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*Roman numeral for "one-hundred." | |||
===== circa, Swedish ((ca.) (Latin)) ===== | |||
*Swedish word for "about, approximately." | |||
===== contrajó matrimonio con (c.m.c.) ===== | |||
*Spanish word for "contracted marriage with." | |||
===== circa, German (ca.) ===== | |||
*German word for "about." | |||
caballero | ===== caballero ===== | ||
*Spanish word for "nobleman, knight, gentleman." | |||
===== cabaretier ===== | |||
*French word for "barkeeper." | |||
===== cabeza ===== | |||
*Spanish word for "head." | |||
===== cabeça ===== | |||
*Portuguese word for "head." | |||
===== cabildo ===== | |||
*Spanish word for "town council." | |||
cabildo | |||
===== Cabinda, Brazil ===== | ===== Cabinda, Brazil ===== | ||
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*A term used in Brazilian Catholic Church registers to describe a person whose ancestry is a mix of African and Caucasian. Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate. | *A term used in Brazilian Catholic Church registers to describe a person whose ancestry is a mix of African and Caucasian. Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate. | ||
cacciatore | ===== cacciatore ===== | ||
*Italian word for "hunter." | |||
===== Cadastral map ===== | |||
*Map that shows the people who own land in an area. Also called land ownership map. | |||
===== cadastro ===== | |||
*Portuguese word for "land census." | |||
* | ===== cadaver ===== | ||
*Latin word for "dead body, cadaver." | |||
===== cadeia ===== | |||
*Portuguese word for "jail." | |||
===== Cadency ===== | |||
* A mark on a coat of arms showing a younger son's birth order. | |||
===== caduto ===== | |||
*Italian word for "fallen." | |||
===== caelebs ===== | |||
*Latin word for "bachelor, single man." | |||
===== caelum ===== | |||
*Latin word for "heaven, sky." | |||
===== caementarius ===== | |||
*Latin word for "stonemason." | |||
===== cafezal ===== | |||
*Portuguese word for "coffee plantation." | |||
* | ===== cafone ===== | ||
*Italian word for "peasant." | |||
===== café ===== | |||
*Portuguese word for "coffee." | |||
===== Cafuzo, Brazil ===== | |||
*A term used in Brazilian Catholic Church registers to describe a person whose ancestry is a mix of Indian and African. Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate. | |||
===== Cajun ===== | |||
*A descendant of French settlers who came from the Acadia region of Canada, or present-day New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, to the United States. They settled in Louisiana in the swamps and slow-moving streams called bayous. They still maintain a unique cultural identity and speak both English and a dialect of French. Most are Roman Catholic. | |||
===== calcearius ===== | |||
*Latin word for "shoemaker." | |||
===== calciator ===== | |||
*Latin word for "shoemaker." | |||
===== Calculated date ===== | |||
*An event date that is derived from the date of another event in a person's life. For example, if the United States 1860 census lists a person as being 20 years old, a calculated birth date would be 1839 or 1840. | |||
===== calderaio ===== | |||
*Italian word for "tinker." | |||
===== caledonia ===== | |||
*Latin word for "Scotland." | |||
===== Frank T. Calef collection (Calef collection) ===== | |||
*A manuscript collection of genealogical information about people who are descended from Puritans or Mayflower passengers. | |||
===== Calendar ===== | |||
*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. | |||
California Gold Rush | |||
The movement of large numbers of people to the gold fields in California, especially in 1849. | |||
===== | ===== caligator ===== | ||
*Latin word for "shoemaker." | |||
===== Call number ===== | |||
*The number used to identify a book, microfilm, microfiche, or other source in a library or archive. Library materials are stored and retrieved by call number. | |||
===== calle ===== | |||
*Spanish word for "street." | |||
===== Calpamulato ===== | |||
*A term used in Catholic Church registers to describe a person from Spanish-speaking Latin America 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. | |||
===== Calvert Papers ===== | |||
*A manuscript collection of land and other records compiled by the Calvert family, who were proprietors of the Colony of Maryland until the Revolutionary War. The Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore, Maryland, has this collection. | |||
===== | ===== Calvin M. McClung Collection ===== | ||
* | *A collection of biographical material about residents of Tennessee. It consists of 15,000 published volumes and 300,000 manuscripts arranged in surname folders. These contain correspondence, pedigrees, and abstracts of records. | ||
===== Calvinistic Methodists, Wales ===== | |||
*A religion that began to spread throughout Wales during the late 1730s. At first leaders advocated reforming the Church of England but not separating from it. Members would meet weekly for singing and preaching but attend their local parishes for communion. In 1811, however, the Methodists began ordaining their own ministers and keeping their own records. Their beliefs are based on the teachings of John Calvin. Today the religion is known as the Presbyterian Church of Wales. | |||
===== caly ===== | |||
*Polish word for "entire." | |||
===== calzolaio ===== | |||
*Italian word for "shoemaker." | |||
===== cambria ===== | |||
*Latin word for "Wales." | |||
===== Cambujo ===== | |||
*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 African (1/4). Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate. | |||
===== | ===== Cambur ===== | ||
* | *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. | ||
cameranius | |||
Latin word for "chamberlain, valet, groom." | |||
cameriera | |||
Italian word for "maid, servant girl." | |||
cameriere | |||
Italian word for "waiter." | |||
cameriere di casa | |||
Italian word for "house steward." | |||
camino | |||
Spanish word for "road." | |||
campagna | |||
Italian word for "countryside, rural." | |||
campagnuolo, -a | |||
Italian word for "countryman, countrywoman." | |||
campesino (a) | |||
Spanish word for "peasant." | |||
campo, Portuguese | |||
Portuguese word for "field, plain." | |||
campo, Spanish | |||
Spanish word for "field." | |||
camponês (a) | |||
Portuguese word for "peasant, small farmer." | |||
cana de açúcar | |||
Portuguese word for "sugarcane. | |||
===== Canada East ===== | |||
*An area that comprises modern-day Québec. Before 1841 it was called Lower Canada. From 1841 to 1867 Canada East and Canada West (modern-day Ontario) formed the Province of Canada. | |||
===== Canada GenWeb ===== | |||
*A computer term for a site on the World Wide Web that lists genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and resources available on the Internet for people interested in doing genealogical research about Canadians. | |||
===== Canada West ===== | |||
*An area that comprises modern-day Ontario. Before 1841 it was called Upper Canada. From 1841 to 1867 Canada West and Canada East (modern-day Québec) formed the Province of Canada. | |||
===== Canadian border crossing lists, Canada ===== | |||
*Lists of passengers being transported from Canada into the United States. Canadian shipping companies began keeping these records in 1895. There are two type of manifests: lists of people traveling by train and lists of people traveling by boat. The manifests may include the person's name, port or station of entry, date of entry, age, literacy, last residence, previous visits to the United States, and birthplace. Sometimes officials only recorded the information on the index card rather than on the manifest. Beginning in 1908 the companies began keeping similar records of people arriving in Canada from the United States. These records are not indexed and are not available through the Family History Library™. Also called border crossing manifests, passenger lists, or manifests. | |||
===== Canadian border crossing lists, United States ===== | |||
*Lists, or manifests, kept by Canada and the United States to document all people who crossed the border from Canada into the United States for any purpose. These lists began in 1895 and are on microfilm up to 1954. | |||
===== Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) ===== | |||
*The Canadian army that served in World War I. | |||
===== Canadian Pacific Railroad ===== | |||
