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A glossary of genealogical terms.
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Abstract Index of Deeds, Canada: A type of land record that documents the chronological history of land transfers in Ontario, Canada, from one person to another. Each township or village in southern Ontario had a book with a page reserved for each individual parcel of land. Parcels were usually described by concession and lot numbers within the township or by lot numbers on subdivision plans of the village. The page listed the document number for each land transaction applying to that parcel of land and the date the document was registered. The document numbers in the Abstract Index of Deeds refer to original deeds and wills which were copied into separate county, township, or village deed books. The Abstract Index of Deeds is particularly important in Ontario research since few indexes to grantors (sellers) and grantees (buyers) exist. Also called Abstract Index of Title.
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Abstract Index of Title, Canada: A type of land record that documents the chronological history of land transfers in Ontario, Canada, from one person to another. Each township or village in southern Ontario had a book with a page reserved for each individual parcel of land. Parcels were usually described by concession and lot numbers within the township or by lot numbers on subdivision plans of the village. The page listed the document number for each land transaction applying to that parcel of land and the date the document was registered. The document numbers in the Abstract Index of Title refer to original deeds and wills which were copied into separate county, township, or village deed books. The Abstract Index of Title is particularly important in Ontario research since few indexes to grantors (sellers) and grantees (buyers) exist. Also called Abstract Index of Deeds.
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Abstract, census: The summary of census results sent to the United States government by the census taker.
===== a (ab)  =====


Abstract, general: A summary that contains only the pertinent points of a longer text. Abstracts are commonly created for articles (such as obituaries) in periodicals and newspapers and for documents or collections of records.
*Latin word for "from, by."


Acadia, Canada: A region in what is now Eastern Canada that comprises the present-day provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. The area remained under French control until the end of Queen Anne's War (1702–1713). The Treaty of Utrecht (1713), which ended this war, gave Acadia to Great Britain. A dispute arose, however, because some parts of Acadia had remained neutral during the war, so only peninsular Nova Scotia ended up in British control at that time. In 1755, during the French and Indian Wars, the British tried to force the Acadians to swear an oath of allegiance to the British king. The Acadians who refused were forced to move south. After suffering many hardships, most returned to southern New Brunswick. About 4,000 went to Louisiana, then a French colony, where they became the Cajuns.
===== a cagione di  =====


Acadian: A person from Acadia; also a descendant of French settlers who came from the Acadia region of Canada, or present-day New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. In 1755 during the French and Indian Wars, the British tried to force the Acadians to swear an oath of allegiance to the British king. When they refused, many were forced to move south. After suffering many hardships, some returned to northern New Brunswick and to coastal areas of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. About 4,000 went to Louisiana, then a French colony, where their descendants became known as the Cajuns.
*Italian word for "because of."


Accelerated Indexing Systems: A private company that published indexes to various United States censuses and other records.
===== a casa  =====


Account, financial: The records containing information regarding an individual’s or institution’s financial dealings.
*Italian word for "at home."


Account, guardianship: A record that contains the details of a guardian’s services in support of a minor child.
===== a reçu  =====


Accounts, probate: Records that show all transactions pertaining to the settlement of a deceased person's estate.
*French word for "has received."


Act book: A day-by-day account of probate court actions. Also called grant book.
===== a, az  =====


Act of the Parliament of Canada: A decision, law, or determination made by the Parliament of Canada. Divorce in Canada used to require an act of Parliament.
*Hungarian word for "the."


Act of Union, Canada: A law passed by the British Parliament in 1840 that established a united government for Lower Canada (to be called Canada East and later Québec) and Upper Canada (to be called Canada West and later Ontario). In 1791 the British government had established two colonies in central Canada: one to please the English-speaking United Empire Loyalists and another to please the French-speaking settlers. These two colonies had separate governments until the Act of Union took effect in 1841. The act provided for one governor to oversee both colonies. It established two legislative bodies. The legislative council was made up of 20 people appointed by the governor. The legislative assembly was made up of 42 members elected by the people in the colonies. The act established English as the only official language for councils and assemblies. French was made the second official language in 1848.
===== außer Dienst''(a.D.)''  =====


Actes de tutelle: A French term for guardianship agreement.
*German word for "formerly employed, retired."


Actes notaries: The French term for notarial records, which are records prepared by a notary. In France, Québec, and other areas of the world, notaries prepare acts and contracts and certify authentic copies of them. Some important notarial records in France include marriage contracts (contrats de mariage), wills (testaments), divisions of property among heirs (partages and successions), household inventories taken after someone's death (inventaires des biens or inventaires après décès), and guardianship agreements (actes de tutelle).
===== avioliiton ulkopuolella  =====


Action against Sweden, in Bohuslän (1788): A failed attempt by Norway to capture the fortress at Bohus.
*Finnish word for "illegitimate, out of wedlock."


Acuerdos: The Spanish term for an agreement or settlement.
==== a  ====


Addendum: A portion of the International Genealogical Index® that contains the names acquired since the main file was published.
*Czech word for "and."
*French word for "has."
*Portuguese word for "the (feminine)" and "to, toward."
*Spanish word for "to, in, into, on."


Addendum, Index to the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland on Microfiche, Scotland: One of the two parts of the index to the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland. It contains all entries that were missed in the Main index. The index is organized alphabetically by surname.
===== abuela materna (Aa.M.)  =====


Additional Information, Scotland Church Records: A field on the Scottish Church Records that contains notes written by the person who indexed the original record. This field may contain frame numbers, additional relatives, or other information.
*Spanish word for "maternal grandmother."


Addressbücher, Germany: The German word for a city directory, which lists the names, addresses, and possibly telephone numbers of people living in the same city.
===== abuela paterna (Aa.P.)  =====


Adjutant: An officer in the army, air force, or marines who helps other higher-ranking officers with tasks such as correspondence.
*Spanish word for "paternal grandmother."


Administration: A legal document appointing a person to supervise the distribution of an estate belonging to a person who died intestate (without a will). An administration may also be called a letter of administration or admon.
===== aamu  =====


Administration bond: A written statement posted by the administrator of an estate guaranteeing that he or she will faithfully perform the tasks assigned by the probate court.
*Finnish word for "morning."


Administrator: An individual appointed by a court to settle a deceased individual’s estate if that individual did not leave a will.
===== aamulla  =====


Admiral: A high-ranking officer in the navy or coast guard. There are four grades of admiral: admiral of the fleet, vice-admiral, admiral, and rear-admiral. The admiral of the fleet is the highest-ranking officer in the British navy.
*Finnish word for "in the morning."


Admiral of the fleet: The highest-ranking officer in the British navy.
===== aamupäivä  =====


Admiralty court: A court with jurisdiction over ships and seamen. Admiralty courts were originally British courts. After the Revolutionary War, federal district courts began handling admiralty cases in the United States.
*Finnish word for "forenoon."


Admiralty court, Pennsylvania: A court established in 1697 in Maryland to deal with issues of navigation and trade. This court had jurisdiction in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Jersey. In 1789, this court was dissolved and the authority transferred to federal jurisdiction.
===== aan, Afrikaans  =====


Admission record: A record created when an individual became a member of a church or a particular congregation.
*Afrikaans word for "to."


Admon: A legal document appointing a person to supervise the distribution of an estate belonging to a person who died intestate (without a will). An admon may also be called a letter of administration or administration bond.
===== aan, Dutch  =====


Admon with will: A record granting the right to administer an estate when the executor named in the will is deceased or unwilling or unable to act as executor.
*Dutch word for "upon, to."


Adoption: A legal process in which the rights, privileges, and duties of caring for a child are transferred from the natural parent(s) to another individual or couple.
===== aand  =====


Adoption record: A record of the legal proceedings in which the rights, privileges, and duties of caring for a child are transferred from the natural parent(s) to another individual or couple.
*Afrikaans word for "evening."


Adoptive parents: Parents who legally assume responsibility for the rights and privileges of a child not born to them. The duty of caring for the child is transferred from the natural parents to the adoptive parents.
===== aangenome naam  =====


Affidavit: A voluntarily written declaration of facts that is confirmed by the oath of the individual making the declaration and witnessed by an individual having authority to administer such an oath.
*Afrikaans word for "alias."


African-American: A term generally used in the United States to describe residents of African descent.
===== aangenomen naam  =====


Agency records: Records kept by an agency of the United States government, such as the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) or the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
*Dutch word for "named, alias, also known as, assumed name, accepted surname."


Agreement and crew list, Britain: A list of crew members serving on a ship that includes written agreements stating each crew member's wages, the capacity in which he was serving, and the nature of the voyage. Masters or owners of merchant ships were required to keep these lists and agreements starting in 1747 when Parliament passed the Act for the Relief of Disabled Seamen. Lists for a few ports survive for the period 1747 to 1834.
===== aangiften  =====


Agricultural schedule: A list in the 1850 to 1880 censuses that contains information on farms and the names of farmers.
*Dutch word for "intentions (marriage), declarations."


Ahnenpaß, Germany: A type of record kept by many Germans during the Nazi era, starting in about 1937. It documents four generations of a person's family. The information was usually verified from civil registration records and parish registers. The English term for this type of record is ancestor passport.
===== aanneem  =====


Ahnentafel chart: A table that lists the name and date and place of birth, marriage, and death for an individual and specified number of his or her ancestors. The first individual on the list is number one, the father is number two, the mother is number three, the paternal grandfather is number four, the paternal grandmother is number five, and so forth. Ahnentafel is a German word meaning ancestor chart or ancestor table. This chart is also called a continental pedigree.
*Afrikaans word for "to adopt (a child)."


Alabama Territory, USA: A territory established in 1817 that covered all of present-day Alabama.
===== aannemen  =====


Albarazado: A term used in Catholic church registers to describe a person from Spanish-speaking Latin America whose ancestry is a mix of Indian and Caucasian. Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate.
*Dutch word for "to adopt (a child), to assume, to take on."


Albino: A term used in Catholic Church registers to describe a person from Spanish-speaking Latin America whose ancestry is African and Caucasian. Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate.
===== aanneming  =====


Alcalde Ordinario, New Mexico: A Spanish term referring to a mayor's court that handled civil and criminal cases in what is now the state of New Mexico between 1598 and 1847.
*Dutch word for "confirmation."


Alderman's court: A court created in 1851 by the Provisional State of Deseret. No records for this court appear to exist.
===== aannemingsdag  =====


Alias surname: A second surname that a person adopts. This was a common practice in Germany. In German records, aliases may be preceded by the word genannt, vulgo, modo, sive, or alias. A few people in France, mostly sailors or soldiers, also took alias surnames. These were preceded by the word dit, meaning so-called.
*Dutch word for "day of confirmation."


Alien crew list, USA: A list of aliens employed on United States vessels as members of the crew.
===== aanstaande, Afrikaans  =====


Alien's declaration, Canada: A type of Canadian naturalization record in which aliens declare their intent to become Canadian citizens.
*Afrikaans word for "betrothed, future (husband/wife), next."


Alien's intention: The first legal document an alien files when he or she wishes to become a citizen of the United States. Filing this form signifies that the alien intends to become a citizen and will renounce all allegiance to other governments. The alien's intention is sometimes called a declaration of intention or first papers.
===== aanstaande, Dutch  =====


Aliens’ register: A document created during the Report and Registry process that listed all immigrants who reported to a local court to register their arrival in the United States.
*Dutch word for "next, toward, following, expectant, future, impending."


Allen County Public Library: A public library in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. This library has an excellent collection of materials about the Midwest, Indiana, and the United States. The Allen County Public Library also publishes the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI), an index to genealogical periodicals.
===== aanval  =====


Allí te estás: A term used in Catholic Church registers to describe a person from Spanish-speaking Latin America whose ancestry is a mix of Indian, African, and Caucasian. Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate.
*Dutch word for "stroke, attack."


Allowance docket: A list of court-ordered payments.
===== aarde, Afrikaans  =====


Alsace Emigration Index: An index of people who emigrated from or through Elsaß-Lothringen (Alsace-Lorraine) between 1817 and 1866. About half of the people mentioned in this index are French. The others are mostly Swiss and German.
*Afrikaans word for "earth (buried in)."
*Dutch word for "earth (buried in), ground."


Alsace-Lorraine: Two regions in modern-day France that are located along the German border. Germany won these two regions in 1871 after the Franco-Prussian war. (The German term for the region is Elsaß-Lothringen.) France regained these two regions in 1919 with the Peace of Versailles.
===== aardrijkskundig woordenboek  =====


Alsatian: A person from the Alsace region of France. Since many Alsatians spoke more German than French, they were often called Germans when they emigrated to other countries. Many Alsatians emigrated to Russia between 1763 and World War I. Beginning in 1874 many of these Russian Alsatians moved to the United States, Canada, and South America. In 1722 the Holy Roman emperors and Austro-Hungarian monarchs encouraged Alsatians and Germans to settle in their lands, especially on the border devastated by the Turks. Colonies developed in what became Hungary, Romania, and Yugoslavia. After World War II, many people of Alsatian descent moved to the United States, Canada, Australia, Brazil, and other nations.
*Dutch word for "gazetteer."


Alumni directory: A list of the names and addresses of people who graduated from a school, university, or other educational facility.
===== aardrykskundige woordeboek  =====


American: A person from the Western Hemisphere (North and South America). It can also refer to a person from the United States.
*Afrikaans word for "gazetteer."


American Civil War (1861-1865): The war with the highest casualty rate in the history of the United States. It divided the United States into two factions. The Union was composed of northern states who supported maintaining the power of the federal government and abolishing slavery. The Confederacy was composed of southern states who believed in maintaining more power at the state level and preserving slavery. Also called the War between the States and the War of Secession.
===== aateli(nen) =====


American Genealogical Biographical Index: A source containing over 12 million brief citations of individuals and families, mainly from New England, who are mentioned in manuscripts, periodicals, family histories, town and county histories, and published military records.
*Finnish word for "noble."


<br>American Indians: The original inhabitants of North and South America. Also called Native Americans. In Canada the original inhabitants, Native Americans and Inuit (Eskimos), are often referred to as First Peoples or First Nations.
===== aatelisto  =====


American Loyalist: An American colonist who remained loyal to the King of England during the Revolutionary War. Many Loyalists moved to Florida, the Caribbean Islands (including Cuba), Canada, or back to England after the Revolutionary War.
*Finnish word for "nobility."


American Lutheran Church Archives: The central archives of the American Lutheran Church.
===== aatto  =====


American State Papers, Land Grants and Claims: A published collection of about 80,000 diverse land claims, such as claims for state, Indian, and militia bounty lands. It does not contain information about land granted to war veterans.
*Finnish word for "eve."


Amish: Members of the Old Order Amish Mennonite Church who followed the strict teachings of Jakob Ammann and broke from the Swiss Mennonites in the late 1600s. Many began migrating to America in 1720 and settled in eastern Pennsylvania. The "old order" followed strict practices that included severely plain dress and the shunning of electricity and telephones. After 1850 many "new-order" groups broke off to follow more modern practices. Today the largest old-order settlements are in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas.
===== ab  =====


Amish: Members of the Old Order Amish Mennonite Church who followed the strict teachings of Jakob Ammann and broke from the Swiss Mennonites in the late 1600s. Many began migrating to America in 1720 and settled in eastern Pennsylvania. The "old order" followed strict practices that included severely plain dress and the shunning of electricity and telephones. After 1850 many "new-order" groups broke off to follow more modern practices. Today the largest old-order settlements are in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas.
*German word for "from, since."


Amt, Denmark: The Danish word for county.
===== ab hoc mense  =====


Amtsgericht, Germany: A local court in Germany.
*Latin word for "from this month on."


Anabaptist: A religious movement that developed in Zurich, Switzerland, during the 16th century under the influence of Huldrych Zwingli. The Anabaptists, whose name means "rebaptizer," believed that infant baptism was blasphemous because people could not be punished for sin until they had developed an awareness of good and evil. Hence, though it was illegal, many Anabaptists were baptized a second time as adults. Anabaptists also believed in a separation of church and state, opposed war, and refused to swear oaths. The Mennonite and Amish faiths developed from the Anabaptist movement.
===== abaixo-assinado  =====


Ancestor: An individual from whom one is descended.
*Portuguese word for "undersigned."


Ancestor passport, Germany: A type of record kept by many Germans during the Nazi era, starting in about 1937. It documents four generations of a person's family. The information was usually verified in civil registration records. The German word for this type of record is Ahnenpaß.
===== abavia  =====


Ancestral File™: A computer file containing names and often other vital information (such as date and place of birth, marriage, or death) of millions of individuals who have lived throughout the world. Names are organized into family groups and pedigrees. To allow for coordination of research, the file also lists names and addresses of those who contributed to the file. Ancestral File™ is part of FamilySearch®.
*Latin word for "great-great-grandmother."


Ancestral File™ number: A number used to identify each record in Ancestral File.
===== abavus  =====


Andrea Leonardo Collection: A collection of research files about South Carolina families.
*Latin word for "great-great-grandfather, ancestor."


Anglican Church: A group of churches that are part of the Anglican Communion, which developed from the Church of England. The Anglican Church of Canada and the Episcopal Church in the United States are also members of the Anglican Communion. Anglican beliefs are based on the Nicene and Apostles' Creeds and follow the Book of Common Prayer, which outlines doctrine, discipline, and worship. National churches can revise the Book of Common Prayer to suit the needs of members in the country.
===== abbiamo  =====


Anglican Communion: An international group of loosely organized, self-governing churches whose doctrines and practices are based on the Church of England. The major churches in the communion are the Church of England, the Anglican Church of Canada, and the Episcopal Church in the United States.
*Italian word for "we have."


Anglo-American: An English-speaking person of European descent who is living in the United States.
===== abbiente  =====


Angola: A term used in Brazilian Catholic Church registers to describe an African from Angola. Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate.
*Italian word for "owner."


Anne Lea Nicholson Collection: A collection of documented family group records prepared by Anne Lea Nicholson. It is one of the first sources that should be checked for families from Gloucester, Salem, Burlington, Camden, and Cumberland counties in New Jersey and Philadelphia County in Pennsylvania.
===== abbracciatutto  =====


Annual report: A report completed by stake, ward, branch, or mission clerks in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (The annual report from a branch may have been completed separately or as part of a mission report.) It lists the blessings, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths, ordinations, missionary service, and divorces that occur in a stake, ward, branch, or mission during a given year. These reports were used from 1907 into the 1970s. In the United States and Canada, they were used until 1976. Also called Form E or Form 42FP.
*Italian word for "jack-of-all-trades."


Annual return: A yearly report made by the administrator or executor of an estate to a probate court.
===== abcesso  =====


Annuals Index: One of two indexes that comprise the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI). The Annuals Index is a subject index to articles that appeared in genealogical periodicals published in 1986 or later. This index is also on microfiche at the Family History Library™ (FHL fiche 6016864).
*Portuguese word for "abscess."


Anti-Burghers Church, Scotland: A church that formed out of the Secession Church in 1745. The Anti-Burghers believed that communion should be withheld from people who took the Burgess Oath, which contained a clause that the Anti-Burghers believed gave approval to the Established Church. In 1820 the Burghers and Anti-Burghers reunited.
===== abdormitus  =====


Antirent movement, New York: A movement that began in 1839 when tenant farmers in New York revolted against the manorial (leasehold) system and the wealthy landowners who had inherited their land from ancestors who lived in the 1600s and 1700s. The tenant farmers had lived on the land for generations and felt that they rightfully owned it. Many farmers had not paid their rent for years, and in 1839 landowners tried to collect back rent. However, angry farmers, disguised as Native Americans, began terrorizing the landowners and county officials in Columbia and Delaware Counties. The farmers formed secret societies that became powerful enough to defeat any political party that opposed them. In 1846 the antirenters had the New York constitution amended in their favor, and the farms were handed over to the tenants in 1847, marking the end of the patroonship system in New York.
*Latin word for "died."


Appearance docket: A book containing minutes or abstracts of court appearances.
===== abdormivit  =====


Appellate jurisdiction: The authority of a court to review and revise decisions made by lower courts.
*Latin word for "he/she died."


Application, land: A formal, written request submitted by an individual seeking a land grant.
===== Abend  =====


Application, organization: A formal, written request to become a member of an organization.
*German word for "evening."


Applications for Passage Warrants (Series L), Canada: A list of the names of immigrants in Ontario, Canada, whose passage was paid by sponsors.
===== abends  =====


Appointment to public office: The act of assigning, as opposed to electing, an individual to serve in a government position.
*German word for "in the evening."


Appraisal: The process of determining the value of property, such as a deceased individual’s estate or a document stating the value of property.
===== aber  =====


Appraisement: The estimated value of property.
*German word for "but."


Appraiser: An individual who determines the value of property. When determining the value of a deceased individual's estate, appraisers use an inventory to estimate the estate's value.
===== abgestorben  =====


Apprentice: An individual, usually a child, who was legally bound to the master of a trade to work for the master and learn the trade. The master provided training, food, and lodging for the apprentice.
*German word for "deceased."


Apprenticeship tax, Britain: A tax assessed on the money a master received for an apprenticeship indenture. This tax was assessed from 1710 to 1811. Apprentices put out by a parish or charity were exempt from the tax.
===== abiatico  =====


Archaic word: A word that is no longer used or that has a meaning that has changed substantially over time.
*Italian word for "grandson."


Archdeacon's court, Church of England: An English ecclesiastical court with jurisdiction over an archdeaconry. These courts frequently handled probates.
===== abiit  =====


Archdeaconry: An ecclesiastical division within a diocese that is headed by an archdeacon. It may consist of one or more rural deaneries.
*Latin word for "he/she died."


Archive: A place where institutions such as governments, businesses, and churches keep their records and official documents. Also used in the plural.
===== abinde  =====


Archive Section of the Family Group Records Collection: A portion of the Family Group Records Collection that contains five million family group records submitted by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1942 and 1969. Information from these records has been added to the International Genealogical Index®.
*Latin word for "since."


