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*An individual from Denmark, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, or Iceland.
*An individual from Denmark, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, or Iceland.


===== Scandinavian LDS Branch Membership Card Index  =====
===== Scandinavian Branch Membership Card Index  =====


*An index to records of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, and Finland. This index covers approximately 1850 to the early 1900s.
*An index to records of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, and Finland. This index covers approximately 1850 to the early 1900s.
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*A man who teaches school or the person in charge of the school.
*A man who teaches school or the person in charge of the school.


===== Schools, Family History Library Catalog™  =====
===== Schools, FamilySearch Catalog™  =====


*A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize records related to schools.
*A subject heading used in the FamilySearch Catalog to categorize records related to schools.


===== Scotch-Irish  =====
===== Scotch-Irish  =====
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===== Seven Week's War (1866)  =====
===== Seven Week's War (1866)  =====


*A war that occurred from July to August in 1866 over a dispute involving the former Danish territories of Schleswig and Holstein. The German states of Austria, Hesse, Saxony, and Hanover battled Prussia, who allied with Italy. Prussia won the war, resulting in Prussia's dominance in Germany and Austria's removal from the German Confederation.
*A war that occurred from July to August in 1866 over a dispute involving the former Danish territories of Schleswig and Holstein. The German states of Austria, Hesse, Saxony, and Hannover battled Prussia, who allied with Italy. Prussia won the war, resulting in Prussia's dominance in Germany and Austria's removal from the German Confederation.


===== Seven Years' War (1756-1763)  =====
===== Seven Years' War (1756-1763)  =====
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*A part of a census that lists slave owners and their slaves by only age and gender, not name. The 1850 and 1860 United States censuses have slave schedules.
*A part of a census that lists slave owners and their slaves by only age and gender, not name. The 1850 and 1860 United States censuses have slave schedules.


===== Slavery and Bondage, Family History Library Catalog™  =====
===== Slavery and Bondage, FamilySearch Catalog™  =====


*A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize information related to slavery and other types of bondage.
*A subject heading used in the FamilySearch Catalog to categorize information related to slavery and other types of bondage.


===== Small cause court, New Jersey  =====
===== Small cause court, New Jersey  =====
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*A collection created by Aubrey O. Smith and Winton A. Rife. The collection focuses on families from Boon, Fayette, Greenbriar, Mercer, Monroe, Raleigh, and Wyoming Counties in West Virginia.
*A collection created by Aubrey O. Smith and Winton A. Rife. The collection focuses on families from Boon, Fayette, Greenbriar, Mercer, Monroe, Raleigh, and Wyoming Counties in West Virginia.


===== Social Life and Customs, Family History Library Catalog™  =====
===== Social Life and Customs, FamilySearch Catalog™  =====


*A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize information about a society’s customs and way of life.
*A subject heading used in the FamilySearch Catalog to categorize information about a society’s customs and way of life.


===== Social Security Act  =====
===== Social Security Act  =====
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*A pension fund established by the Social Security Act of 1935 as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New Deal" administration, which was a response to the Great Depression. The fund provides for federal and federal-state programs to give relief in the following areas: old age benefits; assistance for the aged, blind, and dependent children; unemployment compensation; maternity care; crippled children's services; and child welfare, public health, and vocational rehabilitation services.
*A pension fund established by the Social Security Act of 1935 as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New Deal" administration, which was a response to the Great Depression. The fund provides for federal and federal-state programs to give relief in the following areas: old age benefits; assistance for the aged, blind, and dependent children; unemployment compensation; maternity care; crippled children's services; and child welfare, public health, and vocational rehabilitation services.


===== Societies, Family History Library Catalog™  =====
===== Societies, FamilySearch Catalog™  =====


*A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize sources about organizations in which membership is based on interest in or descent from individuals who served during a particular military conflict; participated in a certain patriotic cause; immigrated from a particular country; founded or pioneered a state; had royal, noble, or baronial lineage; had a particular occupation or interest; or lived during a certain time period, such as the United States Colonial period.
*A subject heading used in the FamilySearch Catalog to categorize sources about organizations in which membership is based on interest in or descent from individuals who served during a particular military conflict; participated in a certain patriotic cause; immigrated from a particular country; founded or pioneered a state; had royal, noble, or baronial lineage; had a particular occupation or interest; or lived during a certain time period, such as the United States Colonial period.


===== Societies, general  =====
===== Societies, general  =====
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===== Subject heading  =====
===== Subject heading  =====


*A heading used in the Family History Library Catalog™ to categorize records by topic.
*A heading used in the FamilySearch Catalog™ to categorize records by topic.


===== Subject Search  =====
===== Subject Search  =====


*A type of search in the Family History Library Catalog™ that finds records by topic. The Subject Search is available on the microfiche version of the catalog only.
*A type of search in the FamilySearch Catalog™ that finds records by topic. The Subject Search is available on the microfiche version of the catalog only.


===== Submitter List  =====
===== Submitter List  =====
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===== Surname Search  =====
===== Surname Search  =====


*A type of search in the Family History Library Catalog™ that searches for surnames in the description of family histories. This search is available on both the microfiche and computer versions of the catalog.
*A type of search in the FamilySearch Catalog™ that searches for surnames in the description of family histories. This search is available on both the microfiche and computer versions of the catalog.


===== Surrogate court, Canada  =====
===== Surrogate court, Canada  =====
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