*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. | |||
cancro | |||
Italian word for "cancer." | |||
cantante | |||
Italian word for "singer." | |||
cantatrice | |||
Italian word for "singer." | |||
===== Canton ===== | |||
*A division of a place in France, Québec (Canada), and Switzerland. In France cantons are divisions of a district (arrondissement). In Québec cantons are townships. In Switzerland cantons are the major divisions of the country, similar to states in the United States or provinces in Canada. | |||
===== Cantons de l'Est, Canada ===== | |||
*Townships in eastern Québec, located directly north of the state of Vermont. Cantons de l'Est is a direct French translation of the English term Eastern Townships. These townships were originally settled by English-speaking Protestants, many of whom had connections to American Loyalists. | |||
===== Cape Breton, Canada ===== | |||
*A large island off of the coast of Nova Scotia. In the early 1600s it became a French colony, but in 1763 France ceded it to Great Britain as part of the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Britain made the island part of Nova Scotia. In 1784 the island separated from Nova Scotia, but the two areas reunited in 1820. Thousands of Scots moved to the island from the 1790s to the 1830s. | |||
===== Cape Fear Valley ===== | |||
*The region along the Cape Fear River in North Carolina. | |||
capela | |||
Portuguese word for "chapel." | |||
capella | |||
Latin word for "chapel." | |||
capellanus | |||
Latin word for "chaplain." | |||
===== Capellanías, military ===== | |||
*A type of military record used in Latin America, translated as military parish records. These are records that military chaplains kept of sacraments performed for soldiers and their families. | |||
===== Capellanías,land ===== | |||
*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. | |||
capilla | |||
Spanish word for "chapel." | |||
===== Capital case ===== | |||
*A type of criminal court case in which the defendant could receive the death penalty. | |||
Capital, USA | |||
A city where the main offices of a government are located. | |||
capitis | |||
Latin word for "head, chief." | |||
capofamiglia | |||
Italian word for "family head." | |||
capostipite | |||
Italian word for "family founder, earliest ancestor." | |||
cappellaio | |||
Italian word for "hatter." | |||
capt et jurat | |||
Latin word for "taken and sworn." | |||
===== Captain ===== | |||
*An army, marine, or air force officer who commands a military company; also a naval officer who commands a warship. | |||
Captain | |||
An army, marine, or air force officer who commands a military company; also a naval officer who commands a warship. | |||
caput | |||
Latin word for "head, chief." | |||
cara | |||
Portuguese and Spanish word for "face." | |||
carabiniere | |||
Italian word for "policeman." | |||
carbonaio | |||
Italian word for "coal dealer." | |||
carbonarius | |||
Latin word for "collier, coal miner." | |||
===== Card index ===== | |||
*An index to a set of records. In a card index, each index entry appears on a separate card, and the cards are arranged alphabetically or by some other method. Many United States censuses have card indexes. | |||
===== Card Membership, Latter-day Saint ===== | |||
*A printed form used to record membership information of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1941 to the present. Most wards now use an electronic version of the form. Before the electronic version was used, the forms were separate and were bound in books. When a member moves from a ward, the membership record is returned to Church headquarters and sent to the member’s new ward or branch. | |||
carecarius | |||
Latin word for "carter." | |||
===== Carey Act of 1894 ===== | |||
*A federal law that provided for the reclamation and homesteading of desert land in public land states. It established new settlements in northern Wyoming. | |||
Cariboo Gold Rush | |||
A gold mining boom in the Cariboo Mountains of south central British Columbia that lasted from 1860 to 1863. | |||
carnarius | |||
Latin word for "butcher." | |||
carnicero | |||
Spanish word for "butcher." | |||
carpentarius | |||
Latin word for "carpenter." | |||
===== Carpenter ===== | |||
*A person who works with wood; also the officer in the British navy who examined the wooden parts of a ship. | |||
carpinteiro | |||
Portuguese word for "carpenter." | |||
carpintero | |||
Spanish word for "carpenter." | |||
carraio | |||
Italian word for "wheelwright." | |||
carretera | |||
Spanish word for "road." | |||
carta | |||
Latin word for "deed, charter, map." | |||
===== Cartas de dote ===== | |||
*The Spanish term for dowry records. | |||
carte, French | |||
French word for "map." | |||
carte, Italian | |||
Italian word for "maps, charts." | |||
cartório | |||
Portuguese word for "archive." | |||
casa | |||
Italian, Portuguese and Spanish word for "house." | |||
casado (a) | |||
Portuguese and Spanish word for "married." | |||
casado con (c.c.) | |||
Spanish word for "married to." | |||
casale | |||
Latin word for "estate, village." | |||
casamento | |||
Portuguese word for "marriage." | |||
===== Casamentos ===== | |||
*A Portuguese word for marriages. | |||
===== Casamiento ===== | |||
*A Spanish term for marriage. Also used in the Philippines. | |||
===== Case file number ===== | |||
*An identification number assigned to a case file. | |||
casar, casarse | |||
Spanish word for "to marry." | |||
casar-se | |||
Portuguese word for "to marry." | |||
casaro | |||
Italian word for "dairy farmer." | |||
casatus | |||
Latin word for "cottager." | |||
Case file number | |||
An identification number assigned to a case file. | |||
===== Case file, court records ===== | |||
*A file containing the documentation related to a specific court case. | |||
===== Case file, land ===== | |||
*A file of records related to an individual’s acquisition of land. The case file may contain the individual’s application, records of payment, or certification that he or she has completed all requirements for owning the land. These are the most helpful land records for family history researchers. | |||
===== Case file, probate ===== | |||
*A file of all documents relating to the settlement of an individual’s estate. Also called estate file, estate packet, loose papers, probate estate papers, or probate packet. | |||
===== Cash entry ===== | |||
*The process of purchasing land from the federal government. | |||
===== Cash entry files ===== | |||
*The collection of records relating to a person's purchase of federal land. | |||
cassa | |||
Italian word for "chest, cash, cashier." | |||
cassetta | |||
Italian word for "chest." | |||
casta | |||
Spanish word for "caste, racial lineage." | |||
castaldo | |||
Italian word for "land agent." | |||
castello | |||
Italian word for "castle." | |||
castelo | |||
Portuguese word for "castle." | |||
castillo | |||
Spanish word for "castle." | |||
===== Castizo, Puerto Rico ===== | |||
*In Puerto Rico, a term used in Catholic Church registers to describe a person whose ancestry is a mix of Indian, African, and Caucasian. In Guatemala, the term refers to a person who is a mix of Caucasian and Indian. Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate. | |||
===== Catalog ===== | |||
*A description of items available in a library's or archive's collection. A catalog usually gives you the call number or other information needed to find the item within the collection. | |||
cataster | |||
Latin word for "land, property record." | |||
catasto | |||
Italian word for "land register." | |||
catastro | |||
Spanish word for "land census." | |||
catedral | |||
Portuguese and Spanish word for "cathedral." | |||
===== Catholic mission ===== | |||
*A settlement established by Catholic priests to convert the Native Americans to Catholicism and to maintain the authority of the country from which the priests came. Missions provided the Native Americans with food, clothing, education in a trade, and sometimes housing. In return, the Native Americans worked, took instruction in the Catholic Church, and agreed to live by the customs of the priests' country. Spanish missions were established in Georgia, Florida, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. French missions were established in the Great Lakes area. | |||
===== Catholic Records in Montréal, Canada ===== | |||