Archives and Libraries, Family History Library Catalog™: A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize information about other archives (places where institutions such as governments, businesses, and churches keep their records and official documents) and libraries (places that contains books, manuscripts, music, art, and other reference materials).
===== abitante  =====


Archives départementales, France: The French term for departmental archive. These archives collect records for a department of the French government. Departmental archives have most of the French records of genealogical value, including civil registration records, pre-1792 church records, census records, some notarial records, and military conscription records.
*Italian word for "inhabitant."


Arizona Territory, USA: A territory organized in 1863 that comprised the present-day state of Arizona and part of Nevada. Many of the settlers in the area were from Confederate states, so in 1862 they applied to become a Confederate territory. The Confederate government sent troops to occupy New Mexico and Arizona and granted the request of the settlers. This action had little effect because Union forces defeated Confederate forces in New Mexico and Arizona. The United States Congress created the Arizona Territory in 1863 to retain control over the area.
===== abitare  =====


Ark: One of the two ships that brought Catholic and Protestant English settlers to the western shore of Chesapeake Bay in 1634. The other ship was named the Dove. The settlers founded St. Mary's City. King Charles I had originally granted the Maryland region to George Calvert, who died before the king could sign the charter, so the king granted the charter to Calvert's son Cecelius. Cecelius, himself a Roman Catholic, believed in religious freedom and saw to it that law and policies were established to guarantee that right in Maryland.
*Italian word for "to live."


Armiger: A person entitled to use a coat of arms.
===== abitazione  =====


Armorial: An alphabetical list of people entitled to use a coat of arms. The armorial also describes the coat of arms. The term armorial can also refer to anything having to do with heraldry.
*Italian word for "home, residence."


Army: The branch of a nation's armed forces that is trained to fight on land.
===== abitus est  =====


Article, periodicals: A written work in a magazine or newspaper.
*Latin word for "he/she died, went away."


Artifact: An object. In terms of family history research, an artifact is an item that provides information about an ancestor’s life, such as tools, books, or jewelry.
===== abjectarius  =====


Artificer: A mechanic in the British military who makes and repairs machinery.
*Latin word for "cabinetmaker, woodworker."


As Enumerated, 1881 British Census: An index of the 1881 British census that is organized in the same order as the original census. It can help identify households and neighbors living on the same street.
===== abjurations  =====


ASCII: A type of data format for computers. ASCII contains a specified set of letters, numbers, characters, and spaces.
*French word for "renunciations of Protestant faith."


Assembly of God: The largest Pentecostal religion in the world. Its official name is the General Council of the Assemblies of God. Pentecostalism grew out of the religious revival of the early 1900s. Its doctrines include the infallibility of the Bible, the fall and redemption of man, divine healing through prayer, baptism by immersion, eternal punishment for the unsaved, and the return of Christ to rule on earth. Pentecostals believe that every Christian should be filled with the Holy Spirit.
===== abjuro  =====


Assessment roll: A list of property owners, the value of their property, and the amount in taxes each owner owes.
*Latin word for "to renounce by oath."


Assistant surgeon, British: An officer in the British army who helps the surgeon (doctor).
===== ablutus est  =====


Assisted emigrant: Between 1815 and 1900, qualified emigrants received passage money or land grants in their destination country as an alternative to receiving poor relief. After 1840, New Zealand and Australia offered money or land grants to skilled workers to encourage immigration.
*Latin word for "he was baptized."


Assisted emigrants register: A record of people who applied for assistance to emigrate to a new country.
===== abogado  =====


Assize court, England: A court in England that deals with more serious criminal cases. It existed from the 1200s to 1971 and consisted of twelve judges appointed by the Crown.
*Spanish word for "lawyer."


Association: An organization of people who have common interests or goals.
===== abolished  =====


Association of Professional Genealogists: An organization for professional genealogists.
*Done away with, discontinued.


Atlantic provinces, Canada: A grouping of Canadian provinces consisting of Newfoundland and the Maritime provinces of Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick.
===== abril (abl)  =====


Atlas: A book or computerized collection of geographical maps and charts.
*Spanish and Portuguese word for "April."


Audencia, New Mexico: A Spanish term referring to a Mexican court of appeal that handled civil and criminal court cases in what is not the state of New Mexico between 1598 and 1847.
===== abs  =====


Audiencia: A regional court that functioned under a Spanish viceroyalty. These courts had legal, financial, and administrative powers. They supervised local courts, applied Spanish law, and served to establish a legal tradition that has persisted in Hispanic America.
*Latin word for "from, by."


Auditor's books: Books containing information about personal payments for provisions, sewing, nursing, and wagon use during the Revolutionary War. The records cover from 1784 to 1800.
===== absceso  =====


Aufgebote, Germany: A German word for marriage banns or proclamations.
*Spanish word for "abscess."


Author/Title Search: A type of search available in the microfiche version of the Family History Library Catalog™. Records are listed alphabetically by author and title. This search is not available in the computer version of the catalog.
===== abscessus  =====


Authority: The right and power to make decisions, take action, enforce law, or influence others.
*Latin word for "death."


Aveux et dénombrements, Canada: A type of land record used in the mid-1700s in Québec, Canada, roughly translated as "land descriptions" or "censuses of land and inhabitants." The aveux et dénombrements list the name of the principal habitant (occupant) of each farm in each seigneurie (manor) but not family members or farm workers. The information required in this record was very precise and included the exact location of the land, its size, the streams that flowed through it, the number and condition of buildings and mills on the lands, the number of tenants and the rents they paid, and the acres of cultivable land.
===== Absentee landlords  =====


Aveux, Canada: A French word for oaths. The term aveux et dénombrements refers to a specific type of land record used in Québec.
*Landowners who lived far away from the area they owned. Most of the landowners for Prince Edward Island before 1873 lived in Great Britain. People who lived on the island rented or leased the land from them.


Avocat: A French term for lawyer.
===== absolution  =====


Award books: Records of land grants given to settlers in Hawaii between 1836 and 1855.
*French word for "absolution, last rites."


= B =
===== absolvere  =====


Background information: Information about the land, people, history, government, and other characteristics of an area. Background information helps to focus research in the most appropriate types of records for a given area and time period.
*Danish and Norwegian word for "to give absolution."


Bankruptcy: The state of being unable to pay one's debts. To formally declare bankruptcy is to seek relief from creditors through a court action. An individual, government, business, or other organization can declare bankruptcy.
===== absque  =====


Banns: A public announcement made by a couple to their local church congregation that they planned to marry. The couple may also have posted a written notice on the church.
*Latin word for "without, except."


Baptêmes: The French word for baptisms.
===== absterben  =====


Baptism certificate: A certificate stating the date and place an individual was baptized into a church.
*German word for "to die, to die off."


Baptism for the dead, Latter-day Saint: A priesthood ordinance performed in temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Church members are baptized by proxy in behalf of people who have died.
===== abstersus  =====


Baptism, general: An initiation into a Christian church, usually performed by sprinkling the individual with water or immersing the individual in water.
*Latin word for "baptized."


Baptism, Latter-day Saint: The introductory ordinance into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Church practices baptism by immersion for the remission of sins. The ordinance symbolizes the individual's rebirth as a disciple of Jesus Christ.
===== Abstract Index of Deeds, Canada  =====


Baptismal date: The day an individual is baptized.
*A type of land record that documents the chronological history of land transfers in Ontario, Canada, from one person to another. Each township or village in southern Ontario had a book with a page reserved for each individual parcel of land. Parcels were usually described by concession and lot numbers within the township or by lot numbers on subdivision plans of the village. The page listed the document number for each land transaction applying to that parcel of land and the date the document was registered. The document numbers in the Abstract Index of Deeds refer to original deeds and wills which were copied into separate county, township, or village deed books. The Abstract Index of Deeds is particularly important in Ontario research since few indexes to grantors (sellers) and grantees (buyers) exist. Also called Abstract Index of Title.


Baptismal records: Records created when an individual participates in the rite or ordinance of baptism to become a member of a church.
===== Abstract Index of Title, Canada: =====


Baptist Church: A group of Protestant churches that was founded by John Smythe during the early 1600s while he was a refugee in Amsterdam. The Baptists oppose infant baptism and baptize only adults who have accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior. Baptist churches are governed by local congregations and often organized into separate conventions or associations, such as the Baptist World Alliance and the Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland. The Southern Baptist Convention is the largest Baptist organization in the world with 37,000 churches in the United States and its territories. It was organized in 1845 and has offices in Nashville, Tennessee.
*A type of land record that documents the chronological history of land transfers in Ontario, Canada, from one person to another. Each township or village in southern Ontario had a book with a page reserved for each individual parcel of land. Parcels were usually described by concession and lot numbers within the township or by lot numbers on subdivision plans of the village. The page listed the document number for each land transaction applying to that parcel of land and the date the document was registered. The document numbers in the Abstract Index of Title refer to original deeds and wills which were copied into separate county, township, or village deed books. The Abstract Index of Title is particularly important in Ontario research since few indexes to grantors (sellers) and grantees (buyers) exist. Also called Abstract Index of Deeds.


Barbour Collection: Abstracts of town, church, and other original records from the earliest period of Connecticut's history to the 1850s. The collection is indexed, but the index is incomplete and contains errors.
===== Abstract, census  =====


Barcino: A term used in Catholic Church registers to describe a person from Spanish-speaking Latin America whose ancestry is a mix of Indian, African, and Caucasian. Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate.
*The summary of census results sent to the United States government by the census taker.


Barnardo, Thomas John: The founder of a large philanthropic organization in Great Britain during the 1860s. This organization founded 90 homes for destitute children and founded many schools with unlimited admittance policies, which were rare at the time. The organization also helped send children (orphans and others) from Britain to Canada. These children were often called "Barnardo's children." The boys were sent as farm laborers and the girls as "mother's helpers."
===== Abstract, general  =====


Barnocino: A term used in Catholic Church registers to describe a person from Spanish-speaking Latin America whose ancestry is a mix of Indian, African, and Caucasian. Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate.
*A summary that contains only the pertinent points of a longer text. Abstracts are commonly created for articles (such as obituaries) in periodicals and newspapers and for documents or collections of records.


Baron: The lowest title in the British and French peerage. A baron's wife or a woman who inherits or is granted the title is called a baroness. The title of baron was introduced to Great Britain in 1066 after the Normans took power. The king bestowed land and the title of baron to some of his men for their service. These men could give this land and the title to their oldest sons. Eventually the barons became divided into greater and lesser barons, depending on how much land they held. The greater barons eventually became earls and dukes. Lesser barons became the retainers. Currently, the title of baron is given by the British monarch for distinguished service or distinction in arts or letters. Barons may no longer give the title to their heirs. In other European countries, a baron may have various ranks. In Latin America, the baron (barón) was below the viscount (vizconde) and above a lord (señor).
===== abuela  =====


Barón: The Spanish word for baron, a title of nobility ranking below a viscount (vizconde) and above a lord (señor).
*Spanish word for "grandmother."


Baronet, Britain: The highest title in the British gentry, ranking below a baron and above a knight. The title of baronet was created in 1611 by King James I, who sold this title in return for much-needed money. Now the title of baronet is granted by the British monarch to anyone he or she wishes to honor. The title may be passed on to heirs, but a baronet does not have a seat in the House of Lords.
===== abuela materna (Aa.M.)  =====


Barony, Ireland: A land division within a county in Ireland. Baronies were originally held by Irish chieftains, who obtained or leased it from the kings of the provinces. Eventually baronies came to be used only for financial and administrative reasons.
*Spanish word for "maternal grandmother."


Basic Search Strategies: The section of a research outline that describes a general process for conducting family history research.
===== abuela paterna (Aa.P.)  =====


Bastardy bond: A document guaranteeing that the father of an illegitimate child would take financial responsibility for the child. This document relieved the parish from that responsibility. Also called a bond of indemnification.
*Spanish word for "paternal grandmother."


Batch number: A number used in the International Genealogical Index® and Scottish Church Records to find the original source of the information in an entry.
===== abuelo  =====


Batch number, Index to the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland: A number given in the Index to the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland that helps identify which microfilm contains the original parish record. The Batch Number Index identifies which batch numbers are tied to which films of original records.
*Spanish word for "grandfather."


Bates Collection of Genealogical Data: An 88-volume collection of information about Rhode Island families collected by Louise Prosser Bates. It contains abstracts of deeds, land grants, probate records, genealogies, town records, and cemetery records. It is at the Rhode Island Historical Society and on microfilm at the Family History Library™.
===== abuelos  =====


Batismos: A Portuguese word for baptisms.
*Spanish word for "grandparents."


Bauptismos: A Spanish word for baptisms.
===== abuo  =====


Bautismo: A Spanish term for baptism. Also used in the Philippines.
*Latin word for "I baptize, I wash."


Begräbnisse: The German word for burials.
===== aby  =====


Begravede: A Norwegian and Danish word for burials.
*Polish and Czech word for "so that."


Begravna: The Swedish word for burials.
===== ac  =====


Beneficiary, insurance: An individual who receives the proceeds or benefits from an insurance policy.
*Latin word for "and."


Beneficiary, probate: An individual who receives property or money from a deceased individual’s estate.
===== Acadia, Canada  =====


Benjamin Lake Noyes Collection: A collection of genealogies and correspondence concerning many Maine families, especially those who settled at Deer Isle in Hancock County.
*A region in what is now Eastern Canada that comprises the present-day provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. The area remained under French control until the end of Queen Anne's War (1702–1713). The Treaty of Utrecht (1713), which ended this war, gave Acadia to Great Britain. A dispute arose, however, because some parts of Acadia had remained neutral during the war, so only peninsular Nova Scotia ended up in British control at that time. In 1755, during the French and Indian Wars, the British tried to force the Acadians to swear an oath of allegiance to the British king. The Acadians who refused were forced to move south. After suffering many hardships, most returned to southern New Brunswick. About 4,000 went to Louisiana, then a French colony, where they became the Cajuns.


Between the Miami Rivers Survey: A land survey that the United States government conducted between the Great and Little Miami Rivers in Ohio. The survey used the same nonstandard method used in the Symmes Purchase.
===== Acadian  =====


Bible Records, Family History Library Catalog™: A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize Bible records (birth, marriage, and death information written in family Bibles).
*A person from Acadia; also a descendant of French settlers who came from the Acadia region of Canada, or present-day New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. In 1755 during the French and Indian Wars, the British tried to force the Acadians to swear an oath of allegiance to the British king. When they refused, many were forced to move south. After suffering many hardships, some returned to northern New Brunswick and to coastal areas of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. About 4,000 went to Louisiana, then a French colony, where their descendants became known as the Cajuns.


Bible records, general: Birth, marriage, and death information written in family Bibles, usually on pages set aside for such a purpose.
===== acatholicus  =====


Bibliography, Family History Library Catalog™: A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize lists of books, periodicals, or other resources related to a particular topic.
*Latin word for "non-Catholic, Protestant."


Bibliography, general: A list of books, periodicals, or other resources that were used to prepare a book or article; also a separate list of books, periodicals, or other resources related to a particular topic.
===== accanto  =====


Bibliothèque Généalogique, France: A library in Paris, France, that has a name index, genealogical books, and genealogical periodicals from all parts of France. Translated as Genealogical Library in English.
*Italian word for "beside."


Bibliothèque Publique d' Information, France: A library in Paris, France, that has a collection of 300,000 volumes and 2,400 periodicals. It has a good genealogical collection.
===== Accelerated Indexing Systems  =====


Bienes de difuntos: A Spanish term for inheritance records and inventories of personal estates. Also used in the Philippines.
*A private company that published indexes to various United States censuses and other records.


Bill of sale: A written document that transfers personal property from one individual to another. It proves that a sale occurred.
===== accipio  =====


Biografica: A biographical collection of notes, newspaper clippings, and obituaries of Swedish army officers and others.
*Latin word for "to take, receive, take possession of."


Biographical dictionary: A compilation of histories of people’s lives. The people selected for a biographical dictionary usually have something in common, such as occupation, place of origin or residence, or experience in a historical event. Also called a biographical encyclopedia or compiled biography.
===== accola  =====


Biographical Dictionary of Early Virginia, 1607-1660: A biographical dictionary that contains more than 100,000 entries and mentions over 30,000 people who are named in wills, deeds, court orders, histories, and Virginia Company records.
*Latin word for "local resident."


Biographical encyclopedia: A compilation of histories of people’s lives. The people selected for a biographical encyclopedia usually have something in common, such as occupation, place of origin or residence, or experience in a historical event. Also called a biographical dictionary or compiled biography.
===== accoucher  =====


Biographical sketch: A brief account of an individual’s life.
*French word for "give birth."


Biography and Genealogy Master Index:<br>An index that lists the subjects in most nationwide American biographical dictionaries. This index is essential for finding biographical sketches. It concentrates heavily on the late 1800s and early 1900s.
===== accoucheuse  =====


Biography File: A 180-drawer card index to newspaper clippings, local histories, and periodicals from Maryland during the 1800s and 1900s. This file is at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, Maryland.
*French word for "midwife."


Biography, Family History Library Catalog™: A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize biographies (histories of people's lives) and biographical dictionaries and encyclopedias (compilations of histories of people’s lives).
===== Account, financial  =====


Biography, general: A history of an individual’s life.
*The records containing information regarding an individual’s or institution’s financial dealings.


Biography, PERiodical Source Index: A record type used in the Locality and Research Methodologies sections of the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) to identify articles that contain biographical information about a person or group of people.
===== Account, guardianship  =====


Birke, Denmark: A Danish civil district, an area covered by a court. Also called herred.
*A record that contains the details of a guardian’s services in support of a minor child.


Birth certificate: An official government document stating an individual’s birth date, birthplace, and parentage.
===== Accounts, probate  =====


Birth record: An official government document stating an individual’s birth date, birthplace, and parentage.
*Records that show all transactions pertaining to the settlement of a deceased person's estate.


Birthplace Index, 1881 British Census: An index of the 1881 British Census that is organized alphabetically by surname then by individuals' parish of birth. The Birthplace Index can help you identify possible brothers, sisters, and cousins who were born in the same parish but who may have moved to a different part of Great Britain.
===== accusato  =====


Bishop's court, Church of England: The highest court in a diocese of the Church of England. These courts also had superior jurisdiction over lesser courts in probate matters. Bishop's courts are also called episcopal, commissary, diocesan, exchequer, and consistory courts.
*Italian word for "accused, charged."


Bishop's transcript, Church of England: A contemporary copy of a parish register of the Church of England that a local priest sends to the bishop of the diocese each year. The transcripts were supposed to be exact, but entries were sometimes abbreviated and may contain additional or variant information. If the original parish register has been lost, the bishop's transcript may be the only source of information.
===== acheter  =====


Bishops’ report, Latter-day Saint: A list of Latter-day Saint heads of households and the wards in which they lived. This report was prepared in 1852 and 1853.
*French word for "to buy."


Bjelke Feud (1658-1660), Norway: A military action in which Norway regained Trondheim and Romsdal, which it had lost to Sweden in the Krabbe War.
===== acht  =====


Black Books: A part of the Maryland State Papers that contains messages, petitions, addresses, accounts, court proceedings, and other legal documents from 1636 to 1785.
*German and Dutch word for "eight."


Black Hawk War (1832): A war fought between the Sauk and Fox Native Americans and the United States militia and regular troops. The leader of the Native Americans was named Black Hawk.
===== achte  =====


Black Hawk War (1865-1867): An Indian war that arose when a Ute chief named Black Hawk led an uprising against the settlers in Utah.
*German word for "eighth."


Blazon: An official description of a coat of arms. Blazons are found in armorials. The term blazon is also used to mean a coat of arms.
===== achtenswaardig  =====


Blessing certificate, Latter-day Saint: A certificate issued when a baby is blessed in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
*Dutch word for "respectable, honorable."


Blessing of baby, Latter-day Saint: A priesthood ordinance of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in which an infant is given a name and a blessing.
===== achtentwintig  =====


Blue Books: A part of the Maryland State Papers that contains records relating to stock in the Bank of Maryland from 1733 to 1810. The collection contains information about paper money investment schemes, lawsuits against the state of Maryland, and papers concerning property that citizens lost during the Revolutionary War.
*Dutch word for "twenty-eight."


Board for Certification of Genealogists: A professional organization for genealogists. The board administers a certification process.
===== achtentwintigste  =====


Board of Commissioners to Quiet Land Titles, Hawaii: A commission established in Hawaii in 1845 to settle land disputes between the king of Hawaii, who owned all of the land, and settlers who were not native to Hawaii. The king received a portion of the land, and the rest was divided equally between the government, chiefs, and tenants. To acquire ownership of land, an individual made a claim to the commission. This commission was also known as the Land Commission.
*Dutch word for "twenty-eighth."


Board of Commissioners, USA 1805: A committee organized by the United States Congress in 1805 to investigate claims made by landowners to lands previously granted by the French and Spanish governments.
===== achterkleindochter  =====


Boatswain: The officer on a merchant or navy ship who has charge over the hull, sails, rigging, and so forth.
*Dutch word for "great-granddaughter."


Boer Wars (1877-1901): A term referring to two wars between the British and the Boers (now called Afrikaners) in South Africa. The first Boer War occurred in 1880 and 1881, when the Boers gained independence from Britain. The second Boer War, which occurred between 1899 and 1902, happened when the Boers tried to deny British citizens and other non-Afrikaners full political rights. The Boers won the opening battles of the second war, but the British eventually won the war. The Boer troops surrendered in 1900, but guerilla fighting lasted until 1902.
===== achterkleinzoon  =====


Bond of curation: A written guarantee posted by the guardian of a minor child who is old enough to marry but still younger than 21 to guarantee that the guardian will faithfully perform the tasks assigned by the probate court.
*Dutch word for "great-grandson."


Bond of indemnification: A document guaranteeing that the father of an illegitimate child would take financial responsibility for the child. This document relieved the parish from that responsibility. Also called a bastardy bond.
===== achternaam  =====


Bond of tuition: A written guarantee posted by the guardian of a minor child who is not old enough to marry to guarantee that the guardian will faithfully perform the tasks assigned by the probate court.
*Dutch word for "surname, last name."


