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===== E-mail =====
===== Email =====


*A computer service allowing an individual using one computer to send a message or document via a modem or network to another individual on a different computer.
*A computer service allowing an individual using one computer to send a message or document via a modem or network to another individual on a different computer.
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===== Early Church Information File, Latter-day Saint  =====
===== Early Church Information File, Latter-day Saint  =====
 
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*An alphabetical index to over 1,000 sources of information about early Latter-day Saints (Mormons) and non-Mormons who lived in areas populated by the Latter-day Saints. Most of the sources cover 1830 to the mid-1900s. The Early Church Information File is one of the first sources an individual should check to find information about an individual living in areas heavily populated by Latter-day Saints.
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*A digitized alphabetical card index to over 1,000 sources of information about early Latter-day Saints (Mormons) and non-Latter-day Saints who lived in areas populated by the Latter-day Saints. Most of the sources cover 1830 to the mid-1900s. The {{RecordSearch|2078505|Early Church Information File (ECIF)|access=browse}} is one of the first sources an individual should check to find information about an individual living in areas heavily populated by Latter-day Saints.


===== Earmark  =====
===== Earmark  =====
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*The process of leaving one country or place to live in another.
*The process of leaving one country or place to live in another.


===== Emigration and Immigration, Family History Library Catalog™  =====
===== Emigration and Immigration, FamilySearch Catalog™  =====


*A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize records of people moving into or out of a country.
*A subject heading used in the FamilySearch Catalog to categorize records of people moving into or out of a country.


===== Emigration record  =====
===== Emigration record  =====
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*A reference tool, usually in book or compact disc form, that provides general information about all branches of knowledge or specific information about a particular topic. Articles in encyclopedias are generally arranged alphabetically.
*A reference tool, usually in book or compact disc form, that provides general information about all branches of knowledge or specific information about a particular topic. Articles in encyclopedias are generally arranged alphabetically.


===== Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, Family History Library Catalog  =====
===== Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, FamilySearch Catalog  =====


*A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize encyclopedias and dictionaries.
*A subject heading used in the FamilySearch Catalog to categorize encyclopedias and dictionaries.


===== Endowment date, Latter-day Saint  =====
===== Endowment date, Latter-day Saint  =====
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*An officer in the British navy working to become a commissioned officer.
*An officer in the British navy working to become a commissioned officer.


===== Executor or Executrix<br> =====
===== Executor or Executrix<br> =====


*An individual who is named in a will as the individual responsible to see that all terms of the will are met.The term ''executor ''was a man; an ''executrix'' was a woman.<br>
*An individual who is named in a will as the individual responsible to see that all terms of the will are met.The term ''executor ''was a man; an ''executrix'' was a woman.<br>
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===== Extra-parochial parish or Extra-parochial place, England  =====
===== Extra-parochial parish or Extra-parochial place, England  =====


*An area outside the jurisdiction of any ecclesiastical parish; land exempt from church rates.&nbsp; In 1894, all extra-parochial areas were made into parishes or incorporated into existing ones. There was no church building, and no christening, marriages, or burials were performed in an extra-parochial place. For such records, search surrounding parishes.<br>
*An area outside the jurisdiction of any ecclesiastical parish; land exempt from church rates. In 1894, all extra-parochial areas were made into parishes or incorporated into existing ones. There was no church building, and no christening, marriages, or burials were performed in an extra-parochial place. For such records, search surrounding parishes.<br>


===== Extracts of birth, marriage, and death records, Swedish  =====
===== Extracts of birth, marriage, and death records, Swedish  =====