*A card index to Catholic Church records in Montréal, Canada. | |||
===== Catholic Relief Acts, Ireland ===== | |||
*A series of laws passed to restore to Roman Catholics in Ireland the rights that had been taken away in the Penal Laws passed between 1695 and 1728. | |||
catholicus | |||
Latin word for "Catholic." | |||
catholique romaine | |||
French word for "Roman Catholic." | |||
catorce | |||
Spanish word for "fourteen." | |||
catorze | |||
Portuguese word for "fourteen." | |||
cattolico, -a | |||
Italian word for "Roman Catholic." | |||
católico (a) | |||
Portuguese and Spanish word for "Catholic." | |||
caupo (cauponis) | |||
Latin word for "innkeeper." | |||
causa | |||
Latin word for "cause, sake, because of." Ex causa means "on account of, for the sake of." | |||
cavalheiro | |||
Portuguese word for "gentleman, knight, nobleman." | |||
cavaliere | |||
Italian word for "knight." | |||
<br> | |||
===== | ===== Caveat ===== | ||
*A | *A warning notice issued by an interested person to a probate court that no action is to be taken in granting a probate without his case being heard. | ||
<br> cazador | |||
Spanish word for "hunter." | |||
caçador | |||
Portuguese word for "hunter." | |||
caña de azúcar | |||
Spanish word for "sugar cane." | |||
CC | |||
Roman numeral for "two-hundred." | |||
CCC | |||
Roman numeral for "three-hundred." | |||
CD | |||
Roman numeral for "four-hundred." | |||
ce | |||
Italian word for " | Italian word for "us." | ||
ce, c' | |||
French word for "it." | |||
ce, cet, cette | |||
French word for "this, that." | |||
cech | |||
Czech word for "guild." | |||
Ceded | |||
Transfer, give up control. When Spain ceded Florida to the United States, it gave up control of the area. | |||
cedo | |||
Portuguese word for "early." | |||
Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) | |||
The Canadian army that served in World War I. | |||
ceglarz | |||
Polish word for "brick maker." | |||
cego (a) | |||
Portuguese word for "blind." | |||
cejourd'hier | |||
French word for "yesterday." | |||
cejourd'hui | |||
French word for "today." | |||
celator | |||
Latin word for "turner." | |||
celebrare il matrimonio | |||
Italian word for "solemnize a marriage." | |||
celebraverunt | |||
Latin word for "they celebrated, were married." | |||
celibe | |||
Italian word for "bachelor, bachelorette, single, unmarried." | |||
celle | |||
French word for "this one, she." | |||
celle-ci | |||
French word for "the latter (f.)." | |||
celle-là | |||
French word for "the former (f.)." | |||
celui | |||
French word for "this one, he." | |||
celui-ci | |||
French word for "the latter (m.)." | |||
celui-là | |||
French word for "the former (m.)." | |||
celý | |||
Czech word for "entire." | |||
cem | |||
Portuguese word for "one hundred." | |||
cementerio | |||
Spanish word for "cemetery." | |||
<br> | |||
===== Cementerios ===== | |||
*A Spanish term for cemeteries and cemetery records. Also used in the Philippines. | |||
===== Cemeteries, Family History Library Catalog™ ===== | |||
*A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize cemetery records (records that contain information about where people are buried). | |||
===== Cemeteries, PERiodical Source Index ===== | |||
*A record type used in the Locality and Research Methodologies sections of the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) to identify articles that contain information about cemeteries and cemetery records. | |||
===== Cemetery ===== | |||
*A place where deceased individuals are buried. | |||
===== Cemetery Inscription Card Index, North Carolina ===== | |||
*A project completed by the federal government as part of the Historical Records Survey to index North Carolina cemetery records. | |||
===== Cemetery Locator File, Indiana ===== | |||
*An alphabetical list of cemeteries in Indiana. This file is at the Indiana State Library. The Family History Library™ has a microfilm copy. | |||
cemitério | |||
Portuguese word for "cemetery." | |||
censimento | |||
Italian word for "census." | |||
===== Censo ===== | |||
*The word used in Spanish and Portuguese for census. The Catholic Church and the government took censuses. Some censuses were taken of military men and their families in outlying areas. | |||
Census | |||
An official count and description of the people living in a country, colony, state, county, township, or city. | |||
Census Birthplace Index, 1881 British Census | |||
An index to the 1881 census that is arranged alphabetically by surname, then by place of birth, first name, and age in descending order. | |||
Census bundle number | |||
A number assigned by the Public Record Office in England to each section of the census returns, 1841 to the present. Also called a piece number. | |||
<br> | |||
===== Census district ===== | |||
*A geographical area in which a supervisor or marshal was required to take a census. Before 1880 in the United States, census districts were called subdivisions. Starting in 1880 they were called enumeration districts. | |||
*In Canada, census districts are voting districts, not counties. Though the census district may have the same name as a county, it may not include the same townships. | |||
Census district, British | |||
A civil boundary created for collecting information about the population of an area. The boundary of a census district was determined by the government and was based on the population in the area. Each district was divided into subdistricts, and each subdistrict was divided into enumeration districts. | |||
Census district, Scotland | |||
A geographic boundary created for collecting information about the population of an area. In Scotland, this area is the same as the civil or ecclesiastical boundary. | |||
Census division, Canada | |||
In Canadian national censuses, the smallest area covered by the census. Canadian provinces are divided into census districts. Districts are divided into subdistricts. Only sometimes are the subdistricts divided into two or more divisions. | |||
<br> Census enumeration district, England | |||
The geographic area assigned to one census taker, who was known as an enumerator. The size of the enumeration district depended on the number of people living in the area. The enumerator was responsible to collect information about every person in the district on a specific night. | |||
Several enumeration districts make up a section of the census known as a census piece or bundle. | |||
Census folio number | |||
A census folio is a two-sided sheet of paper used for recording the census. The folio number is stamped in the top right corner of the front of the sheet. Folio numbers run consecutively through a section of the census known as a piece or bundle. | |||
===== Census index ===== | |||
*An alphabetical list of some or all of the people on a census that identifies where within the census an individual can be found. | |||
===== Census of Confederate Veterans, Arkansas ===== | |||
*A special census taken in 1911 in Arkansas of all living veterans who served in the Confederate Army. | |||
Census page number | |||
A number printed on a page in an enumerator's book. The number appears in the top middle or a top corner of each page. Page numbers run consecutively through one enumeration district only. | |||
Census piece number | |||
A number assigned by the Public Record Office in England to each section of the census returns, 1841 to the present. Also called a bundle number. | |||
===== Census Place Index, 1881 British Census ===== | |||
*An index to the 1881 British Census that is organized alphabetically by surname then alphabetically by the census place. | |||
Census Record-As-Enumerated, 1881 British Census | |||
Census | An index to the 1881 British census that is arranged in the same order as the original census, with individuals listed by the household in which they were enumerated. Use this index after using the Surname Index, Birthplace Index, or Census Place Index. | ||
===== Census schedule ===== | |||
*A type of list in a census. A census can have many types of schedules, such as a population or mortality schedule. | |||
===== Census | ===== Census, Family History Library Catalog™ ===== | ||
*A | *A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize censuses (official counts and descriptions of the people living in a country, colony, state, county, township, or city). | ||
===== Census, general ===== | |||