Bond with a will annexed: A probate record posted by estate administrators or executors that ensures they will properly carry out their duties. This document has a will attached to it.
===== achtste  =====


Bond, financial: A legal act by which people obligate themselves or their heirs, executors, or administrators to pay a certain amount of money to another individual under certain conditions.
*Dutch word for "eighth."


Bond, general: A binding agreement or a certificate or evidence of debt.
===== achttien  =====


Bond, investment: A certificate or other type of evidence showing that a company, government, or institution promises to pay the purchaser of the bond (the lender) the amount of money loaned plus interest.
*Dutch word for "eighteen."


Bond, jail: The amount of money needed to get out of jail while awaiting trial. Also called bail.
===== achttiende  =====


Bond, probate: A probate record posted by estate administrators or executors that ensures they will properly carry out their duties.
*Dutch word for "eighteenth."


Bondsman: An individual or institution that signs a bond to guarantee that if the bond holder does not meet the obligations, that individual or institution will. Also called a surety.
===== achtundzwanzig  =====


Bonus application papers: An application for a financial bonus promised by the United States government to men who enlisted in the United States military during World War I.
*German word for "twenty-eight."


Book indexes by vessel line: Indexes to passenger lists. The indexes are arranged by the shipping line and the date of arrival in the United States.
===== achtundzwanzigste  =====


Book of remembrance, Latter-day Saint: A record in which members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints record important Church-related events (such as baptism, confirmation, priesthood ordination, marriage, and so forth) and family history information.
*German word for "twenty-eighth."


Book review: An article that summarizes a book and evaluates the quality of the book’s information and writing.
===== achtzehn  =====


Bordeaux Emigration Index, France: A card index to about 16,000 people who emigrated from Bordeaux, France, between 1713 and 1787.
*German word for "eighteen."


Border Crossing Indexes, Canada: A card index to the Canadian border crossing manifests. Sometimes officials recorded information only on the index card for the crossing instead of in both the index and the border crossing manifest.
===== achtzehnhundert  =====


Border crossing lists, USA: Lists beginning in 1895 that document people who have crossed the border between the United States and Canada or Mexico.
*German word for "eighteen hundred."


Border crossing manifests, Canada: Lists of passengers being transported from Canada into the United States. Canadian shipping companies began keeping these records in 1895. There are two type of manifests: lists of people traveling by train and lists of people traveling by boat. The manifests may include the person's name, port or station of entry, date of entry, age, literacy, last residence, previous visits to the United States, and birthplace. Sometimes officials only recorded the information on the index card rather than on the manifest. Beginning in 1908 the companies began keeping similar records of people arriving in Canada from the United States. These records are not indexed and are not available through the Family History Library™. Also called Canadian border crossing lists, passenger lists, and manifests.
===== achtzehnte  =====


Border crossing records, USA: Lists beginning in 1895 that document people who have crossed the border between the United States and Canada or Mexico.
*German word for "eighteenth."


Borgerskabprotokoller, Denmark: A Danish word for citizenship book. It lists the people who received the rights to citizenship extended by a city. Citizenship rights included the right to engage in business in the city, protection under the law, and permission to live in the city without being expelled. The book includes the names of the people granted citizenship and their age, social and economic status, occupation and training, and sometimes birthplace and names of relatives. Until the twentieth century, only males of the middle or upper class, usually merchants and tradesmen, were granted citizenship.
===== achtzig  =====


Borough court, Connecticut: A court in Connecticut with townwide jurisdiction over civil matters. Borough courts were succeeded by the circuit courts.
*German word for "eighty."


Borough, Great Britain: A self-governing town or city that sends a representative to Parliament.
===== achtzigste  =====


Borough, Scotland: A city or town in Scotland. In current usage, the term borough refers only to towns with a charter. Also spelled burgh.
*German word for "eightieth."


Boundary: A separation, whether natural or manmade, between properties or jurisdictions.
===== acicularius  =====


Bounty land: Federal land given to people for their service in the military.
*Latin word for "needle maker."


Bounty land warrant application: A formal, written request for a piece of federal land in return for past military service.
===== Acid free  =====


Bowman Collection: A card index to Connecticut vital records in Massachusetts from 1800 to 1900.
*Acid in poor quality paper causes the destruction of documents and photographs. Documents whould be written on acid free paper, and documents should be stored in acid-free containers. See archival quality.


Box Type, Latter-day Saint: 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™.
===== Ackermann  =====


Branch history, Latter-day Saint: An historical account of a branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
*German word for "farmer."


Branch records, Latter-day Saint: Membership records that each branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints keeps of members who live within the branch boundaries.
===== acordo  =====


Branch, 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.
*Portuguese word for "agreement."


Brief description, Family History Library Catalog™ on compact disc: A screen on the compact disc version of the Family History Library Catalog™ that shows the title of the source.
===== acougueiro  =====


Brieve, Scotland: A document created by a chancery court in Scotland that summoned the local sheriff's court to hold a jury trial. Brieves were issued when a landowner died and the heir wished to take ownership of the land.
*Portuguese word for "butcher."


Brigadier, British: An officer in the British army who ranks below a major general. A brigadier commands a brigade.
===== acquiescat  =====


Briggs Collection: 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™.
*Latin word for "he/she reposes, dies, is content with."


British: Pertaining to something or someone from Great Britain. Many British people emigrated to the Americas, Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.
===== acquietus est  =====


British census: A census taken by the British government in Britain, including England, Wales, Scotland, Isle of Man, and Channel Islands.
*Latin word for "he died."


British Genealogical Record Users Committee: A group of organizations that are dedicated to preserving and providing access to genealogical and historical records.
===== acra  =====


British Library: The national repository for all materials published in England. It also has a large collection of manuscript materials. The British Library is one of the five copyright libraries in Great Britain.
*Latin word for "acre."


British North America: 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).
===== acre  =====


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.
*Portuguese and Spanish word for "acre."


Brown Books: A part of the Maryland State Papers that contains military and civilian communications dating from 1775 to 1803. The books also contain Revolutionary War correspondence, including lists of rebels, payments, seizures, arrests, and military engagements.
===== Act book  =====


Buddhism: A major world religion founded in India in 500 B.C. by a teacher named Buddha. It has influenced religious, social, and cultural effects in much of Asia. In each area it has often combined with teachings from other religions such as Hinduism and Shinto. Zen Buddhism, practiced chiefly in Japan, has some distinctive differences. Buddha taught that each person's position in life was determined by actions in past lives. He sought to conquer attachments to worldly things.
*A day-by-day account of probate court actions. Also called grant book.


Bureau de l'état civil, France: The French term for a civil registration office.
===== Act of the Parliament of Canada  =====


Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization, USA: Former name of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
*A decision, law, or determination made by the Parliament of Canada. Divorce in Canada used to require an act of Parliament.


Bureau of Indian Affairs: An agency of the United States government that manages and keeps the records of the government’s interaction with American Indian tribes.
===== Act of Union, Canada  =====


Bureau of Land Management: An agency of the United States government that manages and maintains the government's survey and land records. The bureau also manages national lands and their resources, including mineral resources. The bureau was created in 1946 when the Government Land Office (GLO) and the Grazing Service were combined. It is under the Department of the Interior.
*A law passed by the British Parliament in 1840 that established a united government for Lower Canada (to be called Canada East and later Québec) and Upper Canada (to be called Canada West and later Ontario). In 1791 the British government had established two colonies in central Canada: one to please the English-speaking United Empire Loyalists and another to please the French-speaking settlers. These two colonies had separate governments until the Act of Union took effect in 1841. The act provided for one governor to oversee both colonies. It established two legislative bodies. The legislative council was made up of 20 people appointed by the governor. The legislative assembly was made up of 42 members elected by the people in the colonies. The act established English as the only official language for councils and assemblies. French was made the second official language in 1848.


Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Freedmen's Bureau: An agency created by the United States Congress in 1865 to help former slaves make the transition to freedom. The bureau provided food, clothing, and shelter and created schools, hospitals, and universities. It distributed abandoned lands to former slaves. Although President Andrew Johnson twice vetoed bills to renew the agency, Congress repassed them and expanded the bureau's powers in 1866. The bureau was dissolved in 1872.
===== acta  =====


Bureau of the Census: The agency of the United States government charged with taking a national census every 10 years.
*Portuguese and Spanish word for "record, document."


Bürgerbücher, Germany: A German term for citizenship books. In Germany, these books were used to record the names of people who had received the rights to citizenship. Also called Bürgerlisten.
===== acte de baptême  =====


Bürgerlisten, Germany: A German term for a citizenship book. In Germany, these books were used to record the names of people who had received the rights to citizenship. Also called Bürgerbücher.
*French word for "baptismal record."


Burgess: A resident of a city who has full rights of citizenship within the city. Tradesmen and craftsmen were burgesses. The term burgess can also refer to a freeman who lived in a rural area. In Scotland, a burgess is a craftsman or tradesman who lives and works within a burgh.
===== acte de décès  =====


Burgh: A city or town in Scotland. In current usage, the term burgh refers only to towns with a charter. Also spelled borough.
*French word for "death record."


Burgh court, Scotland: A Scottish court with jurisdiction over a royal burgh. These courts handled minor civil offences.
===== acte de naissance  =====


Burgher: A citizen of a town.
*French word for "birth certificate, record."


Burghers Church, Scotland: A church that formed out of the Secession Church in 1745. This group believed that communion should not be withheld from people who took the Burgess Oath. In 1820 the Burghers and Anti-Burghers reunited.
===== acte de sépulture  =====


Burial plot: A specific piece of ground within a cemetery where an individual is or can be buried.
*French word for "burial record."


Burial record: A record detailing where a person is buried.
===== Actes de tutelle  =====


Burial register: A list of the people buried in a cemetery.
*A French term for guardianship agreement.


Business directory: A list of the names and addresses of businesses or business people.
===== Actes notaries  =====


Business Records and Commerce, Family History Library Catalog™: A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize information about businesses, trades, and other types of commerce.
*The French term for notarial records, which are records prepared by a notary. In France, Québec, and other areas of the world, notaries prepare acts and contracts and certify authentic copies of them. Some important notarial records in France include marriage contracts (contrats de mariage), wills (testaments), divisions of property among heirs (partages and successions), household inventories taken after someone's death (inventaires des biens or inventaires après décès), and guardianship agreements (actes de tutelle).


Buyer: An individual purchasing something, such as a piece of land.
===== Action against Sweden, in Bohuslän (1788)  =====


Byfogden, Denmark: The judge of a Danish city court. In the 1700s this court handled matters of commerce, such as citizenship records.
*A failed attempt by Norway to capture the fortress at Bohus.


Bygdbøker, Norway: A Norwegian term meaning "rural chronicles" or "community books." The bygdbøker are Norwegian town histories that contain extensive genealogical information about the people living in the community.
===== actum  =====


Byting, Denmark: A Danish city court. In the 1700s this was the court of first instance (the court where a case begins) in general cases.<br>
*Latin word for "record."


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===== Acuerdos  =====


xx
*The Spanish term for an agreement or settlement.


[[Category: Glossary]]
===== ad  =====


[[Category: A]]
*Latin word for "to, at, in, for, towards."


[[Category: B]]
===== Addendum  =====


[[Category: C]]
*A portion of the International Genealogical Index® that contains the names acquired since the main file was published.
 
===== Addendum, Index to the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland on Microfiche, Scotland  =====
 
*One of the two parts of the index to the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland. It contains all entries that were missed in the Main index. The index is organized alphabetically by surname.
 
===== Additional Information, Scotland Church Records  =====
 
*A field on the Scottish Church Records that contains notes written by the person who indexed the original record. This field may contain frame numbers, additional relatives, or other information.
 
===== Address  =====
 
*The street or mailing location where a person or a business is located or may be communicated with.
 
===== Addressbücher, Germany  =====
 
*The German word for a city directory, which lists the names, addresses, and possibly telephone numbers of people living in the same city.
 
===== addì  =====
 
*Italian word for "on the day."
 
===== adel  =====
 
*Danish, Dutch, Norwegian and Swedish word for "nobility."
 
===== Adel, German  =====
 
*German word for "gentry, nobleman."
 
===== adelig  =====
 
*Danish and Norwegian word for "noble."
 
===== adellijk  =====
 
*Dutch word for "noble, titled."
 
===== adelsman  =====
 
*Swedish word for "nobleman."
 
===== adelsmann  =====
 
*Danish and Norwegian word for "nobleman."
 
===== aderlating  =====
 
*Dutch word for "bleeding, bloodletting."
 
===== aderton(de)  =====
 
*Swedish word for "eighteen (eighteenth)."
 
===== adesso  =====
 
*Italian word for "now."
 
===== adhuc  =====
 
*Latin word for "as yet, still."
 
===== adjoint du maire  =====
 
*French word for "mayor's assistant."
 
===== Adjutant  =====
 
*An officer in the army, air force, or marines who helps other higher-ranking officers with tasks such as correspondence.
 
===== Administration  =====
 
*A legal document appointing a person to supervise the distribution of an estate belonging to a person who died intestate (without a will). An administration may also be called a letter of administration or admon.
 
===== adjutor  =====
 
*Latin word for "assistant."
 
===== adjuvenis  =====
 
*Latin word for "assistant."
 
===== adlig  =====
 
*Swedish word for "noble."
 
===== administración  =====
 
*Spanish word for "administration."
 
===== Administration bond  =====
 
*A written statement posted by the administrator of an estate guaranteeing that he or she will faithfully perform the tasks assigned by the probate court.
 
===== Administration of estate  =====
 
*A legal document appointing a person to supervise the distribution of an estate belonging to a person who died intestate (without a will). An administration may also be called a letter of administration or admon.
 
===== Administrator  =====
 
*An individual appointed by a court to settle a deceased individual’s estate if that individual did not leave a will.
 
===== administração  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "administration."
 
===== Admiral  =====
 
*A high-ranking officer in the navy or coast guard. There are four grades of admiral: admiral of the fleet, vice-admiral, admiral, and rear-admiral. The admiral of the fleet is the highest-ranking officer in the British navy.
 
===== Admiral of the fleet  =====
 
*The highest-ranking officer in the British navy.
 
===== Admiralty court  =====
 
*A court with jurisdiction over ships and seamen. Admiralty courts were originally British courts. After the Revolutionary War, federal district courts began handling admiralty cases in the United States.
 
===== Admiralty court, Pennsylvania  =====
 
*A court established in 1697 in Maryland to deal with issues of navigation and trade. This court had jurisdiction in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Jersey. In 1789, this court was dissolved and the authority transferred to federal jurisdiction.
 
===== Admission record  =====
 
*A record created when an individual became a member of a church or a particular congregation.
 
===== Admon  =====
 
*A legal document appointing a person to supervise the distribution of an estate belonging to a person who died intestate (without a will). An admon may also be called a letter of administration or administration bond.
 
===== Admon with will  =====
 
*A record granting the right to administer an estate when the executor named in the will is deceased or unwilling or unable to act as executor.
 
===== adolescens  =====
 
*Latin word for "young man, adolescent."
 
===== adoptado (a)  =====
 
*Spanish word for "adopted."
 
===== adopterad  =====
 
*Swedish word for "adopted."
 
===== adopteret  =====
 
*Danish word for "adopted."
 
===== adoptert  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "adopted."
 
===== adoptiert  =====
 
*German word for "adopted."
 
===== Adoption  =====
 
*A legal process in which the rights, privileges, and duties of caring for a child are transferred from the natural parent(s) to another individual or couple.
 
===== Adoption record  =====
 
*A record of the legal proceedings in which the rights, privileges, and duties of caring for a child are transferred from the natural parent(s) to another individual or couple.
 
===== Adoptive parents  =====
 
*Parents who legally assume responsibility for the rights and privileges of a child not born to them. The duty of caring for the child is transferred from the natural parents to the adoptive parents.
 
===== adoptovaný  =====
 
*Czech word for "adopted."
 
===== adoptowany  =====
 
*Polish word for "adopted."
 
===== adoptált  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "adopted."
 
===== adopté(e)  =====
 
*French word for "adopted."
 
===== adotado (a)  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "adopted."
 
===== adottato, -a  =====
 
*Italian word for "adopted."
 
===== adresboek  =====
 
*Dutch word for "directory."
 
===== adress  =====
 
*Swedish word for "address."
 
===== adressbok  =====
 
*Swedish word for "directory."
 
===== adresse  =====
 
*Danish and Norwegian word for "address."
 
===== adulterio  =====
 
*Spanish word for "adultery."
 
===== adulterium  =====
 
*Latin word for "adultery."
 
===== adultère  =====
 
*French word for "adulterer."
 
===== adultério  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "adultery."
 
===== advenit  =====
 
*Latin word for "he appeared, came."
 
===== advocaat  =====
 
*Dutch word for "notary, lawyer."
 
===== advocatus  =====
 
*Latin word for "lawyer."
 
===== advogado (a)  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "lawyer."
 
===== advokaat  =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "advocate, lawyer."
 
===== adó  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "tax."
 
===== adúltero (a)  =====
 
*Portuguese and Spanish word for "adulterer."
 
===== aeger  =====
 
*Latin word for "sick."
 
===== aegyptus  =====
 
*Latin word for "gypsy."
 
===== aequalis  =====
 
*Latin word for "equal."
 
===== aetas (aetatis)  =====
 
*Latin word for "age."
 
===== aetate  =====
 
*Latin word for "(being) in the age of, age."
 
===== af  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "by."
 
===== af  =====
 
*Danish word for "of, at, by, from."
 
===== afdeling  =====
 
*Danish word for "part, division, portion."
 
===== afdød  =====
 
*Danish word for "deceased."
 
===== afficher les bans  =====
 
*French word for "post banns."
 
===== affiché  =====
 
*French word for "posted (on door)."
 
===== Affidavit  =====
 
*A voluntarily written declaration of facts that is confirmed by the oath of the individual making the declaration and witnessed by an individual having authority to administer such an oath.
 
===== African-American  =====
 
*A term generally used in the United States to describe residents of African descent.
 
===== affinitas  =====
 
*Latin word for "relationship by marriage."
 
===== affinità  =====
 
*Italian word for "relationship."
 
===== affirmavit  =====
 
*Latin word for "he/she affirmed, confirmed, asserted."
 
===== affittuario, -a  =====
 
*Italian word for "renter, tenant."
 
===== afgangne  =====
 
*Danish word for "departed."
 
===== afgangsliste  =====
 
*Danish word for "moving-out record."
 
===== afgift  =====
 
*Danish word for "duty, monetary fee."
 
===== afi  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "grandfather."
 
===== afkondigen  =====
 
*Dutch word for "to post banns."
 
===== afkondigingen  =====
 
*Dutch word for "proclamations, banns."
 
===== aflausn  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "public remission of sins."
 
===== Ancestral File number (AFN)  =====
 
*A number used to identify each record in Ancestral File.
 
===== afogamento  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "drowning."
 
===== afschrift(en)  =====
 
*Dutch word for "extract, duplicate record, transcript, certified copy."
 
===== afskrif(te)  =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "duplicate, transcript."
 
===== aften  =====
 
*Danish and Norwegian word for "evening."
 
===== afton  =====
 
*Swedish word for "evening."
 
===== aftægt  =====
 
*Danish word for "support received after giving up an estate."
 
===== ag, agt  =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "eight."
 
===== Agency records  =====
 
*Records kept by an agency of the United States government, such as the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) or the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
 
===== agente  =====
 
*Italian word for "agent."
 
===== agentis  =====
 
*Latin word for "of the official."
 
===== agglegény  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "bachelor."
 
===== agnatus  =====
 
*Latin word for "blood relative in the male line."
 
===== ago  =====
 
*Spanish word for "August."
 
===== agosto, Spanish (ago, agto)  =====
 
*Spanish word for "August."
 
===== agonia  =====
 
*Latin word for "cramps."
 
===== agosto  =====
 
*Portuguese and Spanish word for "August."
 
===== agosto  =====
 
*Italian and Portuguese word for "August."
 
===== agosto, Spanish (ago, agto)  =====
 
*Spanish word for "August."
 
===== Agreement and crew list, Britain  =====
 
*A list of crew members serving on a ship that includes written agreements stating each crew member's wages, the capacity in which he was serving, and the nature of the voyage. Masters or owners of merchant ships were required to keep these lists and agreements starting in 1747 when Parliament passed the Act for the Relief of Disabled Seamen. Lists for a few ports survive for the period 1747 to 1834.
 
===== Agricultural schedule  =====
 
*A list in the 1850 to 1880 censuses that contains information on farms and the names of farmers.
 
===== agricola  =====
 
*Latin word for "farmer."
 
===== agricoltore  =====
 
*Italian word for "farmer."
 
===== agricultor  =====
 
*Spanish word for "farmer."
 
===== agste  =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "eighth."
 
===== agt-en-twintig  =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "twenty-eight."
 
===== agt-en-twintigste  =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "twenty-eighth."
 
===== agterkleindogter  =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "great-granddaughter."
 
===== agterkleinkind  =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "great-grandchild."
 
===== agterkleinseun  =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "great-grandson."
 
===== agtien  =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "eighteen."
 
===== agtiende  =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "eighteenth."
 
===== agto  =====
 
*Spanish word for "August."
 
===== agyláz  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "brain fever."
 
===== agyvérzés  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "stroke, apoplexy."
 
===== ahenarius  =====
 
*Latin word for "coppersmith."
 
===== Ahnen  =====
 
*German word for "ancestors."
 
===== Ahnenpaß, Germany  =====
 
*A type of record kept by many Germans during the Nazi era, starting in about 1937. It documents four generations of a person's family. The information was usually verified from civil registration records and parish registers. The English term for this type of record is ancestor passport.
 
===== Ahnentafel chart  =====
 
*A table that lists the name and date and place of birth, marriage, and death for an individual and specified number of his or her ancestors. The first individual on the list is number one, the father is number two, the mother is number three, the paternal grandfather is number four, the paternal grandmother is number five, and so forth. Ahnentafel is a German word meaning ancestor chart or ancestor table. This chart is also called a continental pedigree.
 
===== ahí  =====
 
*Spanish word for "there."
 
