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| *An index to the 1810 to 1865 territorial, state, and federal censuses; county election returns; and other records for Illinois. | | *An index to the 1810 to 1865 territorial, state, and federal censuses; county election returns; and other records for Illinois. |
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| ===== Names, Personal, Family History Library Catalog™ ===== | | ===== Names, Personal, FamilySearch Catalog™ ===== |
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| *A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize information about given names, surnames, and naming customs. | | *A subject heading used in the FamilySearch Catalog to categorize information about given names, surnames, and naming customs. |
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| ===== Naming custom ===== | | ===== Naming custom ===== |
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| ===== National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections ===== | | ===== National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections ===== |
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| *A source that lists many family papers and unpublished collections of manuscript materials found in libraries other than the Family History Library™.Nationwide | | *A source that lists many family papers and unpublished collections of manuscript materials found in libraries other than the FamilySearch Library™.Nationwide |
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| ===== Nationwide ===== | | ===== Nationwide ===== |
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| *The people or the descendants of people who were living in a land before European or other colonists arrived. In Canada these people are often referred to as First Nations or First Peoples. | | *The people or the descendants of people who were living in a land before European or other colonists arrived. In Canada these people are often referred to as First Nations or First Peoples. |
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| ===== Native Races, Family History Library Catalog™ ===== | | ===== Native Races, FamilySearch Catalog™ ===== |
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| *A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize sources about groups of people living in a country or region before settlers or conquerors from another country arrived. Examples of native races include Eskimos, Native Americans, Maoris, and Aborigines. | | *A subject heading used in the FamilySearch Catalog to categorize sources about groups of people living in a country or region before settlers or conquerors from another country arrived. Examples of native races include Eskimos, Native Americans, Maoris, and Aborigines. |
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| ===== Natural parents ===== | | ===== Natural parents ===== |
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| *The legal process by which an individual born in one country becomes a citizen of another. | | *The legal process by which an individual born in one country becomes a citizen of another. |
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| ===== Naturalization and Citizenship, Family History Library Catalog™ ===== | | ===== Naturalization and Citizenship, FamilySearch Catalog™ ===== |
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| *A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize sources about (1) the legal process by which an individual born in one country becomes a citizen of another (naturalization) and (2) the allegiance of an individual gives to a government and its laws and customs in return for all rights allowed by the government (citizenship). | | *A subject heading used in the FamilySearch Catalog to categorize sources about (1) the legal process by which an individual born in one country becomes a citizen of another (naturalization) and (2) the allegiance of an individual gives to a government and its laws and customs in return for all rights allowed by the government (citizenship). |
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| ===== Naturalization paper ===== | | ===== Naturalization paper ===== |
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| ===== Nebraska Territory ===== | | ===== Nebraska Territory ===== |
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| *A territory established in 1854 by the Kansas-Nebraska Act. It comprised all of present-day Nebraska and parts of Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming, and Colorado. | | *A territory established in 1854 by the Kansas-Nebraska Act. It comprised all of present-day Nebraska and parts of Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming, and Colorado. |
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| | *A name given, or a reference to, a person who has died. |
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| ===== Neglected entry, Scotland ===== | | ===== Neglected entry, Scotland ===== |
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| *A publication, usually printed daily or weekly, that contains articles describing world, national, or local events and other topics. | | *A publication, usually printed daily or weekly, that contains articles describing world, national, or local events and other topics. |
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| ===== Newspapers, Family History Library Catalog™ ===== | | ===== Newspapers, FamilySearch Catalog™ ===== |
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| *A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize publications, usually printed daily or weekly, that contain articles describing world, national, or local events and other topics. | | *A subject heading used in the FamilySearch Catalog to categorize publications, usually printed daily or weekly, that contain articles describing world, national, or local events and other topics. |
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| ===== Nickname ===== | | ===== Nickname ===== |
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| *A contested piece of land between two or more warring parties that none successfully occupies. | | *A contested piece of land between two or more warring parties that none successfully occupies. |
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| ===== Nobility, Family History Library Catalog™ ===== | | ===== Nobility, FamilySearch Catalog™ ===== |
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| *A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize records related to records and other works about a country's noble class (a class of people in a country who have special political and social status). | | *A subject heading used in the FamilySearch Catalog to categorize records related to records and other works about a country's noble class (a class of people in a country who have special political and social status). |
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| ===== Nobility, general ===== | | ===== Nobility, general ===== |
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| *A French term for notary, a government official who prepares acts and contracts and certifies authentic copies of them. | | *A French term for notary, a government official who prepares acts and contracts and certifies authentic copies of them. |
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| ===== Notarial Records, Family History Library Catalog™ ===== | | ===== Notarial Records, FamilySearch Catalog™ ===== |
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| *A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize information about records made by or authorized by a notary public. | | *A subject heading used in the FamilySearch Catalog to categorize information about records made by or authorized by a notary public. |
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| ===== Notarial Records, general ===== | | ===== Notarial Records, general ===== |