*An official count and description of the people living in a country, colony, state, county, township, or city. | |||
===== Census, PERiodical Source Index ===== | |||
*A record type used in the Locality and Research Methodologies sections of the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) to identify articles that contain information about census records. | |||
Census street index | |||
An alphabetical list of streets appearing in the census record of a geographic area. The index shows the name of the street and a set of reference numbers that are helpful in finding the street in a census record of most large cities. | |||
Census subdistrict, Canada | |||
In Canadian national censuses, an area covered by the census. Canadian provinces are divided into census districts. Districts are divided into subdistricts. In some provinces, townships are census subdistricts. A political ward in a city may also be a census subdistrict. Only sometimes are the subdistricts further divided into two or more divisions. | |||
Census substitutes | |||
Records which can be used instead of a census. The substitutes are lists of people in an area, such as tax lists. | |||
Census Surname Index, 1881 British Census | |||
An index to the 1881 British census that is arranged alphabetically by surname, then by first name and age in descending order. | |||
Census, PERiodical Source Index | |||
A record type used in the Locality and Research Methodologies sections of the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) to identify articles that contain information about census records. | |||
census, Latin and Czech | |||
Latin and Czech word for "census." | |||
cent | |||
French word for "hundred." | |||
centenario | |||
Spanish word for "centennial." | |||
centenarius | |||
Latin word for "a person one hundred years of age." | |||
centenário | |||
Portuguese word for "centennial." | |||
centesimo, -a | |||
Italian word for "hundredth." | |||
centesimus | |||
Latin word for "hundredth." | |||
centesimus primus | |||
Latin word for "one-hundred-first." | |||
centesimus quinquagesimus | |||
Latin word for "one-hundred-fiftieth." | |||
centième | |||
French word for "hundredth." | |||
cento | |||
Italian and Portuguese word for "one hundred." | |||
<br> | |||
===== Central Bureau of Statistics, Sweden ===== | |||
*An office that keeps statistics about the Swedish population. Swedish ministers were required to send extracts of their records to this office. The Swedish term for the bureau is Statistika Centralbyrån. | |||
===== Central Estadística, Philippines ===== | |||
*A government office, translated as the Central Office of Statistics, established by the Spanish in the Philippines in 1899. It was charged with gathering birth, marriage, and death information from parish priests. | |||
===== Central provinces, Canada ===== | |||
*A grouping of Canadian provinces comprising Québec and Ontario. | |||
<br> centum | |||
Latin word for "hundred." | |||
centum quinquaginta | |||
Latin word for "one-hundred-fifty." | |||
centum unus | |||
Latin word for " | Latin word for "one-hundred-one." | ||
Century Farm Applications, Iowa | |||
A collection of records gathered by the Iowa American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. These records contain information about farm owners in Iowa whose property had remained in the family for 100 years or longer. | |||
centésimo | |||
Portuguese and Spanish word for "one-hundredth." | |||
centésimo primero | |||
Spanish word for "one-hundred-first." | |||
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===== Century Farm Applications, Iowa ===== | |||
*A collection of records gathered by the Iowa American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. These records contain information about farm owners in Iowa whose property had remained in the family for 100 years or longer. | |||
cerca | |||
Portuguese and Spanish word for "near, approximate." | |||
cerdo (cerdonis) | |||
Latin word for "handworker." | |||
cerrajero | |||
Spanish word for "locksmith." | |||
certidão | |||
Portuguese word for "certificate." | |||
certificado | |||
Spanish word for "certificate." | |||
===== | ===== Certificate of arrival ===== | ||
*A | *A document given to immigrants upon their arrival in the United States. The certificate is proof of how long they have been living in the United States and is a required part of the naturalization process. It is kept in the case file with the petition for citizenship. | ||
===== Certificate of Naturalization (Form 2207) ===== | |||
*A form given to a former alien as proof that he or she has become a citizen of the United States. | |||
===== Certificate, general ===== | |||
*A record that documents an individual's or group's accomplishment or participation in an event. | |||
===== Certificate, immigration ===== | |||
*A legal document given to immigrants after they have met all immigration requirements and have been sworn in as citizens of the United States. Also called a Certificate of Naturalization and Form 2207. | |||
certificato | |||
Italian word for "certificate." | |||
===== Certificats ===== | |||
*A French term for marriage certificate, a record that documents the date and place of a couple's marriage. | |||
certifichiamo | |||
Italian word for "we certify." | |||
cervecero | |||
Spanish word for "brewer." | |||
cervejeiro | |||
Portuguese word for "brewer." | |||
cesarski | |||
Polish word for "imperial." | |||
cesarstwo | |||
Polish word for "empire." | |||
cesta | |||
Czech word for "road." | |||
cestovní pas | |||
Czech word for "passport." | |||
ceux | |||
French word for "those." | |||
confronta (cfr.) | |||
Italian word for "compare." | |||
chalupnik | |||
Polish word for "cottager, poor peasant." | |||
chalupník | |||
Czech word for "cottager, poor peasant." | |||
===== Chamizo ===== | |||
*A term used in Catholic Church registers to describe a person from Spanish-speaking Latin America 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. | |||
===== Chancery case ===== | |||
*A court case in which parties disputing over a matter that does not involve a violation of law ask a court to make a fair decision. Chancery cases commonly involve disputes over property rights or probate matters. Also called equity case. | |||
===== Chancery court, Arkansas ===== | |||
*A court with countywide jurisdiction over equity, divorce, probate, and adoption cases. | |||
===== Chancery court, Delaware ===== | |||
*A court in Delaware with countywide jurisdiction over equity matters. | |||
===== Chancery court, England ===== | |||
*A court in England that hears equity cases. Records from this court include disputes over land and property rights, debts, inheritance, trusts, and fraud. The court began operating in 1199 and continues today. | |||
===== Chancery court, general ===== | |||
*A court that administers justice and decides controversies in accordance with the rules of equity as opposed to the rules of law. These courts commonly hear cases that involve disputes over property rights or probate matters. Also called equity court. | |||
===== Chancery court, Maryland ===== | |||
*A court in Maryland with statewide jurisdiction over equity cases, such as divorces, name changes, mortgage foreclosures, civil damage suits, and guardianships. This court existed from 1668 to 1851. | |||
===== Chancery court, Mississippi ===== | |||
*A court with countywide jurisdiction over equity cases, divorce, land grants, probates, and guardianships. | |||
===== Chancery court, Tennessee ===== | |||
*A court with countywide jurisdiction over property title disputes. | |||
===== Chancery register ===== | |||
*A record kept by a court of chancery. | |||
===== Chapel of ease, Church of England ===== | |||
*A small division within a large parish of the Church of England. A chapel of ease has its own chapel to serve members who live too far away to attend the parish church. Chapels of ease often keep their own christening, marriage, and burial registers. Also called a chapelry. | |||
===== Chapelry, Church of England ===== | |||
*A small division within a large parish of the Church of England. A chapelry has its own chapel to serve members who live too far away to attend the parish church. Chapelries often keep their own christening, marriage, and burial registers. Also called a chapel of ease. | |||
===== Chaplain ===== | |||
*A clergyman in charge of a chapel; also a person who serves in the military as a clergyman. The chaplain is considered an officer. | |||