===== ai (ay)  =====
 
*French word for "I have."
 
===== aika  =====
 
*Finnish word for "time, date."
 
===== aikainen  =====
 
*Finnish word for "early, (A.M.)."
 
===== aikaisempi  =====
 
*Finnish word for "earlier."
 
===== aikakauskirja  =====
 
*Finnish word for "periodical."
 
===== aikanaan  =====
 
*Finnish word for "in due time."
 
===== aina  =====
 
*Finnish word for "always."
 
===== ainda  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "still."
 
===== ainoa  =====
 
*Finnish word for "only."
 
===== ainsi que  =====
 
*French word for "as well as."
 
===== Accelerated Indexing Systems (AIS or AISI)  =====
 
*A private company that published indexes to various United States censuses and other records.
 
===== aivokuume  =====
 
*Finnish word for "encephalitis, inflammation of the brain."
 
===== aivotärähdys  =====
 
*Finnish word for "concussion."
 
===== ajaja  =====
 
*Finnish word for "coachman."
 
===== ajomies  =====
 
*Finnish word for "coachman."
 
===== akatolicki  =====
 
*Polish word for "non-Catholic."
 
===== aki  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "who."
 
===== akt  =====
 
*Polish word for "an entry in a register, record."
 
===== akta malzenstw, akta slubów  =====
 
*Polish word for "marriage records."
 
===== akta urodzin  =====
 
*Polish word for "birth records."
 
===== akta zapowiedzi  =====
 
*Polish word for "banns records."
 
===== akta zejsc  =====
 
*Polish word for "death records."
 
===== akta zgonów  =====
 
*Polish word for "death records."
 
===== akte  =====
 
*Dutch word for "certificate, deed, license."
 
===== Akten  =====
 
*German word for "documents."
 
===== akur  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "field."
 
===== akuszerka  =====
 
*Polish word for "midwife."
 
===== ala, ali  =====
 
*Finnish word for "low(er), under."
 
===== Alabama Territory, USA  =====
 
*A territory established in 1817 that covered all of present-day Alabama.
 
===== alacsony  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "short."
 
===== alaikäinen  =====
 
*Finnish word for "minor, underaged."
 
===== alapos  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "thorough."
 
===== alatt  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "under, before, during."
 
===== albacea  =====
 
*Spanish word for "executor of estate."
 
===== Albarazado  =====
 
*A term used in Catholic church registers to describe a person from Spanish-speaking Latin America whose ancestry is a mix of Indian and Caucasian. Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate
 
===== albañil  =====
 
*Spanish word for "stonemason."
 
===== albei  =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "both."
 
===== albergatore  =====
 
*Italian word for "innkeeper."
 
===== albero genealogico  =====
 
*Italian word for "pedigree."ays accurate.
 
===== Albino  =====
 
*A term used in Catholic Church registers to describe a person from Spanish-speaking Latin America whose ancestry is African and Caucasian. Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate.
 
===== albo  =====
 
*Polish word for "or."
 
===== albus  =====
 
*Latin word for "white."
 
===== American Lutheran Church Archives (ALC Archives)  =====
 
*The central archives of the American Lutheran Church.
 
===== alcalde  =====
 
*Spanish word for "mayor."
 
===== Alcalde Ordinario, New Mexico  =====
 
*A Spanish term referring to a mayor's court that handled civil and criminal cases in what is now the state of New Mexico between 1598 and 1847.
 
===== alcunha  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "name."
 
===== alcuni, -e  =====
 
*Italian word for "some."
 
===== alcuno, -a  =====
 
*Italian word for "any, some."
 
===== aldea  =====
 
*Spanish word for "village."
 
===== alder  =====
 
*Danish and Norwegian word for "age."
 
===== alderdomssvaghed  =====
 
*Danish word for "weakness from old age."
 
===== alderdomssvakhet  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "weakness of old age."
 
===== Alderman's court  =====
 
*A court created in 1851 by the Provisional State of Deseret. No records for this court appear to exist.
 
===== aldri  =====
 
*Danish and Norwegian word for "never."
 
===== aldrig  =====
 
*Swedish word for "never."
 
===== aldur  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "age."
 
===== ale  =====
 
*Polish and Czech word for "but."
 
===== alemannus  =====
 
*Latin word for "German."
 
===== alemán (a)  =====
 
*Spanish word for "German."
 
===== alemão (a)  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "German."
 
===== Aleuts  =====
 
*The native people who have traditionally lived on the Aleutian Islands, off the coast of Alaska. The Aleuts call themselves Unangan, meaning "we the people." Though they are descended from the Eskimos, the Aleuts speak a different language.
 
===== alfaiate  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "tailor."
 
===== alfarero  =====
 
*Spanish word for "potter."
 
===== Algerie  =====
 
*French word for "Algeria."
 
===== algodão  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "cotton."
 
===== algodón  =====
 
*Spanish word for "cotton."
 
===== algum (a)  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "some."
 
===== algún (o, a)  =====
 
*Spanish word for "some, someone."
 
===== alhier  =====
 
*Dutch word for "here, at this place, locally."
 
===== ali  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "there."
 
===== Alias surname  =====
 
*A second surname that a person adopts. This was a common practice in Germany. In German records, aliases may be preceded by the word genannt, vulgo, modo, sive, or alias. A few people in France, mostly sailors or soldiers, also took alias surnames. These were preceded by the word dit, meaning so-called.
 
===== alias, Afrikaans  =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "alias, known as, otherwise."
 
===== alias, Italian  =====
 
*Italian word for "alias, also known as."
 
===== alias, Latin  =====
 
*Latin word for "also, otherwise, or, at, another, called."
 
===== alibi  =====
 
*Latin word for "elsewhere, at another time."
 
===== Alien crew list, USA  =====
 
*A list of aliens employed on United States vessels as members of the crew.
 
===== Alien's declaration, Canada  =====
 
*A type of Canadian naturalization record in which aliens declare their intent to become Canadian citizens.
 
===== Alien's intention  =====
 
*The first legal document an alien files when he or she wishes to become a citizen of the United States. Filing this form signifies that the alien intends to become a citizen and will renounce all allegiance to other governments. The alien's intention is sometimes called a declaration of intention or first papers.
 
===== Aliens’ register  =====
 
*A document created during the Report and Registry process that listed all immigrants who reported to a local court to register their arrival in the United States.
 
===== alité  =====
 
*French word for "bedridden."
 
===== aliud (alius)  =====
 
*Latin word for "other, another."
 
===== all'uopo  =====
 
*Italian word for "to this end."
 
===== alla  =====
 
*Finnish word for "under."
 
===== alla nascita  =====
 
*Italian word for "time of birth."
 
===== alla, allt  =====
 
*Swedish word for "all."
 
===== alle  =====
 
*Danish, German, and Norwegian word for "all."
 
===== alle ore  =====
 
*Italian word for "at the hour."
 
===== alle ore sedici  =====
 
*Italian word for "at the sixteenth hour (4:00 p.m.)."
 
===== alle, Dutch  =====
 
*Dutch word for "all, every."
 
===== alleen, Afrikaans  =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "alone, single."
 
===== alleen, Dutch  =====
 
*Dutch word for "alone, single, only."
 
===== allegati  =====
 
*Italian word for "supplements."
 
===== Allegheny Mountains (Alleghenies)  =====
 
*The mountain range that runs from Pennsylvania to Virginia. It is part of the Appalachian mountain range that extends from Maine to Alabama.
 
===== Allegheny Mountains (Alleghenies)  =====
 
*The mountain range that runs from Pennsylvania to Virginia. It is part of the Appalachian mountain range that extends from Maine to Alabama.
 
===== allekirjoittanut  =====
 
*Finnish word for "undersigned."
 
===== Allemand(e)  =====
 
*French word for "German."
 
===== allemania  =====
 
*Latin word for "Germany."
 
===== Allen County Public Library  =====
 
*A public library in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. This library has an excellent collection of materials about the Midwest, Indiana, and the United States. The [[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]] also publishes the [[Periodical Source Index (PERSI)|PERiodical Source Index (PERSI)]], an index to genealogical periodicals.
 
===== alles  =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "all, everything."
 
===== allevatore  =====
 
*Italian word for "animal feeder."
 
===== allhier  =====
 
*German word for "in this place."
 
===== alliance  =====
 
*French word for "marriage."
 
===== Allí te estás  =====
 
*A term used in Catholic Church registers to describe a person from Spanish-speaking Latin America whose ancestry is a mix of Indian, African, and Caucasian. Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate.
 
===== allora  =====
 
*Italian word for "then."
 
===== Allowance docket  =====
 
*A list of court-ordered payments.
 
===== alltid  =====
 
*Norwegian and Swedish word for "always."
 
===== allá  =====
 
*Spanish word for "there."
 
===== allí  =====
 
*Spanish word for "there."
 
===== alma, Portuguese  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "soul, person."
 
===== alma, Spanish  =====
 
*Spanish word for "soul, inhabitant."
 
===== almeno  =====
 
*Italian word for "at least."
 
===== almisse  =====
 
*Danish and Norwegian word for "charity."
 
===== almisselem  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "indigent, poor."
 
===== alquiler, renta  =====
 
*Spanish word for "rent."
 
===== Alsace Emigration Index  =====
 
*An index of people who emigrated from or through Elsaß-Lothringen (Alsace-Lorraine) between 1817 and 1866. About half of the people mentioned in this index are French. The others are mostly Swiss and German.
 
===== Alsace-Lorraine  =====
 
*Two regions in modern-day France that are located along the German border. Germany won these two regions in 1871 after the Franco-Prussian war. (The German term for the region is Elsaß-Lothringen.) France regained these two regions in 1919 with the Peace of Versailles.
 
===== Alsacien(ne)  =====
 
*French word for "Alsatian."
 
===== Alsatian  =====
 
*A person from the Alsace region of France. Since many Alsatians spoke more German than French, they were often called Germans when they emigrated to other countries. Many Alsatians emigrated to Russia between 1763 and World War I. Beginning in 1874 many of these Russian Alsatians moved to the United States, Canada, and South America. In 1722 the Holy Roman emperors and Austro-Hungarian monarchs encouraged Alsatians and Germans to settle in their lands, especially on the border devastated by the Turks. Colonies developed in what became Hungary, Romania, and Yugoslavia. After World War II, many people of Alsatian descent moved to the United States, Canada, Australia, Brazil, and other nations.
 
===== alsó  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "lower."
 
===== alt-katholisch  =====
 
*German word for "old Catholic."
 
===== alt, Danish  =====
 
*Danish word for "all."
 
===== alt, German  =====
 
*German word for "old."
 
===== altare  =====
 
*Latin word for "altar."
 
===== Altbürger  =====
 
*German word for "full citizen."
 
===== Alter, German  =====
 
*German word for "age."
 
===== alter, Latin  =====
 
*Latin word for "the next, the other."
 
===== altera die  =====
 
*Latin word for "on the next day."
 
===== altergang  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "Communion."
 
===== Altersschwäche  =====
 
*German word for "weakness of old age."
 
===== altid  =====
 
*Danish word for "always."
 
===== altijd, steeds  =====
 
*Dutch word for "always."
 
===== alto (a), Portuguese  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "high."
 
===== alto, Italian  =====
 
*Italian word for "high."
 
===== altre volte  =====
 
*Italian word for "formerly."
 
===== altresì  =====
 
*Italian word for "also, too."
 
===== altro  =====
 
*Italian word for "other, else."
 
===== altura  =====
 
*Portuguese and Spanish word for "height."
 
===== altyd  =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "always."
 
===== alue  =====
 
*Finnish word for "region, district."
 
===== aluguél  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "rent."
 
===== alulirott  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "undersigned."
 
===== Alumni directory  =====
 
*A list of the names and addresses of people who graduated from a school, university, or other educational facility.
 
===== alus  =====
 
*Finnish word for "ship."
 
===== alutarius  =====
 
*Latin word for "tanner."
 
===== aláirás  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "signature."
 
===== além  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "beyond."
 
===== amanhã  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "tomorrow."
 
===== amanuense  =====
 
*Spanish word for "scribe, clerk."
 
===== amarelo (a)  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "yellow."
 
===== amarillo (a)  =====
 
*Spanish word for "yellow."
 
===== ambagsman  =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "artisan, tradesman, workman."
 
===== ambedue  =====
 
*Italian word for "both."
 
===== ambo  =====
 
*Latin word for "both, two together."
 
===== ambos (as)  =====
 
*Portuguese and Spanish word for "both."
 
===== ambt  =====
 
*Dutch word for "office."
 
===== ambtenaar  =====
 
*Dutch word for "official, registrar, civil servant, clerk."
 
===== American  =====
 
*A person from the Western Hemisphere (North and South America). It can also refer to a person from the United States.
 
===== American Civil War (1861-1865)  =====
 
*The war with the highest casualty rate in the history of the United States. It divided the United States into two factions. The Union was composed of northern states who supported maintaining the power of the federal government and abolishing slavery. The Confederacy was composed of southern states who believed in maintaining more power at the state level and preserving slavery. Also called the War between the States and the War of Secession.
 
===== American Genealogical Biographical Index  =====
 
*A source containing over 12 million brief citations of individuals and families, mainly from New England, who are mentioned in manuscripts, periodicals, family histories, town and county histories, and published military records.
 
===== American Indians  =====
 
*The original inhabitants of North and South America. Also called Native Americans. In Canada the original inhabitants, Native Americans and Inuit (Eskimos), are often referred to as First Peoples or First Nations.
 
===== American Loyalist  =====
 
*An American colonist who remained loyal to the King of England during the Revolutionary War. Many Loyalists moved to Florida, the Caribbean Islands (including Cuba), Canada, or back to England after the Revolutionary War.
 
===== American Lutheran Church Archives  =====
 
*The central archives of the American Lutheran Church.
 
===== American State Papers, Land Grants and Claims  =====
 
*A published collection of about 80,000 diverse land claims, such as claims for state, Indian, and militia bounty lands. It does not contain information about land granted to war veterans.
 
===== ami(e)  =====
 
*French word for "friend."
 
===== amico, -a  =====
 
*Italian word for "friend."
 
===== amigo (a)  =====
 
*Portuguese and Spanish word for "friend."
 
===== Amish  =====
 
*Members of the Old Order Amish Mennonite Church who followed the strict teachings of Jakob Ammann and broke from the Swiss Mennonites in the late 1600s. Many began migrating to America in 1720 and settled in eastern Pennsylvania. The "old order" followed strict practices that included severely plain dress and the shunning of electricity and telephones. After 1850 many "new-order" groups broke off to follow more modern practices. Today the largest old-order settlements are in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas.
 
===== amita  =====
 
*Latin word for "aunt, father's sister."
 
===== amitinus  =====
 
*Latin word for "cousin, (child of father's sister)."
 
===== amma  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "grandmother."
 
===== Amman  =====
 
*German word for "bailiff, magistrate."
 
===== ammatti  =====
 
*Finnish word for "profession, occupation."
 
===== amministratore  =====
 
*Italian word for "steward, manager."
 
===== amministrazione  =====
 
*Italian word for "administration."
 
===== amo  =====
 
*Spanish word for "master, owner."
 
===== amogliato  =====
 
*Italian word for "took a wife."
 
===== amonestaciones  =====
 
*Spanish word for "marriage banns."
 
===== amptenaar  =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "official."
 
===== Amt  =====
 
*The Danish word for county.
*German word for "office, district"
*Norwegian word for "county"
 
===== amtmand  =====
 
*Danish word for "chief county administrator."
 
===== amtmann  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "chief county administrator."
 
===== Amtsgericht, Germany  =====
 
*A local court in Germany.
 
===== an (année)  =====
 
*French word for "year."
 
===== Anabaptist  =====
 
*A religious movement that developed in Zurich, Switzerland, during the 16th century under the influence of Huldrych Zwingli. The Anabaptists, whose name means "rebaptizer," believed that infant baptism was blasphemous because people could not be punished for sin until they had developed an awareness of good and evil. Hence, though it was illegal, many Anabaptists were baptized a second time as adults. Anabaptists also believed in a separation of church and state, opposed war, and refused to swear oaths. The Mennonite and Amish faiths developed from the Anabaptist movement.
 
===== anabaptiste  =====
 
*French word for "Mennonite."
 
===== Anbauer  =====
 
*German word for "peasant."
 
===== Ancestor  =====
 
*An individual from whom one is descended.
 
===== Ancestor passport, Germany  =====
 
*A type of record kept by many Germans during the Nazi era, starting in about 1937. It documents four generations of a person's family. The information was usually verified in civil registration records. The German word for this type of record is Ahnenpaß.
 
===== ancestral  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "ancestor."
 
===== Ancestral File™  =====
 
*A computer file containing names and often other vital information (such as date and place of birth, marriage, or death) of millions of individuals who have lived throughout the world. Names are organized into family groups and pedigrees. To allow for coordination of research, the file also lists names and addresses of those who contributed to the file. Ancestral File™ is part of FamilySearch®.
 
===== Ancestral File™ number  =====
 
*A number used to identify each record in Ancestral File.
 
===== anche  =====
 
*Italian word for "also."
 
===== anciano (a)  =====
 
*Spanish word for "elderly."
 
===== ancilla  =====
 
*Latin word for "female servant."
 
===== ancillus  =====
 
*Latin word for "male servant."
 
===== ancora  =====
 
*Italian word for "yet, still."
 
===== andarteppa  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "croup."
 
===== andast  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "die."
 
===== andaður, andaðir (plural)  =====
 
*Icelandic word "deceased (male), dead."
 
===== andedictus  =====
 
*Latin word for "aforesaid."
 
===== anden  =====
 
*Danish word for "second."
 
===== anden gang  =====
 
*Danish word for "second time."
 
===== anden, andet  =====
 
*Danish word for "second, another."
 
===== ander(s), Afrikaans  =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "different, other(s)."
 
===== ander(s), Dutch  =====
 
*Dutch word for "other."
 
===== andere  =====
 
*German word for "other, next."
 
===== anders genoem  =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "alias, also known as, differently called."
 
===== anders genoemd  =====
 
*Dutch word for "alias, also known as."
 
===== andiamo  =====
 
*Italian word for "right away, immediately."
 
===== andlega vanheill  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "mentally deficient, weak-minded."
 
===== andra  =====
 
*Swedish word for "second, others."
 
===== andre, Danish  =====
 
*Danish word for "others."
 
===== andre, French  =====
 
*French word for "others, other, next."
 
===== Andrea Leonardo Collection  =====
 
*A collection of research files about South Carolina families.
 
===== andtäppa  =====
 
*Swedish word for "shortness of breath, asthma."
 
===== andvana fæddur  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "stillborn child."
 
===== anetavle, Danish  =====
 
*Danish word for "pedigree."
 
===== anetavle, Norwegian  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "pedigree chart."
 
===== anfald  =====
 
*Danish word for "seizures."
 
===== anfall, Norwegian  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "seizure, attack."
 
===== anfall, Swedish  =====
 
*Swedish word for "seizure(s)."
 
===== anførelse  =====
 
*Danish word for "statement, quotation."
 
===== anført  =====
 
*Danish word for "entered, mentioned."
 
===== anførte  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "entered, mentioned."
 
===== Angeber  =====
 
*German word for "informant."
 
===== angeblich  =====
 
*German word for "alleged, assumed."
 
===== angiven  =====
 
*Swedish word for "given, stated."
 
===== anglais(e)  =====
 
*French word for "English."
 
===== anglia  =====
 
*Latin word for "England."
 
===== Anglican Church  =====
 
*A group of churches that are part of the Anglican Communion, which developed from the Church of England. The Anglican Church of Canada and the Episcopal Church in the United States are also members of the Anglican Communion. Anglican beliefs are based on the Nicene and Apostles' Creeds and follow the Book of Common Prayer, which outlines doctrine, discipline, and worship. National churches can revise the Book of Common Prayer to suit the needs of members in the country.
 
===== Anglican Communion  =====
 
*An international group of loosely organized, self-governing churches whose doctrines and practices are based on the Church of England. The major churches in the communion are the Church of England, the Anglican Church of Canada, and the Episcopal Church in the United States.
 
===== Anglo-American  =====
 
*An English-speaking person of European descent who is living in the United States.
 
===== angol  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "English."
 
===== Angola  =====
 
*A term used in Brazilian Catholic Church registers to describe an African from Angola. Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate.
 
===== ani  =====
 
*Czech word for "not even."
 
===== anima  =====
 
*Latin word for "soul, spirit." Animam reddidit domino suo means "he/she returned the soul to his/her Lord (died)."
 
===== anime  =====
 
*Italian word for "parish census."
 
===== aniversario, Spanish  =====
 
*Spanish word for "anniversary."
 
===== aniversário, Portuguese  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "anniversary, birthday."
 
===== anjo  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "angel, deceased child."
 
===== ankom  =====
 
*Swedish word for "came, arrived."
 
===== ankomst  =====
 
*Danish and Norwegian word for "arrival."
 
===== anmerkning  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "remark, notice, note."
 
===== Anmerkungen  =====
 
*German word for "remarks."
 
===== anmärkningar  =====
 
*Swedish word for "remarks, annotations."
 
===== anmærkning  =====
 
*Danish word for "remark, notice, note."
 
===== annan  =====
 
*Swedish word for "other."
 
===== annar  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "second."
 
===== Anne Lea Nicholson Collection  =====
 
*A collection of documented family group records prepared by Anne Lea Nicholson. It is one of the first sources that should be checked for families from Gloucester, Salem, Burlington, Camden, and Cumberland counties in New Jersey and Philadelphia County in Pennsylvania.
 
===== annegato  =====
 
*Italian word for "drowned."
 
===== annen gang  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "second time."
 
===== annen, annet  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "second, another."
 
===== annettu  =====
 
*Finnish word for "given."
 
===== Annexed  =====
 
*"Attached, attached to." For example: The United States annexed Texas in 1845.
 
===== anni  =====
 
*Italian word for "years."
 
===== anniversaire  =====
 
*French word for "anniversary."
 
===== anniversario  =====
 
*Italian word for "anniversary."
 
