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     Spanish word for "deceased."

     Norwegian and Swedish word for "diphtheria."

     Polish word for "diphtheria."

     Italian word for "diphtheria."

     Danish word for "diphtheria."

     Spanish word for "deceased."

     Spanish word for "deceased."

*A compilation or collection containing the most pertinent information from several records or other sources.

     Portuguese and Spanish word for "worthy."

     Latin word for "worthy."

     Portuguese word for "that is, I mean to say."

     Hungarian word for "fee."

     Afrikaans word for "frequently, often."

     French word for "Sunday."

     Latin word for "half."

     Norwegian word for "your."

     Danish word for "your, yours."

     Dutch word for "Tuesday."

     Afrikaans word for "Tuesday."

     Dutch word for "diocese."

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

     Portuguese word for "diocese."

     An ecclesiastical division that often consisted of one or more counties in England plus the many parishes within its jurisdiction.  

     Italian word for "diocese."

     Latin word for "diocese."

     French word for "diocese."

     French word for "exemption, dispensation."

===== Dirección General de Administración Civil, Philippines  =====

*A list of individuals and information about them, such as name, address, and telephone number. Directories usually focus on a specific group of people, such as all people living in a city or all members of an organization.

     Portuguese word for "law, right, privilege."

     Italian word for "descendant."

     Latin word for "he/she died."

===== Disciples of Christ  =====

*A Protestant religion formed in Kentucky in 1809 by Thomas Campbell, Alexander Campbell, and Barton W. Stone. Its full name is the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). The church practices baptism by immersion, but most congregations will accept people as members if they were baptized into another church.

     Afrikaans word for "dysentery."

     Portuguese and Spanish word for "dysentery."

*A storage device used for computer information. The term disk generally refers to a floppy disk, but it can refer to a hard disk or compact disc.

===== Diskette  =====

*A removable storage device used for computer information. Also called a floppy disk or disk.

     Italian word for "above."

     Portuguese and Spanish word for "exemption, permission."

     Italian word for "marriage license."

     Scattered; spread over a wide area.

     Latin word for "permission."

     Italian word for "disposed."

     Portuguese word for "disagreement."

     Danish and Norwegian word for "these."

     Italian word for "dysentery."

     People who belong to a religious movement outside of the church or churches which a government has established or approved. Sometimes known as separatists.

     Portuguese word for "of this."

     Italian word for "extended."

     Italian word for "district of."

===== Distribution  =====

*A region within a country that is used for voting, record-keeping, and other purposes.

     Portuguese word for "district."

     Portuguese word for "peace district."

     Dutch word for "this."

     French word for "said, also known as, aforementioned."

     Portuguese word for "stated, said, mentioned."

     Italian word for "become."

     French word for "various."

     Norwegian word for "various."

     Italian word for "miscellaneous."

===== Divorce  =====

*The French word for divorces.

     Portuguese and Spanish word for "divorced."

     French word for "divorced."

     Latin word for "divorce."

     Italian word for "divorce (verb)."

     Italian wordf or "divorce (noun)."

     French word for "ten."

     French word for "eighteen."

     French word for "eighteenth."

     French word for "nineteen."

     French word for "nineteenth."

     French word for "seventeen."

     French word for "seventeenth."

Document (verb): To keep track of sources used in research.  

===== Domestic court  =====

*A court with jurisdiction over an individual's place of residence.

===== Dominion Lands Act, Canada  =====

*A confederation created when the British Parliament passed the British North America Act in 1867. The act united Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Québec, and Ontario under a national government that was modeled after the British government. This government handled everything except foreign affairs, which Great Britain still controlled. British Columbia joined the Dominion in 1871, and Prince Edward Island joined in 1873.

===== Donald Lines Jacobus' Index to Genealogical Periodicals  =====

*A French term referring to a practice in Québec whereby elderly parents would distribute their property to their children or unrelated persons before they died. These documents also list the conditions to be fulfilled by those receiving property.

===== Döpta  =====