charbonnier | |||
French word for "charcoal burner." | |||
charcutier | |||
French word for "pork merchant." | |||
===== Charles Carroll Gardner's Collections, New Jersey ===== | |||
*Several collections of information about families from northeastern New Jersey, especially those from Essex County. | |||
===== Charles D. Parkhurst manuscripts ===== | |||
*A collection of compiled genealogies about people from New London, Connecticut. | |||
===== Charles R. Hale Collection, Connecticut ===== | |||
*A collection of cemetery records from Connecticut. The collection has cemetery inscriptions from more than 2,000 cemeteries. It also includes notices of deaths and marriages listed in newspapers. | |||
charretier | |||
French word for "cart or carriage man." | |||
charron | |||
French word for "cartwright, wheelwright." | |||
chartarius | |||
Latin word for "paper miller." | |||
chasseur | |||
French word for "hunter." | |||
chaudronnier | |||
French word for "cooper, barrel maker." | |||
chce | |||
Polish and Czech word for "he wants." | |||
che | |||
Italian word for "which, than, what, who, that, whom." | |||
===== Cherokee ===== | |||
*A powerful tribe of Native Americans who originally lived in the southeastern United States. In 1838 United States troops forced the Cherokee tribe to move to Indian Territory, which is now part of Oklahoma. This forced exodus became known as the Trail of Tears. About 1,000 Cherokee escaped into the Great Smoky Mountains. They eventually bought land, and the government allowed them to stay. This group became the Eastern Band of Cherokee. Most Cherokee now live in northeastern Oklahoma, though some still live in North Carolina. The Cherokee were considered part of the Five Civilized Tribes. | |||
===== Cherokee Outlet ===== | |||
*A section of land allocated to the Cherokees by treaty. Treaties made in 1828 and 1833 guaranteed this land to the tribe. The tribe could not place homes on it. It was to be used as an "outlet." The tribe sold the land to the United States in 1891, and it became part of Oklahoma Territory. Also called Cherokee Strip. | |||
===== Cherokee Removal (1838) ===== | |||
*A forced exodus that occurred when the United States government forced the Cherokee to move from their lands in the southeastern United States to Indian Territory, which is now part of Oklahoma. The Cherokee called this march the Trail of Tears because so many people died along the way. | |||
===== Cherokee War (1760-1761) ===== | |||
*A war between the Cherokee and white settlers in South Carolina. The treaty that ended the war opened up much of frontier South Carolina for settlement. | |||
===== Chevalier ===== | |||
*The French term for the highest ranking title in the French gentry (petite noblesse). A chevalier is equivalent to a British knight. | |||
Cheyenne Indians | |||
A tribe of Native Americans that lived on the western plains in the United States. | |||
chez | |||
French word for "at the home of." | |||
chi | |||
Italian word for "who, whom." | |||
===== Chicago fire, USA ===== | |||
*A fire that started on the Southwest side of Chicago on 8 October 1871. The fire burned for over 24 hours, destroying downtown Chicago and many Northside homes. Many of Chicago’s public records were also burned. At least three hundred people died, and 98,500 were left homeless. The fire caused an estimated $200 million in damage. | |||
===== Chicago, Illinois ===== | |||
*A city in Cook County, Illinois. | |||
Chicago Road | |||
The military highway that ran between Detroit and Fort Dearborn, now Chicago, after the 1820s. It was a major route for settlers moving to the Northwest. | |||
===== Chickasaw ===== | |||
*A tribe of Native Americans who originally lived in northern Mississippi, western Tennessee, and northwestern Alabama. In 1837 they moved to Indian Territory. | |||
chiesa | |||
Italian word for "church." | |||
chiesa ortodossa | |||
Italian word for "Greek Catholic." | |||
chilometro | |||
Italian word for "kilometer." | |||
chimico | |||
Italian word for "chemist." | |||
===== China ===== | |||
*A term used in Brazilian and Argentinean Catholic Church registers to describe a female Indian. Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate. | |||
===== Chinese ===== | |||
*Pertaining to something or someone from China; also the languages used by the people of China and other countries. | |||
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===== Chino ===== | |||
*A term used in Catholic Church registers to describe a person from Spanish-speaking Latin America 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. | |||
hirotherarus | |||
Latin word for "glover." | |||
Chirurg | |||
German word for "surgeon." | |||
chirurgien | |||
French word for "surgeon." | |||
chirurgo | |||
Italian word for "surgeon." | |||
chirurgus | |||
Latin word for "surgeon." | |||
chiunque | |||
Italian word for " | Italian word for "whoever." | ||
chlap | |||
Czech word for "peasant, country fellow." | |||
chlapec | |||
Czech word for "boy." | |||
chlop | |||
Polish word for "peasant, country fellow." | |||
chlopiec | |||
Polish word for "boy." | |||
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===== Choctaw ===== | |||
*A tribe of Native Americans who originally lived in southern Alabama and Mississippi. In 1830 they ceded their land to the United States in exchange for a large tract of land in what is now southeastern Oklahoma. Most members of the tribe moved there between 1831 and 1833. | |||
===== Cholo ===== | |||
*A term used in Catholic Church registers to describe a person from Spanish-speaking Latin America whose ancestry is a mix of Indian and Caucasian. Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate. | |||
choroba | |||
Polish and Czech word for "disease." | |||
Christening (chr) | |||
An ordinance performed on a baby by the minister of the local parish in the Church of England, Wales, and Ireland. The child is baptized, given a name, and received into the church. | |||
chramarius | |||
Latin word for "merchant." | |||
Christelik | |||
Afrikaans word for "Christianlike, religious." | |||
Christen | |||
Afrikaans word for "Christian." | |||
===== Christen, religious ===== | |||
*To baptize an individual or to give an infant a name. | |||
===== Christen, shipping ===== | |||
*To name a new ship on its first voyage. | |||
Christening records: Records created when an individual is christened (a religious ceremony in which an individual is baptized or an infant is given a name). | |||
Christening records | |||
Records created when an individual is christened (a religious ceremony in which an individual is baptized or an infant is given a name). | |||
===== Christian Church ===== | |||
*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. | |||
===== Christian name ===== | |||
*A first name, often from the Bible, used to identify an individual. Also called first name or given name. | |||
===== Christian Reformed Church ===== | |||
*A church founded in 1857 in the United States by people who separated from the Dutch Reformed Church (now called the Reformed Church in America). It adopted its current name in 1904. The church follows the teachings of John Calvin and Huldrych Zwingli, maintaining a conservative, orthodox interpretation of doctrine and practices. It used to conduct its services and keep its records in Dutch. | |||
Christmonat | |||
German word for "December." | |||
chrzczony | |||
Polish word for "christened." | |||
chrzest | |||
Polish | Polish word for "christening." | ||
chrzestna, chrzestny | |||
Polish word for "godparent(s)." | |||
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===== Church Almanac, Latter-day Saint ===== | |||
*A book currently published every other year by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that gives information about Church leaders, historical events related to the Church, and statistics related to Church members around the world. | |||
===== Church archive ===== | |||
*An archive where a church stores its records and documents. | |||
===== Church cemetery ===== | |||
*A church-owned cemetery where that church's members, leaders, and others are buried. | |||
===== Church census ===== | |||
*A list and description of members of a church that is taken to track growth and update membership records. Church censuses are a major source of family history information for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. | |||