===== anno  =====
 
*Italian and Norwegian word for "year."
 
===== anno (Latin)  =====
 
*Danish word for "year."
 
===== anno domini  =====
 
*Latin word for "in the year of (our) Lord."
 
===== anno incarnationis  =====
 
*Latin word for "in the year (since/of) the incarnation (of the Lord)."
 
===== anno, Latin  =====
 
*Latin word for "in the year (of)."
 
===== annonsere  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "publish, announce."
 
===== annotazioni  =====
 
*Italian word for "annotations."
 
===== annuaire  =====
 
*French word for "directory."
 
===== Annual report  =====
 
*A report completed by stake, ward, branch, or mission clerks in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (The annual report from a branch may have been completed separately or as part of a mission report.) It lists the blessings, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths, ordinations, missionary service, and divorces that occur in a stake, ward, branch, or mission during a given year. These reports were used from 1907 into the 1970s. In the United States and Canada, they were used until 1976. Also called Form E or Form 42FP.
 
===== Annual return  =====
 
*A yearly report made by the administrator or executor of an estate to a probate court.
 
===== annuale  =====
 
*Italian word for "annual, yearly."
 
===== Annuals Index  =====
 
*One of two indexes that comprise the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI). The Annuals Index is a subject index to articles that appeared in genealogical periodicals published in 1986 or later. This index is also on microfiche at the FamilySearch Library™ (FS Library fiche 6016864).
 
===== annuel  =====
 
*French word for "annual, yearly."
 
===== Annuity payment  =====
 
*A record that documents the payment of an annuity, which is a payment that is made annually or regularly at another interval.
 
===== annus  =====
 
*Latin word for "year."
 
===== annus bissextus  =====
 
*Latin word for "leap year."
 
===== ano, Portuguese  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "year."
 
===== anoppi  =====
 
*Finnish word for "mother-in-law."
 
===== Anspänner  =====
 
*German word for "farmer."
 
===== antal  =====
 
*Danish word for "number, count."
 
===== antall  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "number, count."
 
===== antavla  =====
 
*Swedish word for "pedigree chart."
 
===== ante  =====
 
*Latin word for "before, in front of, prior to."
 
===== ante meridiane  =====
 
*Italian word for "before noon."
 
===== ante meridiem  =====
 
*Latin word for "before noon (A.M.)."
 
===== antenato, -i  =====
 
*Italian word for "ancestor(s)."
 
===== antepasado (a)  =====
 
*Spanish word for "ancestor."
 
===== antepassado (a)  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "ancestor."
 
===== anterior  =====
 
*Portuguese and Spanish word for "former, previous."
 
===== antes  =====
 
*Portuguese and Spanish word for "before."
 
===== Anti-Burghers Church, Scotland  =====
 
*A church that formed out of the Secession Church in 1745. The Anti-Burghers believed that communion should be withheld from people who took the Burgess Oath, which contained a clause that the Anti-Burghers believed gave approval to the Established Church. In 1820 the Burghers and Anti-Burghers reunited.
 
===== antigo (a)  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "old, ancient."
 
===== antiguo (a)  =====
 
*Spanish word for "old, ancient."
 
===== antiquus  =====
 
*Latin word for "old, senior."
 
===== Antirent movement, New York  =====
 
*A movement that began in 1839 when tenant farmers in New York revolted against the manorial (leasehold) system and the wealthy landowners who had inherited their land from ancestors who lived in the 1600s and 1700s. The tenant farmers had lived on the land for generations and felt that they rightfully owned it. Many farmers had not paid their rent for years, and in 1839 landowners tried to collect back rent. However, angry farmers, disguised as Native Americans, began terrorizing the landowners and county officials in Columbia and Delaware Counties. The farmers formed secret societies that became powerful enough to defeat any political party that opposed them. In 1846 the antirenters had the New York constitution amended in their favor, and the farms were handed over to the tenants in 1847, marking the end of the patroonship system in New York.
 
===== anual  =====
 
*Portuguese and Spanish word for "annual."
 
===== anuario, Spanish  =====
 
*Spanish word for "yearbook."
 
===== anuário, Portuguese  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "yearbook."
 
===== anya  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "mother."
 
===== anyakönyv  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "register of births, marriages, and deaths; church book; parish register."
 
===== anyós  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "mother-in-law."
 
===== anzidetta  =====
 
*Italian word for "aforesaid."
 
===== anzitutto  =====
 
*Italian word for "first of all, initially."
 
===== ao  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "to the (masculine)."
 
===== août  =====
 
*French word for "August."
 
===== apa  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "father."
 
===== Apache Indians  =====
 
*A group of Native American tribes of the southwestern United States.
 
===== aparecer  =====
 
*Portuguese and Spanish word for "to appear."
 
===== apelido  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "name, nickname."
 
===== apellido  =====
 
*Spanish word for "surname."
 
===== apenas  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "only."
 
===== aphotækar  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "pharmacist."
 
===== apodo  =====
 
*Spanish word for "nickname."
 
===== apoplexia  =====
 
*Latin word for "stroke."
 
===== aposentado (a)  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "retired."
 
===== aposentadoria  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "retirement."
 
===== Apostolies  =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "Apostolic."
 
===== apostolisch  =====
 
*German and Dutch word for "Apostolic."
 
===== apostólico (a)  =====
 
*Portuguese and Spanish word for "apostolic."
 
===== appartenenza religiosa  =====
 
*Italian word for "religious affiliation."
 
===== appartiene  =====
 
*Italian word for "pertains."
 
===== apparu  =====
 
*French word for "appeared."
 
===== Appearance docket  =====
 
*A book containing minutes or abstracts of court appearances.
 
===== Appellate jurisdiction  =====
 
*The authority of a court to review and revise decisions made by lower courts.
 
===== appelé(e)  =====
 
*French word for "named."
 
===== appena  =====
 
*Italian word for "as soon as."
 
===== appi  =====
 
*Finnish word for "father-in-law."
 
===== appivanhemmat  =====
 
*Finnish word for "parents-in-law."
 
===== Application, land  =====
 
*A formal, written request submitted by an individual seeking a land grant.
 
===== Application, organization  =====
 
*A formal, written request to become a member of an organization.
 
===== Applications for Passage Warrants (Series L), Canada  =====
 
*A list of the names of immigrants in Ontario, Canada, whose passage was paid by sponsors.
 
===== Appointment to public office  =====
 
*The act of assigning, as opposed to electing, an individual to serve in a government position.
 
===== Appraisal  =====
 
*The process of determining the value of property, such as a deceased individual’s estate or a document stating the value of property.
 
===== Appraisement  =====
 
*The estimated value of property.
 
===== Appraiser  =====
 
*An individual who determines the value of property. When determining the value of a deceased individual's estate, appraisers use an inventory to estimate the estate's value.
 
===== apprendista  =====
 
*Italian word for "apprentice."
 
===== apprenti  =====
 
*French word for "apprentice."
 
===== Apprentice  =====
 
*An individual, usually a child, who was legally bound to the master of a trade to work for the master and learn the trade. The master provided training, food, and lodging for the apprentice.
 
===== Apprentice indenture  =====
 
*A record that documents an agreement between a master and an apprentice or the apprentice's legal guardian.
 
===== Apprentice record  =====
 
*Documentation about an apprenticeship, which was a legal arrangement in which an individual, usually a child, worked for the master of a trade to learn the trade. The master provided training, food, and lodging for the apprentice.
 
===== Apprenticeship tax, Britain  =====
 
*A tax assessed on the money a master received for an apprenticeship indenture. This tax was assessed from 1710 to 1811. Apprentices put out by a parish or charity were exempt from the tax.
 
===== appresso  =====
 
*Italian word for "after, the next."
 
===== approuvé  =====
 
*French word for "approved."
 
===== aprendiz  =====
 
*Portuguese and Spanish word for "apprentice."
 
===== april  =====
 
*Danish, Norwegian and Swedish word for "April."
 
===== April  =====
 
*Dutch and German word for "April."
*Afrikaans word for "April."
 
===== aprile  =====
 
*Italian word for "April."
 
===== aprilis  =====
 
*Latin word for "of April."
 
===== aproximado (a),, Portuguese  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "approximate."
 
===== aproximado (a), Spanish  =====
 
*Spanish word for "approximate."
 
===== après  =====
 
*French word for "after."
 
===== après-demain  =====
 
*French word for "the day after tomorrow."
 
===== après-midi  =====
 
*French word for "afternoon."
 
===== apríl  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "April."
 
===== apteekkari  =====
 
*Finnish word for "pharmacist, druggist."
 
===== apud  =====
 
*Latin word for "at the house of, at, by, near."
 
===== apéndice, Spanish  =====
 
*Spanish word for "appendix."
 
===== apêndice, Portuguese  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "appendix."
 
===== após, Hungarian  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "father-in-law."
 
===== após, Portuguese  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "after."
 
===== apótekari  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "pharmacy."
 
===== aqua  =====
 
*Latin word for "water."
 
===== aquel (la)  =====
 
*Spanish word for "that."
 
===== aquele (a),  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "that."
 
===== aquí  =====
 
*Portuguese and Spanish word for "here."
 
===== araldica  =====
 
*Italian word for "heraldry."
 
===== Arapaho Indians  =====
 
*A tribe of Native Americans living in the Great Plains from southern Canada to northern Texas.
 
===== aratore  =====
 
*Italian word for "plowman."
 
===== arbeider  =====
 
*Afrikaans, Dutch and Norwegian word for "laborer."
 
===== Arbeiter  =====
 
*German word for "laborer, worker."
 
===== arbejder  =====
 
*Danish word for "laborer."
 
===== arbetare  =====
 
*Swedish word for "worker, laborer."
 
===== arbre généalogique  =====
 
*French word for "family tree, pedigree."
 
===== Archaic word  =====
 
*A word that is no longer used or that has a meaning that has changed substantially over time.
 
===== Archdeacon's court, Church of England  =====
 
*An English ecclesiastical court with jurisdiction over an archdeaconry. These courts frequently handled probates.
 
===== Archdeaconry  =====
 
*An ecclesiastical division within a diocese that is headed by an archdeacon. It may consist of one or more rural deaneries.
 
===== Archdeacons' transcripts  =====
 
*Copies of parish registers sent by Church of England parish ministers to their archdeacons each year. An archdeacon was the church official over an archdeaconry, which was part of a diocese. An archdeacon was under the authority of the Bishop of the diocese.
 
===== Archdiocese  =====
 
*An ecclesiastical division that is headed by an archbishop.
 
===== archidiaconus  =====
 
*Latin word for "archdeacon."
 
===== archief  =====
 
*Dutch word for "archive."
 
===== archiepiscopus  =====
 
*Latin word for "archbishop."
 
===== Archiv  =====
 
*German word for "archive."
 
===== Archival quality  =====
 
*Acid-free folders, acid-free boxes, and archival-safe plastic sleeves made of polyester, polypropylene, or polyethylene are archival quality and the only safe way to store documents and photographs.
 
===== Archive  =====
 
*A place where institutions such as governments, businesses, and churches keep their records and official documents. Also used in the plural.
 
===== Archive Section of the Family Group Records Collection  =====
 
*A portion of the [[Family Group Records Collection|Family Group Records Collection]] that contains five million family group records submitted by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1942 and 1969. Information from these records has been added to the International Genealogical Index®.
 
===== archives  =====
 
*French word for "archive."
 
===== Archives and Libraries, FamilySearch Catalog™  =====
 
*A subject heading used in the FamilySearch Catalog to categorize information about other archives (places where institutions such as governments, businesses, and churches keep their records and official documents) and libraries (places that contains books, manuscripts, music, art, and other reference materials).
 
===== Archives du Royaume  =====
 
*French word for "state archives (Belgium)."
 
===== Archives départementales, France  =====
 
*The French term for departmental archive. These archives collect records for a department of the French government. Departmental archives have most of the French records of genealogical value, including civil registration records, pre-1792 church records, census records, some notarial records, and military conscription records.
 
===== Archives Nationales  =====
 
*French word for "state archives (France)".
 
===== archivi  =====
 
*Italian word for "archives."
 
===== archivi di stato  =====
 
*Italian word for "state archives."
 
===== archivo  =====
 
*Spanish word for "archive."
 
===== archivum  =====
 
*Latin word for "archive."
 
===== archiwum  =====
 
*Polish word for "archive."
 
===== archív  =====
 
*Czech word for "archive."
 
===== arcularius  =====
 
*Latin word for "carpenter."
 
===== Julia Hoge Spencer Ardery Collection (Ardery collection)  =====
 
*A collection of abstracted court records, deeds, family Bibles, family histories, and correspondence about families from Kentucky and Virginia.
 
===== argief  =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "archive."
 
===== Arid  =====
 
*Dry, lacking in water, a desert.
 
===== Arizona Territory, USA  =====
 
*A territory organized in 1863 that comprised the present-day state of Arizona and part of Nevada. Many of the settlers in the area were from Confederate states, so in 1862 they applied to become a Confederate territory. The Confederate government sent troops to occupy New Mexico and Arizona and granted the request of the settlers. This action had little effect because Union forces defeated Confederate forces in New Mexico and Arizona. The United States Congress created the Arizona Territory in 1863 to retain control over the area.
 
===== Ark  =====
 
*One of the two ships that brought Catholic and Protestant English settlers to the western shore of Chesapeake Bay in 1634. The other ship was named the Dove. The settlers founded St. Mary's City. King Charles I had originally granted the Maryland region to George Calvert, who died before the king could sign the charter, so the king granted the charter to Calvert's son Cecelius. Cecelius, himself a Roman Catholic, believed in religious freedom and saw to it that law and policies were established to guarantee that right in Maryland.
 
===== arkisto  =====
 
*Finnish word for "archive."
 
===== arkistoluettelo  =====
 
*Finnish word for "archive list."
 
===== arkiv  =====
 
*Danish and Swedish word for "archive."
 
===== arm  =====
 
*German word for "poor."
 
===== arma  =====
 
*Latin word for "coat of arms."
 
===== armentarius  =====
 
*Latin word for "herdsman."
 
===== armiger  =====
 
*Latin word for "gentleman, squire."
 
===== Armiger  =====
 
*A person entitled to use a coat of arms.
 
===== armoiries  =====
 
*French word for "coat of arms."
 
===== Armorial  =====
 
*An alphabetical list of people entitled to use a coat of arms. The armorial also describes the coat of arms. The term armorial can also refer to anything having to do with heraldry.
 
===== armorum  =====
 
*Latin word for "of coats of arms."
 
===== Armut  =====
 
*German word for "poverty."
 
===== Army  =====
 
*The branch of a nation's armed forces that is trained to fight on land.
 
===== Aroostook War (Maine)  =====
 
*A dispute in 1839 about the boundary between the state of Maine and what is now the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Troops were called out, but there was no battle. The boundary was finally settled by a treaty between the United States and Britain in 1842.
 
===== arpent  =====
 
*French word for "acre."
 
===== arpenteur  =====
 
*French word for "surveyor."
 
===== arpète  =====
 
*French word for "errand boy, apprentice."
 
===== arquibispo  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "archbishop."
 
===== arquivo  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "archive."
 
===== arrendamiento  =====
 
*Spanish word for "rent."
 
===== arrendator  =====
 
*Swedish word for "tenant farmer, leaseholder."
 
===== arrivo  =====
 
*Italian word for "arrival, immigration."
 
===== arrière  =====
 
*French word for "great (as in great-grandparents)."
 
===== Arrondissement  =====
 
*An administrative division of some large cities in France or the largest division of a department in the French government.
 
===== arroz  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "rice."
 
===== artefice  =====
 
*Italian word for "maker."
 
===== Article, periodicals  =====
 
*A written work in a magazine or newspaper.
 
===== Artifact  =====
 
*An object. In terms of family history research, an artifact is an item that provides information about an ancestor’s life, such as tools, books, or jewelry.
 
===== Artificer  =====
 
*A mechanic in the British military who makes and repairs machinery.
 
===== arton  =====
 
*Swedish word for "eighteen."
 
===== artífice  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "journeyman."
 
===== arv  =====
 
*Danish, Norwegian and Swedish word for "inheritance."
 
===== arve  =====
 
*Danish word for "inherit."
 
===== arvelodd  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "share of inheritance."
 
===== arving  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "heir."
 
===== arvinge  =====
 
*Swedish word for "heir."
 
===== arvo  =====
 
*Finnish word for "title, rank, status."
 
===== arvskifte  =====
 
*Swedish word for "distribution of an inherited estate."
 
===== arzobispo  =====
 
*Spanish word for "archbishop."
 
===== Arzt  =====
 
*German word for "physician."
 
===== As Enumerated, 1881 British Census  =====
 
*An index of the 1881 British census that is organized in the same order as the original census. It can help identify households and neighbors living on the same street.
 
===== ascendente  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "ancestor."
 
===== ascendiente  =====
 
*Spanish word for "ancestor."
 
===== ascesso  =====
 
*Italian word for "abscess."
 
===== ASCII  =====
 
*A type of data format for computers. ASCII contains a specified set of letters, numbers, characters, and spaces.
 
===== asema  =====
 
*Finnish word for "station, class, standing."
 
===== asevelvollinen  =====
 
*Finnish word for "conscript soldier."
 
===== asi  =====
 
*Czech word for "perhaps, about, maybe, circa."
 
===== asiakirja  =====
 
*Finnish word for "document, record."
 
===== asilo, Portuguese  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "asylum, poorhouse."
 
===== asilo, Spanish  =====
 
*Spanish word for "asylum, shelter."
 
===== asma  =====
 
*Afrikaans, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish word for "asthma."
 
===== asmi  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "asthma."
 
===== Assembly of God  =====
 
*The largest Pentecostal religion in the world. Its official name is the General Council of the Assemblies of God. Pentecostalism grew out of the religious revival of the early 1900s. Its doctrines include the infallibility of the Bible, the fall and redemption of man, divine healing through prayer, baptism by immersion, eternal punishment for the unsaved, and the return of Christ to rule on earth. Pentecostals believe that every Christian should be filled with the Holy Spirit.
 
===== assento  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "record, entry."
 
===== Assessment roll  =====
 
*A list of property owners, the value of their property, and the amount in taxes each owner owes.
 
===== assessore comunale  =====
 
*Italian word for "alderman."
 
===== assinatura  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "signature."
 
===== Assistant surgeon, British  =====
 
*An officer in the British army who helps the surgeon (doctor).
 
===== Assisted emigrant  =====
 
*Between 1815 and 1900, qualified emigrants received passage money or land grants in their destination country as an alternative to receiving poor relief. After 1840, New Zealand and Australia offered money or land grants to skilled workers to encourage immigration.
 
===== Assisted emigrants register  =====
 
*A record of people who applied for assistance to emigrate to a new country.
 
===== Assize court, England  =====
 
*A court in England that deals with more serious criminal cases. It existed from the 1200s to 1971 and consisted of twelve judges appointed by the Crown.
 
===== Association  =====
 
*An organization of people who have common interests or goals.
 
===== Association of Professional Genealogists  =====
 
*An organization for professional genealogists.
 
===== asszony, Hungarian  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "married woman, wife."
 
===== astma  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "asthma."
 
===== asua  =====
 
*Finnish word for "live, reside."
 
===== asuinpaikka  =====
 
*Finnish word for "place of residence."
 
===== asukas  =====
 
*Finnish word for "inhabitant, resident, lodger."
 
===== asunto  =====
 
*Finnish word for "residence."
 
===== asutuksen yleisluettelo  =====
 
*Finnish word for "general register of inhabitants."
 
===== asystencya  =====
 
*Polish word for "assistance."
 
===== aszkór  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "dehydration."
 
===== asztalos  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "cabinet maker; joiner; woodworker."
 
===== asztma  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "asthma."
 
===== at, Latin  =====
 
*Latin word for "but."
 
===== at, Norwegian  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "that."
 
===== ata  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "record, document."
 
===== atd.  =====
 
*Czech word for "and so forth."
 
===== Atlantic provinces, Canada  =====
 
*A grouping of Canadian provinces consisting of Newfoundland and the Maritime provinces of Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick.
 
===== Atlas  =====
 
*A book or computerized collection of geographical maps and charts.
 
===== atque  =====
 
*Latin word for "and."
 
===== atrás  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "behind, in back of."
 
===== att  =====
 
*Swedish word for "that (know that he died)."
 
===== attacco  =====
 
*Italian word for "seizure."
 
===== Attained  =====
 
*Achieved, reached a goal, as in Hawaii attained statehood.
 
===== attaque  =====
 
*French word for "seizure."
 
===== atten  =====
 
*Danish and Norwegian word for "eighteen."
 
===== attende  =====
 
*Danish and Norwegian word for "eighteenth."
 
===== attesa  =====
 
*Italian word for "awaiting."
 
===== attest  =====
 
*Danish, Norwegian and Swedish word for "certificate."
 
===== atti diversi  =====
 
*Italian word for "miscellaneous records."
 
===== atto di matrimonio  =====
 
*Italian word for "marriage certificate."
 
===== atto di morte  =====
 
*Italian word for "death certificate."
 
===== atto di nascita  =====
 
*Italian word for "birth certificate."
 
===== atya  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "father."
 
===== au  =====
 
*French word for "at the, in the."
 
===== au dessus  =====
 
*French word for "over."
 
===== au matin  =====
 
*French word for "in the morning."
 
===== au même endroit  =====
 
*French word for "at the same place."
 
===== au soir  =====
 
*French word for "in the evening."
 
===== aubergiste  =====
 
*French word for "innkeeper."
 
===== auch  =====
 
*German word for "also, too."
 
===== aucun(e)  =====
 
*French word for "no, none."
 
===== Audencia, New Mexico  =====
 
*A Spanish term referring to a Mexican court of appeal that handled civil and criminal court cases in what is not the state of New Mexico between 1598 and 1847.
 
===== Audiencia  =====
 
*A regional court that functioned under a Spanish viceroyalty. These courts had legal, financial, and administrative powers. They supervised local courts, applied Spanish law, and served to establish a legal tradition that has persisted in Hispanic America.
 
