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===== LDS Search Strategies  =====
===== LDS Search Strategies  =====


*A section of [[Tracing Latter-day Saint Ancestors]] that describes how to find family history information about people who were members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
*A section of [[Tracing Latter-day Saint Ancestors]] that describes how to find family history information about people who were members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.


===== Lease (noun)  =====
===== Lease (noun)  =====
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===== Library of Congress  =====
===== Library of Congress  =====


*The national library of the United States, the largest library in the world. It provides reference and research services to Congress and the other branches of the federal government. The public can use the library’s materials free of charge. The Library of Congress also participates in interlibrary loan.<br>License:&nbsp; A permit issued by a governing body that allows an individual to perform a certain activity, such as drive a motor vehicle or operate a business:
*The national library of the United States, the largest library in the world. It provides reference and research services to Congress and the other branches of the federal government. The public can use the library’s materials free of charge. The Library of Congress also participates in interlibrary loan.<br>License: A permit issued by a governing body that allows an individual to perform a certain activity, such as drive a motor vehicle or operate a business:


===== Lien  =====
===== Lien  =====
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===== LiRaMa collection  =====
===== LiRaMa collection  =====


*A collection of Russian consular records kept by Russian consuls stationed in the Canadian cities of Montreal, Vancouver, and Halifax between 1901 and 1922. The collection is named after the first letters of the three consuls' names. The records are at the National Archives of Canada. The Family History Library™ does not have a copy of the collection.
*A collection of Russian consular records kept by Russian consuls stationed in the Canadian cities of Montreal, Vancouver, and Halifax between 1901 and 1922. The collection is named after the first letters of the three consuls' names. The records are at the National Archives of Canada. The FamilySearch Library™ does not have a copy of the collection.


===== Lis pendens  =====
===== Lis pendens  =====
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===== Lord of regality, Scotland  =====
===== Lord of regality, Scotland  =====


*A titled individual to whom the Crown granted extensive property (regality)&nbsp;which came with civil and criminal jurisdictional&nbsp;powers almost as great as those of the crown. The jurisdiction was much wider than that granted to a baron.&nbsp; These were mostly abolished in 1747.
*A titled individual to whom the Crown granted extensive property (regality) which came with civil and criminal jurisdictional powers almost as great as those of the crown. The jurisdiction was much wider than that granted to a baron. These were mostly abolished in 1747.


===== Lost at sea  =====
===== Lost at sea  =====