===== Church Directories, Family History Library Catalog™ ===== | |||
*A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize lists of churches' organizational divisions and officials, including the names of the places and congregations where the officials have served. | |||
===== Church directory ===== | |||
*A list of a church's organizational divisions and officials, including the names of the places and congregations where the officials have served. A church directory may also contain historical information about the local congregations, complete addresses of the churches, and the address of the church headquarters where additional records may be kept. | |||
===== | ===== Church History, Family History Library Catalog™ ===== | ||
*A | *A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize information about the history of various churches. | ||
===== | ===== Church history, general ===== | ||
* | *An account of the events surrounding a specific church or the events related to all of the religions and religious developments in an area. | ||
===== | ===== Church marriage register ===== | ||
*A | *A record kept by a church of marriages performed by a priest or other church authority. | ||
===== Church of England ===== | |||
*The state church of England. It was established in 1534 by King Henry VIII who, when Pope Clement VII refused to grant him a divorce, compelled Parliament to pass the Act of Supremacy. This act made the king of England, not the pope, the head of the church in England. Doctrines of the church are based on the Nicene and Apostles' Creeds and the Book of Common Prayer. The clergy are divided into bishops, priests, and deacons. The Church of England is now part of the Anglican Communion. | |||
===== Church of Ireland ===== | |||
*An independent Anglican Church in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It is the largest Protestant church in Ireland. The Church of Ireland separated from the Church of England in 1871. | |||
===== Church of Scotland ===== | |||
*The Presbyterian Church in Scotland. The Church of Scotland was once the state church. | |||
===== Church of the Brethren ===== | |||
*A religion that developed in 1708 in Germany under Alexander Mack. Persecution in Germany led many members to immigrate to Germantown, Pennsylvania. The Brethren stress obedience to Christ and living the gospel according to the New Testament. They practice trine baptism (baptism by immersion in which an individual is immersed three times, once for each member of the Trinity) and refuse to take oaths or serve in the military. They are also called Dunkards or Dunkers. | |||
===== Church of the Nazarene ===== | |||
*A Protestant religion established in Texas in 1908. The church follows the early teachings of Methodism and sponsors many schools, liberal arts colleges, and theological seminaries. | |||
===== Church Records, Family History Library Catalog™ ===== | |||
*A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize records kept by churches, such as baptism records, marriage records, and burial records. | |||
===== Church records, general ===== | |||
*Records kept by religious institutions. | |||
===== Church unit boundaries, Latter-day Saint ===== | |||
*The jurisdictions of various congregations of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. | |||
===== Church, PERiodical Source Index ===== | |||
*A record type used in the Locality and Research Methodologies sections of the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) to identify articles that contain information about church records. | |||
===== Churchwarden account ===== | |||
*Records kept by a churchwarden. | |||
===== Churchwarden, Church of England ===== | |||
*A lay officer in a parish or district of the Church of England. The churchwarden helps the minister with various administrative duties and represents the parishioners in church matters. Most parishes have two churchwardens, who are elected on Easter Tuesday. Before large parishes were broken down into divisions, they may have had up to four churchwardens to represent various areas of the parish. Also called churchman, churchmaster, church reeve, and kirkmaster. | |||
chwilowo | |||
Polish word for "temporarily." | |||
château | |||
French word for "castle." | |||
châtelain | |||
French word for "owner of a castle." | |||
ci | |||
Italian word for "there, us, to us." | |||
CI | |||
Roman numeral for "one-hundred-one." | |||
ci-dessous | |||
French word for "below here." | |||
ci-dessus | |||
French word for "above here." | |||
ciabattino | |||
Italian word for "cobbler." | |||
cidade | |||
Portuguese word for "city." | |||
cidadão (ã) | |||
Portuguese word for "citizen." | |||
ciego (a) | |||
Spanish word for "blind." | |||
ciento | |||
Spanish word for "one hundred." | |||
ciento uno | |||
Spanish word for "one hundred one." | |||
cigány | |||
Hungarian word for "gypsy." | |||
cikán | |||
Czech word for "gypsy." | |||
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===== Cimarrón ===== | |||
*A term used in Mexican and Guatemalan Catholic Church registers to describe a person whose ancestry is a mix of Indian (1/4), African (1/2), and Spanish Caucasian (1/4). Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate. | |||
cimeterium | |||
Latin word for "cemetery." | |||
cimetière | |||
French word for "cemetery." | |||
cimitero | |||
Italian word for "cemetery." | |||
cinco | |||
Portuguese and Spanish word for "five." | |||
cincuenta | |||
Spanish word for "fifty." | |||
cingarus | |||
Latin word for "gypsy." | |||
cinq | |||
French word for "five." | |||
cinquanta | |||
Italian word for "fifty." | |||
cinquante | |||
French word for "fifty." | |||
cinquantesimo, -a | |||
Italian word for "fiftieth." | |||
cinquantième | |||
French word for "fiftieth." | |||
cinque | |||
Italian word for "five." | |||
cinquième | |||
French word for "fifth." | |||
cinqüenta | |||
Portuguese word for "fifty." | |||
cinterem | |||
Hungarian word for "burial ground." | |||
ciocia (ciotka) | |||
Polish word for "aunt." | |||
cioè | |||
Italian word for "that is, namely." | |||
cipész | |||
Hungarian word for "shoemaker." | |||
circa, Danish | |||
Danish word for "approximately." | |||
circa, German (ca.) | |||
German word for "about." | |||
circa, Italian | |||
Italian word for "about, approximately." | |||
circa, Latin | |||
Latin word for "about, around, round about." | |||
circa, Swedish ((ca.) (Latin)) | |||
Swedish word for "about, approximately." | |||
circiter | |||
Latin word for "about, approximately." | |||
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===== Circuit court guardian docket ===== | |||
*A list of guardian judgments made by the circuit court. | |||
===== Circuit court of appeals ===== | |||
*The former name of the United States Court of Appeals. The court of appeals may review and revise decisions made by federal district courts. The United States Supreme Court may review and revise decisions made by the circuit courts of appeals. | |||
===== Circuit court, Alabama ===== | |||
*A court in Alabama with countywide jurisdiction over felonies, major criminal and civil cases, and appeals from inferior courts. | |||
===== Circuit court, New Jersey ===== | |||
*A court in New Jersey with countywide jurisdiction over civil and equity cases such as mortgage foreclosures, name changes, marriages, adoptions, estate partitions, naturalizations, debts, and probate suits. Circuit courts were replaced by superior courts in 1947. | |||
===== Circuit court, Ohio ===== | |||
*A court in Ohio with countywide jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases, including equity and divorce cases. | |||
===== Circuit court, USA ===== | |||
*A court used in many states of the United States. The court generally has jurisdiction over several towns, counties, or districts in the state. Circuit courts have jurisdiction over both criminal and civil matters. | |||
===== Circuit court, Virginia ===== | |||
*A court in Virginia with circuitwide jurisdiction. Circuit courts were created in 1851 and continue today. | |||
===== Circuit court, Wisconsin ===== | |||
*A court in Wisconsin with countywide jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases and some appeals. | |||
Circuit superior court of law and chancery, Virginia | |||