===== Auditor's books  =====
 
*Books containing information about personal payments for provisions, sewing, nursing, and wagon use during the Revolutionary War. The records cover from 1784 to 1800.
 
===== auf  =====
 
*German word for "on, upon, at."
 
===== aufbieten  =====
 
*German word for "post banns."
 
===== Aufenthaltserlaubnis  =====
 
*German word for "residence permit."
 
===== Aufenthaltsort  =====
 
*German word for "residence."
 
===== Aufgebote, Germany  =====
 
*A German word for marriage banns or proclamations.
 
===== auglýsing  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "proclamation."
 
===== august  =====
 
*Danish and Norwegian word for "August."
 
===== August, German  =====
 
*German word for "August."
 
===== augusti  =====
 
*Latin and Swedish word for "of August."
 
===== Augustus  =====
 
*Dutch and Latin word for "August."
 
===== Augustus, Afrikaans (VIII)  =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "August."
 
===== augusztus  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "August."
 
===== aujourd'hui  =====
 
*French word for "today."
 
===== aukko  =====
 
*Finnish word for "gap (missing records)."
 
===== auparavant  =====
 
*French word for "former."
 
===== aurifaber  =====
 
*Latin word for "goldsmith."
 
===== auriga  =====
 
*Latin word for "driver."
 
===== aus  =====
 
*German word for "from, out of."
 
===== aussi  =====
 
*French word for "also, as, since."
 
===== austriacki  =====
 
*Polish word for "Austrian."
 
===== austriaco  =====
 
*Italian word for "Austrian."
 
===== Auswanderer  =====
 
*German word for "emigrant."
 
===== Auswanderung  =====
 
*German word for "emigration."
 
===== Auszehrung  =====
 
*German word for "consumption or emaciation (especially from TB)."
 
===== Auszug  =====
 
*German word for "extract."
 
===== aut  =====
 
*Latin word for "or."
 
===== autant  =====
 
*French word for "as much."
 
===== autem  =====
 
*Latin word for "but, however, moreover."
 
===== Author/Title Search  =====
 
*A type of search available in the microfiche version of the FamilySearch Catalog™. Records are listed alphabetically by author and title. This search is not available in the computer version of the catalog.
 
===== Authority  =====
 
*The right and power to make decisions, take action, enforce law, or influence others.
 
===== autio  =====
 
*Finnish word for "uninhabited."
 
===== auto de fé, Portuguese  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "trial of faith, sentence handed down by the Inquisition."
 
===== auto de fé, Spanish  =====
 
*Spanish word for "sentence given by the Inquisition."
 
===== autorisation  =====
 
*French word for "permission."
 
===== autour  =====
 
*French word for "around."
 
===== autre  =====
 
*French word for "other."
 
===== auxentium  =====
 
*Latin word for "Alsace."
 
===== außen  =====
 
*German word for "outside."
 
===== außer Dienst (a.D.)  =====
 
*German word for "formerly employed, retired."
 
===== außerehelich  =====
 
*German word for "illegitimate."
 
===== av, Norwegian  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "of, at, by, from."
 
===== av, Swedish  =====
 
*Swedish word for "of."
 
===== ava  =====
 
*Latin word for "grandmother."
 
===== ava materna  =====
 
*Italian word for "maternal grandmother."
 
===== ava paterna  =====
 
*Italian word for "paternal grandmother."
 
===== avant  =====
 
*French word for "former, before."
 
===== avant-hier  =====
 
*French word for "the day before yesterday."
 
===== avant-veille  =====
 
*French word for "two days before."
 
===== avanti di  =====
 
*Italian word for "before."
 
===== avdeling  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "part, division."
 
===== avdød  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "deceased."
 
===== avec  =====
 
*French word for "with."
 
===== avere  =====
 
*Italian word for "to have."
 
===== Aveux  =====
 
*A French word for oaths. The term aveux et dénombrements refers to a specific type of land record used in Québec.
 
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===== Aveux et dénombrements, Canada  =====
 
*A type of land record used in the mid-1700s in Québec, Canada, roughly translated as "land descriptions" or "censuses of land and inhabitants." The aveux et dénombrements list the name of the principal habitant (occupant) of each farm in each seigneurie (manor) but not family members or farm workers. The information required in this record was very precise and included the exact location of the land, its size, the streams that flowed through it, the number and condition of buildings and mills on the lands, the number of tenants and the rents they paid, and the acres of cultivable land.
 
===== avgangen  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "departed."
 
===== avgift, Norwegian  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "duty (monetary), fee."
 
===== avgift, Swedish  =====
 
*Swedish word for "fee."
 
===== avgång  =====
 
*Swedish word for "departure."
 
===== avgått  =====
 
*Swedish word for "moved."
 
===== avgått med döden  =====
 
*Swedish word for "died (departed through death)."
 
===== avi, Italian  =====
 
*Italian word for "ancestors."
 
===== avi, Latin  =====
 
*Latin word for "ancestors, grandparents."
 
===== avia  =====
 
*Latin word for "grandmother."
 
===== aviaticus  =====
 
*Latin word for "nephew."
 
===== avioero  =====
 
*Finnish word for "divorce."
 
===== avioliiton ulkopuolella (a.u.)  =====
 
*Finnish word for "illegitimate, out of wedlock."
 
===== avioliitto  =====
 
*Finnish word for "marriage."
 
===== avioliittoasiakirjat  =====
 
*Finnish word for "marriage documents."
 
===== aviomies  =====
 
*Finnish word for "husband."
 
===== avionrikkoja  =====
 
*Finnish word for "adulterer."
 
===== aviopari  =====
 
*Finnish word for "married couple."
 
===== aviopuoliso  =====
 
*Finnish word for "spouse."
 
===== avioton  =====
 
*Finnish word for "unmarried, illegitimate."
 
===== aviovaimo  =====
 
*Finnish word for "wife."
 
===== avkom  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "offspring, issue."
 
===== avliden  =====
 
*Swedish word for "deceased, death."
 
===== avo materno  =====
 
*Italian word for "maternal grandfather."
 
===== avo paterno  =====
 
*Italian word for "paternal grandfather."
 
===== avo, Italian  =====
 
*Italian word for "ancestor."
 
===== Avocat  =====
 
*A French term for lawyer.
 
===== avoir  =====
 
*French word for "to have."
 
===== avond ('s avonds)  =====
 
*Dutch word for "evening, (in the evening)."
 
===== Avondmaal  =====
 
*Dutch word for "communion, sacrament."
 
===== avons  =====
 
*French word for "(we) have."
 
===== avoro, -a  =====
 
*Italian word for "grandfather (grandmother)."
 
===== avril  =====
 
*French word for "April."
 
===== avskedad  =====
 
*Swedish word for "discharged, resigned."
 
===== avsomna  =====
 
*Swedish word for "die, death."
 
===== avtale  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "agreement."
 
===== avunculus  =====
 
*Latin word for "uncle (mother's brother)."
 
===== avus  =====
 
*Latin word for "grandfather."
 
===== avvocato  =====
 
*Italian word for "lawyer."
 
===== avó, Portuguese  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "grandmother."
 
===== avô, Portuguese  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "grandfather."
 
===== avôs  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "grandparents."
 
===== Award books  =====
 
*Records of land grants given to settlers in Hawaii between 1836 and 1855.
 
===== ayant  =====
 
*French word for "having."
 
===== ayer  =====
 
*Spanish word for "yesterday."
 
===== ayuntamiento  =====
 
*Spanish word for "city hall, town government."
 
===== az  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "the."
 
===== azok  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "they."
 
===== azonkívül  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "besides, in addition to."
 
===== azul  =====
 
*Portuguese and Spanish word for "blue."
 
===== azúcar  =====
 
*Spanish word for "sugar."
 
===== açúcar  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "sugar."
 
===== aîné (l'aîné)  =====
 
*French word for "the older, senior."
 
===== aïeul  =====
 
*French word for "grandfather."
 
===== aïeule  =====
 
*French word for "grandmother."
 
===== aðkominn, aðkomnir  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "arrivals, guests."
 
===== año, Spanish  =====
 
*Spanish word for "year."
 
===== aún  =====
 
*Spanish word for "still."
 
===== à  =====
 
*French word for "at, to in."
 
===== à cet endroit  =====
 
*French word for "in this place."
 
===== à cinq heures  =====
 
*French word for "at 5 o'clock."
 
===== à jour  =====
 
*French word for "current."
 
===== à, Portuguese  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "to the, toward the (feminine)."
 
===== às horas  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "at o'clock."
 
===== á morgun  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "tomorrow."
 
===== á, Icelandic  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "on, at."
 
===== áar  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "ancestors."
 
===== ács  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "carpenter."
 
===== ág  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "branch, line."
 
===== ágostai (ág.)  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "Evangelical (Lutheran)."
 
===== ágostai (ág.)  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "Evangelical (Lutheran)."
 
===== ágyból származó  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "legitimacy status."
 
===== ágyrajáró  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "lodger."
 
===== ágúst  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "August."
 
===== ái  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "ancestor."
 
===== állami  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "civil, state."
 
===== állandó  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "permanent."
 
===== állapot  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "status, civil status, condition."
 
===== állapota  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "status of."
 
===== állapotos  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "pregnant."
 
===== állás  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "occupation, condition."
 
===== április  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "April."
 
===== ár  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "year."
 
===== árbol  =====
 
*Spanish word for "tree."
 
===== árbol genealógico  =====
 
*Spanish word for "genealogical tree."
 
===== árva  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "orphan."
 
===== árvore  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "tree."
 
===== árvore genealógica  =====
 
*Portuguese word for "genealogical tree."
 
===== át, Hungarian  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "through."
 
===== átján  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "eighteen."
 
===== átjándi  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "eighteenth."
 
===== átta  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "eight."
 
===== áttatíu  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "eighty."
 
===== áttugasti  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "eightieth."
 
===== áttundi  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "eighth."
 
===== áttértek  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "persons converted."
 
===== áttérés  =====
 
*Hungarian word for "conversion."
 
===== âgé(e)  =====
 
*French word for "aged."
 
===== äga  =====
 
*Swedish word for "own."
 
===== ägare  =====
 
*Swedish word for "owner."
 
===== ägor  =====
 
*Swedish word for "land, property."
 
===== äidinisä  =====
 
*Finnish word for "grandfather (maternal)."
 
===== äidinäiti  =====
 
*Finnish word for "grandmother (maternal)."
 
===== äiditön  =====
 
*Finnish word for "motherless."
 
===== äiti  =====
 
*Finnish word for "mother."
 
===== äitipuoli  =====
 
*Finnish word for "stepmother."
 
===== äkta  =====
 
*Swedish word for "legitimate."
 
===== äktenskap  =====
 
*Swedish word for "marriage."
 
===== äldre  =====
 
*Swedish word for "older, elder."
 
===== äldste  =====
 
*Swedish word for "oldest, eldset, elder."
 
===== ältest  =====
 
*German word for "eldest."
 
===== ämbete  =====
 
*Swedish word for "office."
 
===== änka  =====
 
*Swedish word for "widow."
 
===== änkeman, änkling  =====
 
*Swedish word for "widower."
 
===== ännu  =====
 
*Swedish word for "yet, still."
 
===== äpärä  =====
 
*Finnish word for "illegitimate child."
 
===== är  =====
 
*Swedish word for "are, is, am."
 
===== ärlig, Swedish  =====
 
*Swedish word for "honest."
 
===== ätt  =====
 
*Swedish word for "family."
 
===== äußere  =====
 
*German word for "outside, outward, external."
 
===== å  =====
 
*Swedish word for "at, on, to, river."
 
===== åbo  =====
 
*Swedish word for "tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease."
 
===== ålder  =====
 
*Swedish word for "age."
 
===== ålderdom  =====
 
*Swedish word for "old age."
 
===== ånd  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "spirit."
 
===== åndsvag  =====
 
*Danish word for "mentally deficient."
 
===== åndsvak  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "mentally deficient."
 
===== år  =====
 
*Danish, Norwegian and Swedish word for "year."
 
===== århundrade  =====
 
*Swedish word for "century."
 
===== århundre  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "century."
 
===== årlig  =====
 
*Danish, Norwegian and Swedish word for "yearly, annual."
 
===== årsak  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "cause, reason."
 
===== årsdag  =====
 
*Danish word for "anniversary."
 
===== årtionde  =====
 
*Swedish word for "decade."
 
===== åsted  =====
 
*Norwegain word for "where event took place (place of event)."
 
===== åt, Swedish  =====
 
*Swedish word for "to."
 
===== återvänd  =====
 
*Swedish word for "returned."
 
===== åtta  =====
 
*Swedish word for "eight."
 
===== åtte  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "eight."
 
===== åttende, Norwegian  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "eighth."
 
===== åtti  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "eighty."
 
===== åttiede  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "eightieth."
 
===== åttio(nde)  =====
 
*Swedish word for "eighty (eightieth)."
 
===== åttonde  =====
 
*Swedish word for "eighth."
 
===== ægtabarn  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "legitimate child."
 
===== ægtaviigder  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "married, marriages."
 
===== ægte  =====
 
*Danish word for "legitimate."
 
===== ægtefælle  =====
 
*Danish word for "spouse."
 
===== ægteskab  =====
 
*Danish word for "marriage."
 
===== ægteskabelig  =====
 
*Danish word for "marital, conjugal."
 
===== ægteskapsbryder  =====
 
*Danish word for "adulterer."
 
===== ægteviet  =====
 
*Danish word for "married."
 
===== ælder  =====
 
*Danish word for "elder."
 
===== ældre  =====
 
*Danish word for "older, elder."
 
===== ældst  =====
 
*Danish word for "oldest, eldest."
 
===== ærbødig  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "respectful."
 
===== ære  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "honor."
 
===== ærlig  =====
 
*Danish and Norwegian word for "honest."
 
===== æsing  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "inflammation, agitation."
 
===== ættegransking  =====
 
*Norwegian word for "genealogy."
 
===== ættfaðir  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "ancestor."
 
===== æði  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "panic."
 
===== æðislegur  =====
 
*Icelandic word for "in panic."
 
 
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A Glossary of Genealogical Terms
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A

a (ab)
  • Latin word for "from, by."
a cagione di
  • Italian word for "because of."
a casa
  • Italian word for "at home."
a reçu
  • French word for "has received."
a, az
  • Hungarian word for "the."
außer Dienst(a.D.)
  • German word for "formerly employed, retired."
avioliiton ulkopuolella
  • Finnish word for "illegitimate, out of wedlock."

