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 :[[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;
+;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.
+:The American Genealogical Biographical Index (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;