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 ;AF&nbsp;
-:[[Ancestral File]]; patron-contributed lineage-linked family information submitted to FamilySearch.org prior to 1991.
+:[[Ancestral File]]; Ancestral File is a collection of over 35 million names linked into family groups and pedigrees. The records include information voluntarily contributed to familysearch.org by patrons from 1978-1991.
+;American Genealogical Biographical Index (AGBI)&nbsp;
+:The AGBI is a large name index of genealogies published by the Godfrey Library.  The data also include unindexed and partially indexed genealogies and several specialized vital record collections and census data from 1790.
+;Banns&nbsp;
+:A formal, public announcement read in many churches stating that a marriage is about to take place.  This reading permits any who know why this marriage should not happen to state such a cause of thereafter "hold their peace."
 ;bap / chr&nbsp;
 :Baptized / Christened
+;Batch Number&nbsp;
+:May refer to many combined or coordinated entries into a computer database or file, but in a genealogical sense often refers to the original source input into the International genalogical Index (IGI).
 ;BMD / BDM&nbsp;
 :Births, Marriages, and Deaths
+;CFI&nbsp;
+:Computer File Index, later known as the International Genealogical Index (IGI).
 ;c / ca. / circa
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 ;dob&nbsp;
 :Date of Birth
+;FGRA&nbsp;
+:Family Group Records Archive.  This file was maintained by the Genealogical Society of Utah, a forerunner of the current FamilySearch.  The archive consists of Family Group sheets in two parts: a MAIN section containing patron submissions from 1942-1969; and a PATRON section containing patron submissions from 1962-1979.
+:Submissions to the MAIN section were verified for accuracy and received additional processing when they were submitted.  Both sections were microfilmed and made available to Family History Centers.
 ;FHC&nbsp;
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 ;PERSI&nbsp;
-:The Periodical Source Index maintained by the Allen County Public Library of genealogical and local history periodicals, listed by source. PERSI's objective is to, over time, compile a complete subject index of all such periodicals--past and present.
+:The Periodical Source Index maintained by the [[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]] of genealogical and local history periodicals, listed by source. PERSI's objective is to, over time, compile a complete subject index of all such periodicals--past and present.
 ;PAF&nbsp;