a

  • Czech word for "and."
  • French word for "has."
  • Portuguese word for "the (feminine)" and "to, toward."
  • Spanish word for "to, in, into, on."
abuela materna (Aa.M.)
  • Spanish word for "maternal grandmother."
abuela paterna (Aa.P.)
  • Spanish word for "paternal grandmother."
aamu
  • Finnish word for "morning."
aamulla
  • Finnish word for "in the morning."
aamupäivä
  • Finnish word for "forenoon."
aan, Afrikaans
  • Afrikaans word for "to."
aan, Dutch
  • Dutch word for "upon, to."
aand
  • Afrikaans word for "evening."
aangenome naam
  • Afrikaans word for "alias."
aangenomen naam
  • Dutch word for "named, alias, also known as, assumed name, accepted surname."
aangiften
  • Dutch word for "intentions (marriage), declarations."
aanneem
  • Afrikaans word for "to adopt (a child)."
aannemen
  • Dutch word for "to adopt (a child), to assume, to take on."
aanneming
  • Dutch word for "confirmation."
aannemingsdag
  • Dutch word for "day of confirmation."
aanstaande, Afrikaans
  • Afrikaans word for "betrothed, future (husband/wife), next."
aanstaande, Dutch
  • Dutch word for "next, toward, following, expectant, future, impending."
aanval
  • Dutch word for "stroke, attack."
aarde, Afrikaans
  • Afrikaans word for "earth (buried in)."
  • Dutch word for "earth (buried in), ground."
aardrijkskundig woordenboek
  • Dutch word for "gazetteer."
aardrykskundige woordeboek
  • Afrikaans word for "gazetteer."
aateli(nen)
  • Finnish word for "noble."
aatelisto
  • Finnish word for "nobility."
aatto
  • Finnish word for "eve."
ab
  • German word for "from, since."
ab hoc mense
  • Latin word for "from this month on."
abaixo-assinado
  • Portuguese word for "undersigned."
abavia
  • Latin word for "great-great-grandmother."
abavus
  • Latin word for "great-great-grandfather, ancestor."
abbiamo
  • Italian word for "we have."
abbiente
  • Italian word for "owner."
abbracciatutto
  • Italian word for "jack-of-all-trades."
abcesso
  • Portuguese word for "abscess."
abdormitus
  • Latin word for "died."
abdormivit
  • Latin word for "he/she died."
Abend
  • German word for "evening."
abends
  • German word for "in the evening."
aber
  • German word for "but."
abgestorben
  • German word for "deceased."
abiatico
  • Italian word for "grandson."
abiit
  • Latin word for "he/she died."
abinde
  • Latin word for "since."
abitante
  • Italian word for "inhabitant."
abitare
  • Italian word for "to live."
abitazione
  • Italian word for "home, residence."
abitus est
  • Latin word for "he/she died, went away."
abjectarius
  • Latin word for "cabinetmaker, woodworker."
abjurations
  • French word for "renunciations of Protestant faith."
abjuro
  • Latin word for "to renounce by oath."
ablutus est
  • Latin word for "he was baptized."
abogado
  • Spanish word for "lawyer."
abolished
  • Done away with, discontinued.
abril (abl)
  • Spanish and Portuguese word for "April."
abs
  • Latin word for "from, by."
absceso
  • Spanish word for "abscess."
abscessus
  • Latin word for "death."
Absentee landlords
  • Landowners who lived far away from the area they owned. Most of the landowners for Prince Edward Island before 1873 lived in Great Britain. People who lived on the island rented or leased the land from them.
absolution
  • French word for "absolution, last rites."
absolvere
  • Danish and Norwegian word for "to give absolution."
absque
  • Latin word for "without, except."
absterben
  • German word for "to die, to die off."
abstersus
  • Latin word for "baptized."
Abstract Index of Deeds, Canada
  • A type of land record that documents the chronological history of land transfers in Ontario, Canada, from one person to another. Each township or village in southern Ontario had a book with a page reserved for each individual parcel of land. Parcels were usually described by concession and lot numbers within the township or by lot numbers on subdivision plans of the village. The page listed the document number for each land transaction applying to that parcel of land and the date the document was registered. The document numbers in the Abstract Index of Deeds refer to original deeds and wills which were copied into separate county, township, or village deed books. The Abstract Index of Deeds is particularly important in Ontario research since few indexes to grantors (sellers) and grantees (buyers) exist. Also called Abstract Index of Title.
Abstract Index of Title, Canada:
  • A type of land record that documents the chronological history of land transfers in Ontario, Canada, from one person to another. Each township or village in southern Ontario had a book with a page reserved for each individual parcel of land. Parcels were usually described by concession and lot numbers within the township or by lot numbers on subdivision plans of the village. The page listed the document number for each land transaction applying to that parcel of land and the date the document was registered. The document numbers in the Abstract Index of Title refer to original deeds and wills which were copied into separate county, township, or village deed books. The Abstract Index of Title is particularly important in Ontario research since few indexes to grantors (sellers) and grantees (buyers) exist. Also called Abstract Index of Deeds.
Abstract, census
  • The summary of census results sent to the United States government by the census taker.
Abstract, general
  • A summary that contains only the pertinent points of a longer text. Abstracts are commonly created for articles (such as obituaries) in periodicals and newspapers and for documents or collections of records.
abuela
  • Spanish word for "grandmother."
abuela materna (Aa.M.)
  • Spanish word for "maternal grandmother."
abuela paterna (Aa.P.)
  • Spanish word for "paternal grandmother."
abuelo
  • Spanish word for "grandfather."
abuelos
  • Spanish word for "grandparents."
abuo
  • Latin word for "I baptize, I wash."
aby
  • Polish and Czech word for "so that."
ac
  • Latin word for "and."
Acadia, Canada
  • A region in what is now Eastern Canada that comprises the present-day provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. The area remained under French control until the end of Queen Anne's War (1702–1713). The Treaty of Utrecht (1713), which ended this war, gave Acadia to Great Britain. A dispute arose, however, because some parts of Acadia had remained neutral during the war, so only peninsular Nova Scotia ended up in British control at that time. In 1755, during the French and Indian Wars, the British tried to force the Acadians to swear an oath of allegiance to the British king. The Acadians who refused were forced to move south. After suffering many hardships, most returned to southern New Brunswick. About 4,000 went to Louisiana, then a French colony, where they became the Cajuns.
Acadian
  • A person from Acadia; also a descendant of French settlers who came from the Acadia region of Canada, or present-day New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. In 1755 during the French and Indian Wars, the British tried to force the Acadians to swear an oath of allegiance to the British king. When they refused, many were forced to move south. After suffering many hardships, some returned to northern New Brunswick and to coastal areas of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. About 4,000 went to Louisiana, then a French colony, where their descendants became known as the Cajuns.
acatholicus
  • Latin word for "non-Catholic, Protestant."
accanto
  • Italian word for "beside."
Accelerated Indexing Systems
  • A private company that published indexes to various United States censuses and other records.
accipio
  • Latin word for "to take, receive, take possession of."
accola
  • Latin word for "local resident."
accoucher
  • French word for "give birth."
accoucheuse
  • French word for "midwife."
Account, financial
  • The records containing information regarding an individual’s or institution’s financial dealings.
Account, guardianship
  • A record that contains the details of a guardian’s services in support of a minor child.
Accounts, probate
  • Records that show all transactions pertaining to the settlement of a deceased person's estate.
accusato
  • Italian word for "accused, charged."
acheter
  • French word for "to buy."
acht
  • German and Dutch word for "eight."
achte
  • German word for "eighth."
achtenswaardig
  • Dutch word for "respectable, honorable."
achtentwintig
  • Dutch word for "twenty-eight."
achtentwintigste
  • Dutch word for "twenty-eighth."
achterkleindochter
  • Dutch word for "great-granddaughter."
achterkleinzoon
  • Dutch word for "great-grandson."
achternaam
  • Dutch word for "surname, last name."
achtste
  • Dutch word for "eighth."
achttien
  • Dutch word for "eighteen."
achttiende
  • Dutch word for "eighteenth."
achtundzwanzig
  • German word for "twenty-eight."
achtundzwanzigste
  • German word for "twenty-eighth."
achtzehn
  • German word for "eighteen."
achtzehnhundert
  • German word for "eighteen hundred."
achtzehnte
  • German word for "eighteenth."
achtzig
  • German word for "eighty."
achtzigste
  • German word for "eightieth."
acicularius
  • Latin word for "needle maker."
Acid free
  • Acid in poor quality paper causes the destruction of documents and photographs. Documents whould be written on acid free paper, and documents should be stored in acid-free containers. See archival quality.
Ackermann
  • German word for "farmer."
acordo
  • Portuguese word for "agreement."
acougueiro
  • Portuguese word for "butcher."
acquiescat
  • Latin word for "he/she reposes, dies, is content with."
acquietus est
  • Latin word for "he died."
acra
  • Latin word for "acre."
acre
  • Portuguese and Spanish word for "acre."
Act book
  • A day-by-day account of probate court actions. Also called grant book.
Act of the Parliament of Canada
  • A decision, law, or determination made by the Parliament of Canada. Divorce in Canada used to require an act of Parliament.
Act of Union, Canada
  • A law passed by the British Parliament in 1840 that established a united government for Lower Canada (to be called Canada East and later Québec) and Upper Canada (to be called Canada West and later Ontario). In 1791 the British government had established two colonies in central Canada: one to please the English-speaking United Empire Loyalists and another to please the French-speaking settlers. These two colonies had separate governments until the Act of Union took effect in 1841. The act provided for one governor to oversee both colonies. It established two legislative bodies. The legislative council was made up of 20 people appointed by the governor. The legislative assembly was made up of 42 members elected by the people in the colonies. The act established English as the only official language for councils and assemblies. French was made the second official language in 1848.
acta
  • Portuguese and Spanish word for "record, document."
acte de baptême
  • French word for "baptismal record."
acte de décès
  • French word for "death record."
acte de naissance
  • French word for "birth certificate, record."
acte de sépulture
  • French word for "burial record."
Actes de tutelle
  • A French term for guardianship agreement.
Actes notaries
  • The French term for notarial records, which are records prepared by a notary. In France, Québec, and other areas of the world, notaries prepare acts and contracts and certify authentic copies of them. Some important notarial records in France include marriage contracts (contrats de mariage), wills (testaments), divisions of property among heirs (partages and successions), household inventories taken after someone's death (inventaires des biens or inventaires après décès), and guardianship agreements (actes de tutelle).
Action against Sweden, in Bohuslän (1788)
  • A failed attempt by Norway to capture the fortress at Bohus.
actum
  • Latin word for "record."
Acuerdos
  • The Spanish term for an agreement or settlement.
  • Latin word for "to, at, in, for, towards."
Addendum
  • A portion of the International Genealogical Index® that contains the names acquired since the main file was published.
Addendum, Index to the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland on Microfiche, Scotland
  • One of the two parts of the index to the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland. It contains all entries that were missed in the Main index. The index is organized alphabetically by surname.
Additional Information, Scotland Church Records
  • A field on the Scottish Church Records that contains notes written by the person who indexed the original record. This field may contain frame numbers, additional relatives, or other information.
Address
  • The street or mailing location where a person or a business is located or may be communicated with.
Addressbücher, Germany
  • The German word for a city directory, which lists the names, addresses, and possibly telephone numbers of people living in the same city.
addì
  • Italian word for "on the day."
adel
  • Danish, Dutch, Norwegian and Swedish word for "nobility."
Adel, German
  • German word for "gentry, nobleman."
adelig
  • Danish and Norwegian word for "noble."
adellijk
  • Dutch word for "noble, titled."
adelsman
  • Swedish word for "nobleman."
adelsmann
  • Danish and Norwegian word for "nobleman."
aderlating
  • Dutch word for "bleeding, bloodletting."
aderton(de)
  • Swedish word for "eighteen (eighteenth)."
adesso
  • Italian word for "now."
adhuc
  • Latin word for "as yet, still."
adjoint du maire
  • French word for "mayor's assistant."
Adjutant
  • An officer in the army, air force, or marines who helps other higher-ranking officers with tasks such as correspondence.
Administration
  • A legal document appointing a person to supervise the distribution of an estate belonging to a person who died intestate (without a will). An administration may also be called a letter of administration or admon.
adjutor
  • Latin word for "assistant."
adjuvenis
  • Latin word for "assistant."
adlig
  • Swedish word for "noble."
administración
  • Spanish word for "administration."
Administration bond
  • A written statement posted by the administrator of an estate guaranteeing that he or she will faithfully perform the tasks assigned by the probate court.
Administration of estate
  • A legal document appointing a person to supervise the distribution of an estate belonging to a person who died intestate (without a will). An administration may also be called a letter of administration or admon.
Administrator
  • An individual appointed by a court to settle a deceased individual’s estate if that individual did not leave a will.
administração
  • Portuguese word for "administration."
Admiral
  • A high-ranking officer in the navy or coast guard. There are four grades of admiral: admiral of the fleet, vice-admiral, admiral, and rear-admiral. The admiral of the fleet is the highest-ranking officer in the British navy.
Admiral of the fleet
  • The highest-ranking officer in the British navy.
Admiralty court
  • A court with jurisdiction over ships and seamen. Admiralty courts were originally British courts. After the Revolutionary War, federal district courts began handling admiralty cases in the United States.
Admiralty court, Pennsylvania
  • A court established in 1697 in Maryland to deal with issues of navigation and trade. This court had jurisdiction in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Jersey. In 1789, this court was dissolved and the authority transferred to federal jurisdiction.
Admission record
  • A record created when an individual became a member of a church or a particular congregation.
Admon
  • A legal document appointing a person to supervise the distribution of an estate belonging to a person who died intestate (without a will). An admon may also be called a letter of administration or administration bond.
Admon with will
  • A record granting the right to administer an estate when the executor named in the will is deceased or unwilling or unable to act as executor.
adolescens
  • Latin word for "young man, adolescent."
adoptado (a)
  • Spanish word for "adopted."
adopterad
  • Swedish word for "adopted."
adopteret
  • Danish word for "adopted."
adoptert
  • Norwegian word for "adopted."
adoptiert
  • German word for "adopted."
Adoption
  • A legal process in which the rights, privileges, and duties of caring for a child are transferred from the natural parent(s) to another individual or couple.
Adoption record
  • A record of the legal proceedings in which the rights, privileges, and duties of caring for a child are transferred from the natural parent(s) to another individual or couple.
Adoptive parents
  • Parents who legally assume responsibility for the rights and privileges of a child not born to them. The duty of caring for the child is transferred from the natural parents to the adoptive parents.
adoptovaný
  • Czech word for "adopted."
adoptowany
  • Polish word for "adopted."
adoptált
  • Hungarian word for "adopted."
adopté(e)
  • French word for "adopted."
adotado (a)
  • Portuguese word for "adopted."
adottato, -a
  • Italian word for "adopted."
adresboek
  • Dutch word for "directory."
adress
  • Swedish word for "address."
adressbok
  • Swedish word for "directory."
adresse
  • Danish and Norwegian word for "address."
adulterio
  • Spanish word for "adultery."
adulterium
  • Latin word for "adultery."
adultère
  • French word for "adulterer."
adultério
  • Portuguese word for "adultery."
advenit
  • Latin word for "he appeared, came."
advocaat
  • Dutch word for "notary, lawyer."
advocatus
  • Latin word for "lawyer."
advogado (a)
  • Portuguese word for "lawyer."
advokaat
  • Afrikaans word for "advocate, lawyer."
adó
  • Hungarian word for "tax."
adúltero (a)
  • Portuguese and Spanish word for "adulterer."
aeger
  • Latin word for "sick."
aegyptus
  • Latin word for "gypsy."
aequalis
  • Latin word for "equal."
aetas (aetatis)
  • Latin word for "age."
aetate
  • Latin word for "(being) in the age of, age."
af
  • Icelandic word for "by."
af
  • Danish word for "of, at, by, from."
afdeling
  • Danish word for "part, division, portion."
afdød
  • Danish word for "deceased."
afficher les bans
  • French word for "post banns."
affiché
  • French word for "posted (on door)."
Affidavit
  • A voluntarily written declaration of facts that is confirmed by the oath of the individual making the declaration and witnessed by an individual having authority to administer such an oath.
African-American
  • A term generally used in the United States to describe residents of African descent.
affinitas
  • Latin word for "relationship by marriage."
affinità
  • Italian word for "relationship."
affirmavit
  • Latin word for "he/she affirmed, confirmed, asserted."
affittuario, -a
  • Italian word for "renter, tenant."
afgangne
  • Danish word for "departed."
afgangsliste
  • Danish word for "moving-out record."
afgift
  • Danish word for "duty, monetary fee."
afi
  • Icelandic word for "grandfather."
afkondigen
  • Dutch word for "to post banns."
afkondigingen
  • Dutch word for "proclamations, banns."
aflausn
  • Icelandic word for "public remission of sins."
Ancestral File number (AFN)
  • A number used to identify each record in Ancestral File.
afogamento
  • Portuguese word for "drowning."
afschrift(en)
  • Dutch word for "extract, duplicate record, transcript, certified copy."
afskrif(te)
  • Afrikaans word for "duplicate, transcript."
aften
  • Danish and Norwegian word for "evening."
afton
  • Swedish word for "evening."
aftægt
  • Danish word for "support received after giving up an estate."
ag, agt
  • Afrikaans word for "eight."
Agency records
  • Records kept by an agency of the United States government, such as the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) or the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
agente
  • Italian word for "agent."
agentis
  • Latin word for "of the official."
agglegény
  • Hungarian word for "bachelor."
agnatus
  • Latin word for "blood relative in the male line."
ago
  • Spanish word for "August."
agosto, Spanish (ago, agto)
  • Spanish word for "August."
agonia
  • Latin word for "cramps."
agosto
  • Portuguese and Spanish word for "August."
agosto
  • Italian and Portuguese word for "August."
agosto, Spanish (ago, agto)
  • Spanish word for "August."
Agreement and crew list, Britain
  • A list of crew members serving on a ship that includes written agreements stating each crew member's wages, the capacity in which he was serving, and the nature of the voyage. Masters or owners of merchant ships were required to keep these lists and agreements starting in 1747 when Parliament passed the Act for the Relief of Disabled Seamen. Lists for a few ports survive for the period 1747 to 1834.
Agricultural schedule
  • A list in the 1850 to 1880 censuses that contains information on farms and the names of farmers.
agricola
  • Latin word for "farmer."
agricoltore
  • Italian word for "farmer."
agricultor
  • Spanish word for "farmer."
agste
  • Afrikaans word for "eighth."
agt-en-twintig
  • Afrikaans word for "twenty-eight."
agt-en-twintigste
  • Afrikaans word for "twenty-eighth."
agterkleindogter
  • Afrikaans word for "great-granddaughter."
agterkleinkind
  • Afrikaans word for "great-grandchild."
agterkleinseun
  • Afrikaans word for "great-grandson."
agtien
  • Afrikaans word for "eighteen."
agtiende
  • Afrikaans word for "eighteenth."
agto
  • Spanish word for "August."
agyláz
  • Hungarian word for "brain fever."
agyvérzés
  • Hungarian word for "stroke, apoplexy."
ahenarius
  • Latin word for "coppersmith."
Ahnen
  • German word for "ancestors."
Ahnenpaß, Germany
  • A type of record kept by many Germans during the Nazi era, starting in about 1937. It documents four generations of a person's family. The information was usually verified from civil registration records and parish registers. The English term for this type of record is ancestor passport.
Ahnentafel chart
  • A table that lists the name and date and place of birth, marriage, and death for an individual and specified number of his or her ancestors. The first individual on the list is number one, the father is number two, the mother is number three, the paternal grandfather is number four, the paternal grandmother is number five, and so forth. Ahnentafel is a German word meaning ancestor chart or ancestor table. This chart is also called a continental pedigree.
ahí
  • Spanish word for "there."
ai (ay)
  • French word for "I have."
aika
  • Finnish word for "time, date."
aikainen
  • Finnish word for "early, (A.M.)."
aikaisempi
  • Finnish word for "earlier."
aikakauskirja
  • Finnish word for "periodical."
aikanaan
  • Finnish word for "in due time."
aina
  • Finnish word for "always."
ainda
  • Portuguese word for "still."
ainoa
  • Finnish word for "only."
ainsi que
  • French word for "as well as."
Accelerated Indexing Systems (AIS or AISI)
  • A private company that published indexes to various United States censuses and other records.
aivokuume
  • Finnish word for "encephalitis, inflammation of the brain."
aivotärähdys
  • Finnish word for "concussion."
ajaja
  • Finnish word for "coachman."
ajomies
  • Finnish word for "coachman."
akatolicki
  • Polish word for "non-Catholic."
aki
  • Hungarian word for "who."
akt
  • Polish word for "an entry in a register, record."
akta malzenstw, akta slubów
  • Polish word for "marriage records."
akta urodzin
  • Polish word for "birth records."
akta zapowiedzi
  • Polish word for "banns records."
akta zejsc
  • Polish word for "death records."
akta zgonów
  • Polish word for "death records."
akte
  • Dutch word for "certificate, deed, license."
Akten
  • German word for "documents."
akur
  • Icelandic word for "field."
akuszerka
  • Polish word for "midwife."
ala, ali
  • Finnish word for "low(er), under."
Alabama Territory, USA
  • A territory established in 1817 that covered all of present-day Alabama.
alacsony
  • Hungarian word for "short."
alaikäinen
  • Finnish word for "minor, underaged."
alapos
  • Hungarian word for "thorough."
alatt
  • Hungarian word for "under, before, during."
albacea
  • Spanish word for "executor of estate."
Albarazado
  • A term used in Catholic church registers to describe a person from Spanish-speaking Latin America whose ancestry is a mix of Indian and Caucasian. Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate
albañil
  • Spanish word for "stonemason."
albei
  • Afrikaans word for "both."
albergatore
  • Italian word for "innkeeper."
albero genealogico
  • Italian word for "pedigree."ays accurate.
Albino
  • A term used in Catholic Church registers to describe a person from Spanish-speaking Latin America whose ancestry is African and Caucasian. Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate.
albo
  • Polish word for "or."
albus
  • Latin word for "white."
American Lutheran Church Archives (ALC Archives)
  • The central archives of the American Lutheran Church.
alcalde
  • Spanish word for "mayor."
Alcalde Ordinario, New Mexico
  • A Spanish term referring to a mayor's court that handled civil and criminal cases in what is now the state of New Mexico between 1598 and 1847.
alcunha
  • Portuguese word for "name."
alcuni, -e
  • Italian word for "some."
alcuno, -a
  • Italian word for "any, some."
aldea
  • Spanish word for "village."
alder
  • Danish and Norwegian word for "age."
alderdomssvaghed
  • Danish word for "weakness from old age."
alderdomssvakhet
  • Norwegian word for "weakness of old age."
Alderman's court
  • A court created in 1851 by the Provisional State of Deseret. No records for this court appear to exist.
aldri
  • Danish and Norwegian word for "never."
aldrig
  • Swedish word for "never."
aldur
  • Icelandic word for "age."
ale
  • Polish and Czech word for "but."
alemannus
  • Latin word for "German."
alemán (a)
  • Spanish word for "German."
alemão (a)
  • Portuguese word for "German."
Aleuts
  • The native people who have traditionally lived on the Aleutian Islands, off the coast of Alaska. The Aleuts call themselves Unangan, meaning "we the people." Though they are descended from the Eskimos, the Aleuts speak a different language.
alfaiate
  • Portuguese word for "tailor."
alfarero
  • Spanish word for "potter."
Algerie
  • French word for "Algeria."
algodão
  • Portuguese word for "cotton."
algodón
  • Spanish word for "cotton."
algum (a)
  • Portuguese word for "some."
algún (o, a)
  • Spanish word for "some, someone."
alhier
  • Dutch word for "here, at this place, locally."
ali
  • Portuguese word for "there."
Alias surname
  • A second surname that a person adopts. This was a common practice in Germany. In German records, aliases may be preceded by the word genannt, vulgo, modo, sive, or alias. A few people in France, mostly sailors or soldiers, also took alias surnames. These were preceded by the word dit, meaning so-called.
alias, Afrikaans
  • Afrikaans word for "alias, known as, otherwise."
alias, Italian
  • Italian word for "alias, also known as."
alias, Latin
  • Latin word for "also, otherwise, or, at, another, called."
alibi
  • Latin word for "elsewhere, at another time."
Alien crew list, USA
  • A list of aliens employed on United States vessels as members of the crew.
Alien's declaration, Canada
  • A type of Canadian naturalization record in which aliens declare their intent to become Canadian citizens.
Alien's intention
  • The first legal document an alien files when he or she wishes to become a citizen of the United States. Filing this form signifies that the alien intends to become a citizen and will renounce all allegiance to other governments. The alien's intention is sometimes called a declaration of intention or first papers.
Aliens’ register
  • A document created during the Report and Registry process that listed all immigrants who reported to a local court to register their arrival in the United States.
alité
  • French word for "bedridden."
aliud (alius)
  • Latin word for "other, another."
all'uopo
  • Italian word for "to this end."
alla
  • Finnish word for "under."
alla nascita
  • Italian word for "time of birth."
alla, allt
  • Swedish word for "all."
alle
  • Danish, German, and Norwegian word for "all."
alle ore
  • Italian word for "at the hour."
alle ore sedici
  • Italian word for "at the sixteenth hour (4:00 p.m.)."
alle, Dutch
  • Dutch word for "all, every."
alleen, Afrikaans
  • Afrikaans word for "alone, single."
alleen, Dutch
  • Dutch word for "alone, single, only."
allegati
  • Italian word for "supplements."
Allegheny Mountains (Alleghenies)
  • The mountain range that runs from Pennsylvania to Virginia. It is part of the Appalachian mountain range that extends from Maine to Alabama.
Allegheny Mountains (Alleghenies)
  • The mountain range that runs from Pennsylvania to Virginia. It is part of the Appalachian mountain range that extends from Maine to Alabama.
allekirjoittanut