*A court in Virginia with districtwide jurisdiction. In 1851 these courts were replaced by circuit courts. | |||
===== Circuit superior court of law, West Virginia ===== | |||
*A court in West Virginia with circuitwide jurisdiction. Circuit superior courts of law were used from 1809 to 1852. | |||
===== Circumcision register, Jewish ===== | |||
*A book containing information about Jewish circumcisions. They include the Hebrew given name of the child, the date of circumcision in the Hebrew calendar, and the father's Hebrew given name. Also called Mohel books. | |||
<br> cirka | |||
Norwegian word for "approximately." | |||
===== Citizen, early England and Wales ===== | |||
*A freeman who lived in a city. | |||
===== Citizenship ===== | |||
*The allegiance of an individual to a government and its laws and customs. In return, the individual is granted all rights allowed by the government. | |||
===== Citizenship book, Danish ===== | |||
*A list of people who received the rights to citizenship extended by a city. Citizenship rights included the right to engage in business in the city, protection under the law, and permission to live in the city without being expelled. Citizenship books include the names of the people granted citizenship and their age, social and economic status, occupation and training, and sometimes birthplace and names of relatives. Until the twentieth century, only males of the middle or upper class, usually merchants and tradesmen, were granted citizenship. The Danish citizenship books are called borgerskabprotokoller. | |||
===== Citizenship book, Germany ===== | |||
*A book used to record the names of people who had received the rights to citizenship. These books were frequently kept in Germany, where they were called Bürgerbücher or Bürgerlisten. | |||
Citizenship record | |||
Citizenship records document the process of a person becoming a member of a country. | |||
The records may give the name, age, country of birth, ethnic background, date and port of arrival, name of the ship, previous residences, or current address. Each of the various types of records created during the citizenship process can give different details about the person. | |||
In the United States, records for earlier years usually contain less information than those after 1906, when the names, birth dates, and birth places of the spouse and children are given. | |||
Citizenship records are found in town, county, state, and federal court records. | |||
citoyen(ne) | |||
French word for "citizen." | |||
cittadinanze | |||
Italian word for "citizenship." | |||
cittadino, -a | |||
Italian word for "citizen." | |||
città | |||
Italian word for "city, town." | |||
City | |||
An inhabited place that has more people than a town or village. Different countries have different requirements for what is considered a city. In some countries, for example, a city must be an incorporated entity. In others, it must have a charter from the government. | |||
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===== City census ===== | |||
*A census taken by a city rather than a state or federal government. | |||
===== City court, Kansas ===== | |||
*A court in Kansas with citywide jurisdiction over minor criminal cases and traffic matters. Also called magistrate court. | |||
City court, Utah | |||
*A | *A court used in Utah between 1906 and 1977. City courts had limited jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases in a county. They were replaced by the circuit court system in 1977. | ||
===== | ===== City directory ===== | ||
* | *A list of the names, addresses, and telephone numbers (if applicable) of the people living in a city. City directories may also provide other information about individuals such as their profession, trade, or place of employment. | ||
===== | ===== City livery company, England ===== | ||
*A | *A craft or trade association in London that is descended from the medieval trade guilds. The term livery originally referred to the distinctive uniform that each guild (or company) used on special occasions. Eventually the term was used to refer to the collective membership of the company. | ||
===== | ===== City map ===== | ||
*A | *A map that shows the streets and sometimes political divisions of a large city. | ||
===== City records ===== | |||
*Records, such as those for births and deaths, kept at a city level. | |||
ciudad | |||
Spanish word for "city." | |||
ciudadano (a) | |||
Spanish word for "citizen." | |||
Civil authorities | |||
Authorities in charge of a country or other non-church unit. | |||
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===== Civil case ===== | |||
*A lawsuit involving a violation of laws when an individual (but not society) is harmed, such as property damage, trespass, or libel. Civil cases seek enforcement of private rights or compensation for infringement on private rights. | |||
===== Civil court, Florida ===== | |||
*A court in Florida that exists in counties with more than 100,000 residents. In these counties, civil courts take the place of county courts. | |||
===== Civil court, general ===== | |||
*A court that hears civil cases (lawsuits involving a violation of laws when an individual but not society is harmed, such as property damage, trespass, or libel). Civil cases seek enforcement of private rights or compensation for infringement of private rights. | |||
===== Civil district, Denmark ===== | |||
*An area covered by a Danish court. In Danish they are called herred and birke. | |||
Civil division | |||
The part of a governmental unit which oversees noncriminal matters. | |||
===== | ===== Civil government ===== | ||
*A | *A government that has authority over a country or other non-church unit. | ||
===== Civil law ===== | |||
* | *The laws in a country that define the rights and obligations that people owe one another. Civil law covers issues such as the borrowing and lending of money, contracts, land and property ownership, marriage, divorce, adoption, and injury due to the actions of another person. In the Canadian province of Québec civil law is based on a French code of laws. In other provinces, civil law is based on English common law. | ||
===== | ===== Civil marriage register ===== | ||
*A | *A government record of marriages performed by various civil and religious officials. A register is usually a record in a bound book. | ||
===== | ===== Civil parish, Ireland ===== | ||
* | *An administrative division of a county in Ireland. Before the Reformation, the civil parish was an ecclesiastical division. | ||
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Civil Registration District | |||
The geographic area of a country in which the birth, marriage, divorce, and death records of the citizens are kept. In the United States, civil registration is called vital records. | |||
===== Civil registration office ===== | |||
*A local government office that keeps the government's local birth, marriage, and death records. Some civil registration offices may also have records regarding divorces. | |||
===== Civil Registration, Family History Library Catalog™ ===== | |||
*A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize birth, marriage, divorce, and death records kept by civil governments. Birth, marriage, divorce, and death records from the United States and all Canadian provinces except Québec are cataloged under the subject heading "Vital Records." | |||
===== Civil registration, general ===== | |||
*Birth, marriage, divorce, and death records kept by a government. In the United States, civil registration is called vital records. | |||
===== Civil Secretary, Canada ===== | |||
*A government official in Upper Canada (Ontario) who served as a private secretary to the lieutenant-governor of the province. He received letters and petitions. This position does not exist in modern-day Ontario. | |||
===== Civil | ===== Civil War, American ===== | ||
*A | *A term for the American Civil War, 1861 to 1865. Also called the War between the States and the War of Secession. | ||
===== Civil | ===== Civil war, general ===== | ||
*A | *A type of war in which two or more factions within the same country are at war with each other. | ||
civilregistret | |||
Swedish word for "civil registrar." | |||
civis | |||
Latin word for "citizen." | |||
cizozemský | |||
Czech word for "foreign." | |||
cizí | |||
Czech word for "foreign, strange." | |||
ciò | |||
Italian word for "that." | |||
CL | |||
Roman numeral for "one-hundred-fifty." | |||
