Latin word for "whose."

     Latin word for "of a certain."

     Portuguese word for "whose."

     Czech word for "diabetes."

     Polish word for "diabetes."

     French word for "religion."

     Latin word for "cutler."

     French word for "farmer, cultivator."

     Latin word for "with."

*A highland area that covers parts of eastern Tennessee and Kentucky. The Cumberland Plateau is bounded on the east by the Appalachian Mountain range.

     A highland area that covers parts of eastern Tennessee and Kentucky. The Cumberland Plateau is bounded on the east by the Appalachian Mountain range.

     Spanish word for "birthday."

     Portuguese word for "brother-in-law, sister-in-law."

     Italian word for "cook."

     Italian word for "heart."

     Latin word for "coppersmith."

     Latin word for "why."

     Portuguese and Spanish word for "clergyman."

     French word for "guardian".

===== Curation  =====

*Guardianship over a child who is old enough to marry but not yet 21 years of age.

     Portuguese and Spanish word for "parish."

     Latin word for "court."

     Spanish word for "ecclesiastical tribunal."

     Latin word for "carriage builder."

*The right a husband had to his deceased wife's real property. The husband received all of his wife's property, providing they had legitimate children who were born alive.

     Portuguese and Spanish word for "tanner."

     French word for "parish minister, pastor, priest, clergyman."

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

     Latin word for "custodian, guard."

     Spanish word for "whose."