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===== boghandler  =====

*Danish word for "bookseller."

===== bogholder  =====

*Danish word for "bookkeeper, accountant."

===== bognár  =====

*Hungarian word for "wheel maker."

===== boieiro  =====

*Portuguese word for "herdsman."

===== bok  =====

*Norwegian and Swedish word for "book."

===== bokhandler  =====

*Norwegian word for "bookseller."

===== bokholder, bokfører  =====

*Norwegian word for "bookkeeper."

===== bokhållare  =====

*Swedish word for "bookkeeper."

===== bokstav  =====

*Norwegian word for "letter, character."

===== boldog  =====

*Hungarian word for "happy."

===== bolest  =====

*Czech word for "pain."

===== bolig  =====

*Danish and Norwegian word for "residence, house."

===== boltos  =====

*Hungarian word for "shopkeeper."

===== bom (oa)  =====

*Portuguese word for "good."

===== bon (bonne)  =====

*French word for "good."

===== bona  =====

*Latin word for "possessions."

===== bonde  =====

*Danish, Norwegian and Swedish word for "farmer."

===== bonne  =====

*French word for "maid, female servant."

===== bonus  =====

*Latin word for "good."

===== Boom  =====

*Sudden population growth (large numbers of people moving in) caused by economic opportunites. When land was opened to homesteading, land rushes or land booms occured. The discovery of oil caused oil booms; the discovery of minerals caused mining booms.

===== boot  =====

*Afrikaans word for "boat, barge, ship."

===== Bootsmann  =====

*German word for "bargeman, boatman."

===== bopel  =====

*Norwegian word for "residence, domicile."

===== bopæl  =====

*Danish word for "residence, home, domicile."

===== borbély  =====

*Hungarian word for "barber."

===== bordarius  =====

*Latin word for "cottager, tenant, border."

===== Border crossings  =====

*The act of going across a political boundary from one country to another.

===== borg  =====

*Swedish word for "castle,fortress."

===== borg  =====

*Icelandic word for "city."

===== borgare  =====

*Swedish word for "citizen, burgher."

===== borgari  =====

*Icelandic word for "citizen."

===== borger  =====

*Danish and Norwegian word for "citizen."

===== borgermester  =====

*Norwegian word for "mayor."

===== borgerskab  =====

*Danish word for "citizenship."

===== borgerskap  =====

*Norwegian word for "citizenship."

===== borghese  =====

*Italian word for "burgher, citizen."

===== borgmester  =====

*Danish word for "mayor."

===== borgmästare  =====

*Swedish word for "mayor."

===== Borough, New York City  =====

*One of the five administrative divisions of New York City: Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Richmond (Staten Island).

===== borta  =====

*Swedish word for "absent."

===== bortgift  =====

*Swedish word for "married elsewhere."

===== borussia  =====

*Latin word for "Prussia."

===== bos  =====

*Dutch word for "woods, forest (new version of the word)."

===== bosbaas  =====

*Dutch word for "forester."

===== bosbouer  =====

*Afrikaans word for "forester, warden."

===== bosch  =====

*Dutch word for "woods, forest (old version of the word)."

===== bosque  =====

*Portuguese word for "grove, forest, woods."

===== bostad  =====

*Swedish word for "domicile."

===== boswachter  =====

*Dutch word for "forester."

===== boswagter  =====

*Afrikaans word for "forester."

===== Boundary  =====

*A formal, written request for a piece of federal land in return for past military service.

===== Bowman Collection  =====

*A printed book used to record membership records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1920 and 1941. Each page of the book had four to six boxes, and each box contained the complete membership information for an individual. The records are available at the Family History Library™ and Family History Centers™.

===== Branch history, Latter-day Saint  =====

*A local division of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is similar to a ward but usually does not have enough membership or enough priesthood leadership to support all the programs of the Church.

===== Brief description, Family History Library Catalog™ on compact disc  =====

*A large collection of typed transcripts of wills, cemetery records, vital records, and other family records for families from the towns of West Greenwich, Exeter, and Coventry in Rhode Island. It was created by Anthony Tarbox Briggs and is at the Rhode Island Historical Society and on microfilm at the Family History Library™.

===== British  =====

*The name used for colonies that remained in British hands after the Revolutionary War between 1783 (when Britain acknowledged the independence of the United States) and 1867 (when the Dominion of Canada was created).

===== Bromwell Index  =====

*A five-volume alphabetical list of prominent people from Colorado. The index covers up to the year 1933 and is held by the Colorado Historical Society.

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