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===== Claim ===== | |||
*A request made in a court of law. | |||
===== Claim registers ===== | |||
*Records of claims made against a deceased person's estate. | |||
===== Claims docket ===== | |||
*A list of court cases. | |||
===== Clarence Torrey Collection, New England ===== | |||
*A collection of marriage records gathered by Clarence Torrey. It lists marriages that occurred during the 1600s in colonial New England. Its proper name is New England Marriages Prior to 1700. | |||
===== Class 1 settler ===== | |||
*A settler who was part of a system that filed headright grants by time period. These particular settlers arrived in Texas before 1 March 1836 and received headright land grants from Spain and Mexico. | |||
===== Class 2 settler ===== | |||
*A settler who was part of a system that filed headright grants by time period. These particular settlers arrived in Texas from 2 March 1836 to 1 October 1837 and received headright land grants from the Republic of Texas. | |||
===== Class 3 settler ===== | |||
*A settler who was part of a system that filed headright grants by time period. These particular settlers arrived in Texas from 1 October 1837 to 1 January 1840 and received headright land grants from the Republic of Texas. | |||
===== Class 4 settler ===== | |||
*A settler who was part of a system that filed headright grants by time period. These particular settlers arrived in Texas from 1 January 1840 to 1 January 1842 and received headright land grants from the Republic of Texas. | |||
clausit | |||
Latin word for "he/she finished, closed." Diem clausit extremem means "(died) he/she finished the last day." | |||
claustrarius | |||
Latin word for "locksmith." | |||
clausum | |||
Latin word for "closed, finished." | |||
===== Clergy directory ===== | |||
*A list of the religious leaders in an area or religion. | |||
clergé | |||
French word for "clergymen." | |||
===== Clerical register of souls, Norway ===== | |||
*A census taken by the Lutheran clergy in Norway during the mid-1700s. It lists all members of a family and all persons living with the family. In Norwegian this census is called a sjeleregister. | |||
===== Clerical survey records, Sweden ===== | |||
*A roll kept in Sweden that lists all members of a parish, their place of residence, and their knowledge of catechism. The Evangelical Lutheran Church (Svenska Kyrkan) passed a law in 1686 requiring ministers to keep these records. Some records exist for as early as 1700, but most start much later. From about 1820, surveys are available for most parishes. In Swedish the word for clerical survey records is husförslängder. | |||
clericus | |||
Latin word for "clergyman." | |||
===== Clerk ===== | |||
*An individual charged with keeping records. | |||
===== Clerk of the court ===== | |||
*A government official who keeps the records of a court. | |||
<br> clero | |||
Portuguese word for "clergy." | |||
===== Clipping file ===== | |||
*A file of obituaries and other articles cut out of newspapers. | |||
clostrarius | |||
Latin word for "locksmith." | |||
clérigo | |||
Portuguese and Spanish word for "clergyman." | |||
CM | |||
Roman numeral for "nine-hundred." | |||
cmentarz | |||
Polish word for "cemetery, churchyard." | |||
co | |||
Polish and Czech word for "what." | |||
===== Coast Guard ===== | |||
*The branch of a nation's armed forces that is employed to protect and police a nation's coastline. In Great Britain, the Coast Guard was originally formed to prevent smuggling. | |||
===== Coat of arms ===== | |||
*An emblem used on shields and other implements of war. Coats of arms, invented in the Holy Land during the Crusades, were introduced to England by Richard I. They were originally painted on the shields of Christian soldiers to identify them. Later, the Crown granted the right to use a coat of arms to an individual to identify him in battle. Then a coat of arms became a reward for performing a heroic deed, making a notable achievement, or holding a prominent position. | |||
cocchiere | |||
Italian word for "coachman." | |||
===== Codicil ===== | |||
*A signed supplement, change, or addition to a will. | |||
<br> oelebs | |||
Latin word for "bachelor, single man." | |||
coemeterium | |||
Latin word for "cemetery." | |||
Coextensive (District of Columbia) | |||
Having the same boundaries. Washington is coextensive with the District of Columbia which means that the City of Washington occupies the same space and has the same boundaries as the District of Columbia. | |||
cofradía | |||
Spanish word for "religious brotherhood, guild." | |||
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===== Cofradías, Spain ===== | |||
*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. | |||
cognationis | |||
Latin word for "blood relationship." | |||
cognato, -a | |||
Italian word for "brother-in-law, sister-in-law." | |||
cognome, -i | |||
Italian word for "surname(s)." | |||
cognomen | |||
Latin word for "name, family name, surname." | |||
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===== Cohabitation certificates ===== | |||
*A record that states the legal marital status of freed slaves. | |||
<br> cojo (a) | |||
Spanish word for "lame." | |||
col consenso | |||
Italian word for "with the consent." | |||
colera | |||
Italian word for "cholera." | |||
colheita | |||
Portuguese word for "harvest." | |||
colina | |||
Portuguese and Spanish word for "hill." | |||
Collaboration Lists | |||
A feature on the FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service that allows people to type in information that other people can then read or download. Users can also post questions for others to answer, answer questions posted by others, or read questions and answers already on the service. Each collaboration list focuses on a particular place, surname, or topic. Also called a computer bulletin board system (BBS) or computer message board. | |||
Collateral (genealogy) | |||
A member of a family but not in the direct line, such as an aunt, uncle, or cousin. | |||
===== Collection Fabien, Canada ===== | |||
*A collection of Catholic marriage records at the National Archives of Canada. It covers marriages that occurred from 1657 to 1974 in counties surrounding Montréal and on both the Québec and Ontario sides of the Ottawa River Valley.Collection Gagnon, Canada<br>Collection Gagnon, Canada: A collection of marriage indexes, church records, and vital records about French Canadians. This collection is at the city library of Montreal. | |||
Collection Gagnon, Canada | |||
A collection of marriage indexes, church records, and vital records about French Canadians. This collection is at the city library of Montreal. | |||
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===== Collection Rhode Island Family Records ===== | |||
*A collection of will abstracts and family records created by Martha A. Benns. The collection is available at the Rhode Island Historical Society and the Family History Library™. | |||
===== | ===== Collections, Family History Library Catalog™ ===== | ||
* | *A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize collections of genealogical or historical information gathered by a person or group and then made available for public research. | ||
===== Collective biography ===== | |||
*A group of biographies about a specific group of people, such as merchants, students of an academy, or prominent citizens in an area. | |||
===== Collective naturalization, USA ===== | |||
*The process of granting a group of people United States citizenship. This happened in 1803 for residents of the Louisiana Purchase, in 1845 for residents of Texas, in 1868 for African-Americans, in 1898 for residents of Hawaii, and in 1924 for Native Americans. No individual naturalization records were made for people granted collective naturalization. | |||
===== Collectors' roll ===== | |||
*A list of property owners and how much tax they paid in a given year. | |||
collina | |||
Italian word for "hill." | |||
colline | |||
French word for "hill." | |||
collis | |||
collis | |||
Latin word for "hill." | |||
===== Colonel ===== | |||
*Usually the senior staff or administrative officer in the army, air force, or marines who commands a regiment. The British often gave this as an honorary title to members of noble families. | |||
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