  • Finnish word for "undersigned."
Allemand(e)
  • French word for "German."
allemania
  • Latin word for "Germany."
Allen County Public Library
alles
  • Afrikaans word for "all, everything."
allevatore
  • Italian word for "animal feeder."
allhier
  • German word for "in this place."
alliance
  • French word for "marriage."
Allí te estás
  • A term used in Catholic Church registers to describe a person from Spanish-speaking Latin America whose ancestry is a mix of Indian, African, and Caucasian. Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate.
allora
  • Italian word for "then."
Allowance docket
  • A list of court-ordered payments.
alltid
  • Norwegian and Swedish word for "always."
allá
  • Spanish word for "there."
allí
  • Spanish word for "there."
alma, Portuguese
  • Portuguese word for "soul, person."
alma, Spanish
  • Spanish word for "soul, inhabitant."
almeno
  • Italian word for "at least."
almisse
  • Danish and Norwegian word for "charity."
almisselem
  • Norwegian word for "indigent, poor."
alquiler, renta
  • Spanish word for "rent."
Alsace Emigration Index
  • An index of people who emigrated from or through Elsaß-Lothringen (Alsace-Lorraine) between 1817 and 1866. About half of the people mentioned in this index are French. The others are mostly Swiss and German.
Alsace-Lorraine
  • Two regions in modern-day France that are located along the German border. Germany won these two regions in 1871 after the Franco-Prussian war. (The German term for the region is Elsaß-Lothringen.) France regained these two regions in 1919 with the Peace of Versailles.
Alsacien(ne)
  • French word for "Alsatian."
Alsatian
  • A person from the Alsace region of France. Since many Alsatians spoke more German than French, they were often called Germans when they emigrated to other countries. Many Alsatians emigrated to Russia between 1763 and World War I. Beginning in 1874 many of these Russian Alsatians moved to the United States, Canada, and South America. In 1722 the Holy Roman emperors and Austro-Hungarian monarchs encouraged Alsatians and Germans to settle in their lands, especially on the border devastated by the Turks. Colonies developed in what became Hungary, Romania, and Yugoslavia. After World War II, many people of Alsatian descent moved to the United States, Canada, Australia, Brazil, and other nations.
alsó
  • Hungarian word for "lower."
alt-katholisch
  • German word for "old Catholic."
alt, Danish
  • Danish word for "all."
alt, German
  • German word for "old."
altare
  • Latin word for "altar."
Altbürger
  • German word for "full citizen."
Alter, German
  • German word for "age."
alter, Latin
  • Latin word for "the next, the other."
altera die
  • Latin word for "on the next day."
altergang
  • Norwegian word for "Communion."
Altersschwäche
  • German word for "weakness of old age."
altid
  • Danish word for "always."
altijd, steeds
  • Dutch word for "always."
alto (a), Portuguese
  • Portuguese word for "high."
alto, Italian
  • Italian word for "high."
altre volte
  • Italian word for "formerly."
altresì
  • Italian word for "also, too."
altro
  • Italian word for "other, else."
altura
  • Portuguese and Spanish word for "height."
altyd
  • Afrikaans word for "always."
alue
  • Finnish word for "region, district."
aluguél
  • Portuguese word for "rent."
alulirott
  • Hungarian word for "undersigned."
Alumni directory
  • A list of the names and addresses of people who graduated from a school, university, or other educational facility.
alus
  • Finnish word for "ship."
alutarius
  • Latin word for "tanner."
aláirás
  • Hungarian word for "signature."
além
  • Portuguese word for "beyond."
amanhã
  • Portuguese word for "tomorrow."
amanuense
  • Spanish word for "scribe, clerk."
amarelo (a)
  • Portuguese word for "yellow."
amarillo (a)
  • Spanish word for "yellow."
ambagsman
  • Afrikaans word for "artisan, tradesman, workman."
ambedue
  • Italian word for "both."
ambo
  • Latin word for "both, two together."
ambos (as)
  • Portuguese and Spanish word for "both."
ambt
  • Dutch word for "office."
ambtenaar
  • Dutch word for "official, registrar, civil servant, clerk."
American
  • A person from the Western Hemisphere (North and South America). It can also refer to a person from the United States.
American Civil War (1861-1865)
  • The war with the highest casualty rate in the history of the United States. It divided the United States into two factions. The Union was composed of northern states who supported maintaining the power of the federal government and abolishing slavery. The Confederacy was composed of southern states who believed in maintaining more power at the state level and preserving slavery. Also called the War between the States and the War of Secession.
American Genealogical Biographical Index
  • A source containing over 12 million brief citations of individuals and families, mainly from New England, who are mentioned in manuscripts, periodicals, family histories, town and county histories, and published military records.
American Indians
  • The original inhabitants of North and South America. Also called Native Americans. In Canada the original inhabitants, Native Americans and Inuit (Eskimos), are often referred to as First Peoples or First Nations.
American Loyalist
  • An American colonist who remained loyal to the King of England during the Revolutionary War. Many Loyalists moved to Florida, the Caribbean Islands (including Cuba), Canada, or back to England after the Revolutionary War.
American Lutheran Church Archives
  • The central archives of the American Lutheran Church.
American State Papers, Land Grants and Claims
  • A published collection of about 80,000 diverse land claims, such as claims for state, Indian, and militia bounty lands. It does not contain information about land granted to war veterans.
ami(e)
  • French word for "friend."
amico, -a
  • Italian word for "friend."
amigo (a)
  • Portuguese and Spanish word for "friend."
Amish
  • Members of the Old Order Amish Mennonite Church who followed the strict teachings of Jakob Ammann and broke from the Swiss Mennonites in the late 1600s. Many began migrating to America in 1720 and settled in eastern Pennsylvania. The "old order" followed strict practices that included severely plain dress and the shunning of electricity and telephones. After 1850 many "new-order" groups broke off to follow more modern practices. Today the largest old-order settlements are in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas.
amita
  • Latin word for "aunt, father's sister."
amitinus
  • Latin word for "cousin, (child of father's sister)."
amma
  • Icelandic word for "grandmother."
Amman
  • German word for "bailiff, magistrate."
ammatti
  • Finnish word for "profession, occupation."
amministratore
  • Italian word for "steward, manager."
amministrazione
  • Italian word for "administration."
amo
  • Spanish word for "master, owner."
amogliato
  • Italian word for "took a wife."
amonestaciones
  • Spanish word for "marriage banns."
amptenaar
  • Afrikaans word for "official."
Amt
  • The Danish word for county.
  • German word for "office, district"
  • Norwegian word for "county"
amtmand
  • Danish word for "chief county administrator."
amtmann
  • Norwegian word for "chief county administrator."
Amtsgericht, Germany
  • A local court in Germany.
an (année)
  • French word for "year."
Anabaptist
  • A religious movement that developed in Zurich, Switzerland, during the 16th century under the influence of Huldrych Zwingli. The Anabaptists, whose name means "rebaptizer," believed that infant baptism was blasphemous because people could not be punished for sin until they had developed an awareness of good and evil. Hence, though it was illegal, many Anabaptists were baptized a second time as adults. Anabaptists also believed in a separation of church and state, opposed war, and refused to swear oaths. The Mennonite and Amish faiths developed from the Anabaptist movement.
anabaptiste
  • French word for "Mennonite."
Anbauer
  • German word for "peasant."
Ancestor
  • An individual from whom one is descended.
Ancestor passport, Germany
  • A type of record kept by many Germans during the Nazi era, starting in about 1937. It documents four generations of a person's family. The information was usually verified in civil registration records. The German word for this type of record is Ahnenpaß.
ancestral
  • Portuguese word for "ancestor."
Ancestral File™
  • A computer file containing names and often other vital information (such as date and place of birth, marriage, or death) of millions of individuals who have lived throughout the world. Names are organized into family groups and pedigrees. To allow for coordination of research, the file also lists names and addresses of those who contributed to the file. Ancestral File™ is part of FamilySearch®.
Ancestral File™ number
  • A number used to identify each record in Ancestral File.
anche
  • Italian word for "also."
anciano (a)
  • Spanish word for "elderly."
ancilla
  • Latin word for "female servant."
ancillus
  • Latin word for "male servant."
ancora
  • Italian word for "yet, still."
andarteppa
  • Icelandic word for "croup."
andast
  • Icelandic word for "die."
andaður, andaðir (plural)
  • Icelandic word "deceased (male), dead."
andedictus
  • Latin word for "aforesaid."
anden
  • Danish word for "second."
anden gang
  • Danish word for "second time."
anden, andet
  • Danish word for "second, another."
ander(s), Afrikaans
  • Afrikaans word for "different, other(s)."
ander(s), Dutch
  • Dutch word for "other."
andere
  • German word for "other, next."
anders genoem
  • Afrikaans word for "alias, also known as, differently called."
anders genoemd
  • Dutch word for "alias, also known as."
andiamo
  • Italian word for "right away, immediately."
andlega vanheill
  • Icelandic word for "mentally deficient, weak-minded."
andra
  • Swedish word for "second, others."
andre, Danish
  • Danish word for "others."
andre, French
  • French word for "others, other, next."
Andrea Leonardo Collection
  • A collection of research files about South Carolina families.
andtäppa
  • Swedish word for "shortness of breath, asthma."
andvana fæddur
  • Icelandic word for "stillborn child."
anetavle, Danish
  • Danish word for "pedigree."
anetavle, Norwegian
  • Norwegian word for "pedigree chart."
anfald
  • Danish word for "seizures."
anfall, Norwegian
  • Norwegian word for "seizure, attack."
anfall, Swedish
  • Swedish word for "seizure(s)."
anførelse
  • Danish word for "statement, quotation."
anført
  • Danish word for "entered, mentioned."
anførte
  • Norwegian word for "entered, mentioned."
Angeber
  • German word for "informant."
angeblich
  • German word for "alleged, assumed."
angiven
  • Swedish word for "given, stated."
anglais(e)
  • French word for "English."
anglia
  • Latin word for "England."
Anglican Church
  • A group of churches that are part of the Anglican Communion, which developed from the Church of England. The Anglican Church of Canada and the Episcopal Church in the United States are also members of the Anglican Communion. Anglican beliefs are based on the Nicene and Apostles' Creeds and follow the Book of Common Prayer, which outlines doctrine, discipline, and worship. National churches can revise the Book of Common Prayer to suit the needs of members in the country.
Anglican Communion
  • An international group of loosely organized, self-governing churches whose doctrines and practices are based on the Church of England. The major churches in the communion are the Church of England, the Anglican Church of Canada, and the Episcopal Church in the United States.
Anglo-American
  • An English-speaking person of European descent who is living in the United States.
angol
  • Hungarian word for "English."
Angola
  • A term used in Brazilian Catholic Church registers to describe an African from Angola. Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate.
ani
  • Czech word for "not even."
anima
  • Latin word for "soul, spirit." Animam reddidit domino suo means "he/she returned the soul to his/her Lord (died)."
anime
  • Italian word for "parish census."
aniversario, Spanish
  • Spanish word for "anniversary."
aniversário, Portuguese
  • Portuguese word for "anniversary, birthday."
anjo
  • Portuguese word for "angel, deceased child."
ankom
  • Swedish word for "came, arrived."
ankomst
  • Danish and Norwegian word for "arrival."
anmerkning
  • Norwegian word for "remark, notice, note."
Anmerkungen
  • German word for "remarks."
anmärkningar
  • Swedish word for "remarks, annotations."
anmærkning
  • Danish word for "remark, notice, note."
annan
  • Swedish word for "other."
annar
  • Icelandic word for "second."
Anne Lea Nicholson Collection
  • A collection of documented family group records prepared by Anne Lea Nicholson. It is one of the first sources that should be checked for families from Gloucester, Salem, Burlington, Camden, and Cumberland counties in New Jersey and Philadelphia County in Pennsylvania.
annegato
  • Italian word for "drowned."
annen gang
  • Norwegian word for "second time."
annen, annet
  • Norwegian word for "second, another."
annettu
  • Finnish word for "given."
Annexed
  • "Attached, attached to." For example: The United States annexed Texas in 1845.
anni
  • Italian word for "years."
anniversaire
  • French word for "anniversary."
anniversario
  • Italian word for "anniversary."
anno
  • Italian and Norwegian word for "year."
anno (Latin)
  • Danish word for "year."
anno domini
  • Latin word for "in the year of (our) Lord."
anno incarnationis
  • Latin word for "in the year (since/of) the incarnation (of the Lord)."
anno, Latin
  • Latin word for "in the year (of)."
annonsere
  • Norwegian word for "publish, announce."
annotazioni
  • Italian word for "annotations."
annuaire
  • French word for "directory."
Annual report
  • A report completed by stake, ward, branch, or mission clerks in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (The annual report from a branch may have been completed separately or as part of a mission report.) It lists the blessings, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths, ordinations, missionary service, and divorces that occur in a stake, ward, branch, or mission during a given year. These reports were used from 1907 into the 1970s. In the United States and Canada, they were used until 1976. Also called Form E or Form 42FP.
Annual return
  • A yearly report made by the administrator or executor of an estate to a probate court.
annuale
  • Italian word for "annual, yearly."
Annuals Index
  • One of two indexes that comprise the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI). The Annuals Index is a subject index to articles that appeared in genealogical periodicals published in 1986 or later. This index is also on microfiche at the FamilySearch Library™ (FS Library fiche 6016864).
annuel
  • French word for "annual, yearly."
Annuity payment
  • A record that documents the payment of an annuity, which is a payment that is made annually or regularly at another interval.
annus
  • Latin word for "year."
annus bissextus
  • Latin word for "leap year."
ano, Portuguese
  • Portuguese word for "year."
anoppi
  • Finnish word for "mother-in-law."
Anspänner
  • German word for "farmer."
antal
  • Danish word for "number, count."
antall
  • Norwegian word for "number, count."
antavla
  • Swedish word for "pedigree chart."
ante
  • Latin word for "before, in front of, prior to."
ante meridiane
  • Italian word for "before noon."
ante meridiem
  • Latin word for "before noon (A.M.)."
antenato, -i
  • Italian word for "ancestor(s)."
antepasado (a)
  • Spanish word for "ancestor."
antepassado (a)
  • Portuguese word for "ancestor."
anterior
  • Portuguese and Spanish word for "former, previous."
antes
  • Portuguese and Spanish word for "before."
Anti-Burghers Church, Scotland
  • A church that formed out of the Secession Church in 1745. The Anti-Burghers believed that communion should be withheld from people who took the Burgess Oath, which contained a clause that the Anti-Burghers believed gave approval to the Established Church. In 1820 the Burghers and Anti-Burghers reunited.
antigo (a)
  • Portuguese word for "old, ancient."
antiguo (a)
  • Spanish word for "old, ancient."
antiquus
  • Latin word for "old, senior."
Antirent movement, New York
  • A movement that began in 1839 when tenant farmers in New York revolted against the manorial (leasehold) system and the wealthy landowners who had inherited their land from ancestors who lived in the 1600s and 1700s. The tenant farmers had lived on the land for generations and felt that they rightfully owned it. Many farmers had not paid their rent for years, and in 1839 landowners tried to collect back rent. However, angry farmers, disguised as Native Americans, began terrorizing the landowners and county officials in Columbia and Delaware Counties. The farmers formed secret societies that became powerful enough to defeat any political party that opposed them. In 1846 the antirenters had the New York constitution amended in their favor, and the farms were handed over to the tenants in 1847, marking the end of the patroonship system in New York.
anual
  • Portuguese and Spanish word for "annual."
anuario, Spanish
  • Spanish word for "yearbook."
anuário, Portuguese
  • Portuguese word for "yearbook."
anya
  • Hungarian word for "mother."
anyakönyv
  • Hungarian word for "register of births, marriages, and deaths; church book; parish register."
anyós
  • Hungarian word for "mother-in-law."
anzidetta
  • Italian word for "aforesaid."
anzitutto
  • Italian word for "first of all, initially."
ao
  • Portuguese word for "to the (masculine)."
août
  • French word for "August."
apa
  • Hungarian word for "father."
Apache Indians
  • A group of Native American tribes of the southwestern United States.
aparecer
  • Portuguese and Spanish word for "to appear."
apelido
  • Portuguese word for "name, nickname."
apellido
  • Spanish word for "surname."
apenas
  • Portuguese word for "only."
aphotækar
  • Icelandic word for "pharmacist."
apodo
  • Spanish word for "nickname."
apoplexia
  • Latin word for "stroke."
aposentado (a)
  • Portuguese word for "retired."
aposentadoria
  • Portuguese word for "retirement."
Apostolies
  • Afrikaans word for "Apostolic."
apostolisch
  • German and Dutch word for "Apostolic."
apostólico (a)
  • Portuguese and Spanish word for "apostolic."
appartenenza religiosa
  • Italian word for "religious affiliation."
appartiene
  • Italian word for "pertains."
apparu
  • French word for "appeared."
Appearance docket
  • A book containing minutes or abstracts of court appearances.
Appellate jurisdiction
  • The authority of a court to review and revise decisions made by lower courts.
appelé(e)
  • French word for "named."
appena
  • Italian word for "as soon as."
appi
  • Finnish word for "father-in-law."
appivanhemmat
  • Finnish word for "parents-in-law."
Application, land
  • A formal, written request submitted by an individual seeking a land grant.
Application, organization
  • A formal, written request to become a member of an organization.
Applications for Passage Warrants (Series L), Canada
  • A list of the names of immigrants in Ontario, Canada, whose passage was paid by sponsors.
Appointment to public office
  • The act of assigning, as opposed to electing, an individual to serve in a government position.
Appraisal
  • The process of determining the value of property, such as a deceased individual’s estate or a document stating the value of property.
Appraisement
  • The estimated value of property.
Appraiser
  • An individual who determines the value of property. When determining the value of a deceased individual's estate, appraisers use an inventory to estimate the estate's value.
apprendista
  • Italian word for "apprentice."
apprenti
  • French word for "apprentice."
Apprentice
  • An individual, usually a child, who was legally bound to the master of a trade to work for the master and learn the trade. The master provided training, food, and lodging for the apprentice.
Apprentice indenture
  • A record that documents an agreement between a master and an apprentice or the apprentice's legal guardian.
Apprentice record
  • Documentation about an apprenticeship, which was a legal arrangement in which an individual, usually a child, worked for the master of a trade to learn the trade. The master provided training, food, and lodging for the apprentice.
Apprenticeship tax, Britain
  • A tax assessed on the money a master received for an apprenticeship indenture. This tax was assessed from 1710 to 1811. Apprentices put out by a parish or charity were exempt from the tax.
appresso
  • Italian word for "after, the next."
approuvé
  • French word for "approved."
aprendiz
  • Portuguese and Spanish word for "apprentice."
april
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish word for "April."
April
  • Dutch and German word for "April."
  • Afrikaans word for "April."
aprile
  • Italian word for "April."
aprilis
  • Latin word for "of April."
aproximado (a),, Portuguese
  • Portuguese word for "approximate."
aproximado (a), Spanish
  • Spanish word for "approximate."
après
  • French word for "after."
après-demain
  • French word for "the day after tomorrow."
après-midi
  • French word for "afternoon."
apríl
  • Icelandic word for "April."
apteekkari
  • Finnish word for "pharmacist, druggist."
apud
  • Latin word for "at the house of, at, by, near."
apéndice, Spanish
  • Spanish word for "appendix."
apêndice, Portuguese
  • Portuguese word for "appendix."
após, Hungarian
  • Hungarian word for "father-in-law."
após, Portuguese
  • Portuguese word for "after."
apótekari
  • Icelandic word for "pharmacy."
aqua
  • Latin word for "water."
aquel (la)
  • Spanish word for "that."
aquele (a),
  • Portuguese word for "that."
aquí
  • Portuguese and Spanish word for "here."
araldica
  • Italian word for "heraldry."
Arapaho Indians
  • A tribe of Native Americans living in the Great Plains from southern Canada to northern Texas.
aratore
  • Italian word for "plowman."
arbeider
  • Afrikaans, Dutch and Norwegian word for "laborer."
Arbeiter
  • German word for "laborer, worker."
arbejder
  • Danish word for "laborer."
arbetare
  • Swedish word for "worker, laborer."
arbre généalogique
  • French word for "family tree, pedigree."
Archaic word
  • A word that is no longer used or that has a meaning that has changed substantially over time.
Archdeacon's court, Church of England
  • An English ecclesiastical court with jurisdiction over an archdeaconry. These courts frequently handled probates.
Archdeaconry
  • An ecclesiastical division within a diocese that is headed by an archdeacon. It may consist of one or more rural deaneries.
Archdeacons' transcripts
  • Copies of parish registers sent by Church of England parish ministers to their archdeacons each year. An archdeacon was the church official over an archdeaconry, which was part of a diocese. An archdeacon was under the authority of the Bishop of the diocese.
Archdiocese
  • An ecclesiastical division that is headed by an archbishop.
archidiaconus
  • Latin word for "archdeacon."
archief
  • Dutch word for "archive."
archiepiscopus
  • Latin word for "archbishop."
Archiv
  • German word for "archive."
Archival quality
  • Acid-free folders, acid-free boxes, and archival-safe plastic sleeves made of polyester, polypropylene, or polyethylene are archival quality and the only safe way to store documents and photographs.
Archive
  • A place where institutions such as governments, businesses, and churches keep their records and official documents. Also used in the plural.
Archive Section of the Family Group Records Collection
  • A portion of the Family Group Records Collection that contains five million family group records submitted by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1942 and 1969. Information from these records has been added to the International Genealogical Index®.
archives
  • French word for "archive."
Archives and Libraries, FamilySearch Catalog™
  • A subject heading used in the FamilySearch Catalog to categorize information about other archives (places where institutions such as governments, businesses, and churches keep their records and official documents) and libraries (places that contains books, manuscripts, music, art, and other reference materials).
Archives du Royaume
  • French word for "state archives (Belgium)."
Archives départementales, France
  • The French term for departmental archive. These archives collect records for a department of the French government. Departmental archives have most of the French records of genealogical value, including civil registration records, pre-1792 church records, census records, some notarial records, and military conscription records.
Archives Nationales
  • French word for "state archives (France)".
archivi
  • Italian word for "archives."
archivi di stato
  • Italian word for "state archives."
archivo
  • Spanish word for "archive."
archivum
  • Latin word for "archive."
archiwum
  • Polish word for "archive."
archív
  • Czech word for "archive."
arcularius
  • Latin word for "carpenter."
Julia Hoge Spencer Ardery Collection (Ardery collection)
  • A collection of abstracted court records, deeds, family Bibles, family histories, and correspondence about families from Kentucky and Virginia.
argief
  • Afrikaans word for "archive."
Arid
  • Dry, lacking in water, a desert.
Arizona Territory, USA
  • A territory organized in 1863 that comprised the present-day state of Arizona and part of Nevada. Many of the settlers in the area were from Confederate states, so in 1862 they applied to become a Confederate territory. The Confederate government sent troops to occupy New Mexico and Arizona and granted the request of the settlers. This action had little effect because Union forces defeated Confederate forces in New Mexico and Arizona. The United States Congress created the Arizona Territory in 1863 to retain control over the area.
Ark
  • One of the two ships that brought Catholic and Protestant English settlers to the western shore of Chesapeake Bay in 1634. The other ship was named the Dove. The settlers founded St. Mary's City. King Charles I had originally granted the Maryland region to George Calvert, who died before the king could sign the charter, so the king granted the charter to Calvert's son Cecelius. Cecelius, himself a Roman Catholic, believed in religious freedom and saw to it that law and policies were established to guarantee that right in Maryland.
arkisto
  • Finnish word for "archive."
arkistoluettelo
  • Finnish word for "archive list."
arkiv
  • Danish and Swedish word for "archive."
arm
  • German word for "poor."
arma
  • Latin word for "coat of arms."
armentarius
  • Latin word for "herdsman."
armiger
  • Latin word for "gentleman, squire."
Armiger
  • A person entitled to use a coat of arms.
armoiries
  • French word for "coat of arms."
Armorial
  • An alphabetical list of people entitled to use a coat of arms. The armorial also describes the coat of arms. The term armorial can also refer to anything having to do with heraldry.
armorum
  • Latin word for "of coats of arms."
Armut
  • German word for "poverty."
Army
  • The branch of a nation's armed forces that is trained to fight on land.
Aroostook War (Maine)
  • A dispute in 1839 about the boundary between the state of Maine and what is now the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Troops were called out, but there was no battle. The boundary was finally settled by a treaty between the United States and Britain in 1842.
arpent
  • French word for "acre."
arpenteur
  • French word for "surveyor."
arpète
  • French word for "errand boy, apprentice."
arquibispo
  • Portuguese word for "archbishop."
arquivo
  • Portuguese word for "archive."
arrendamiento
  • Spanish word for "rent."
arrendator
  • Swedish word for "tenant farmer, leaseholder."
arrivo
  • Italian word for "arrival, immigration."
arrière
  • French word for "great (as in great-grandparents)."
Arrondissement
  • An administrative division of some large cities in France or the largest division of a department in the French government.
arroz
  • Portuguese word for "rice."
artefice
  • Italian word for "maker."
Article, periodicals
  • A written work in a magazine or newspaper.
Artifact
  • An object. In terms of family history research, an artifact is an item that provides information about an ancestor’s life, such as tools, books, or jewelry.
Artificer
  • A mechanic in the British military who makes and repairs machinery.
arton
  • Swedish word for "eighteen."
artífice
  • Portuguese word for "journeyman."
arv
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish word for "inheritance."
arve
  • Danish word for "inherit."
arvelodd
  • Norwegian word for "share of inheritance."
arving
  • Norwegian word for "heir."
arvinge
  • Swedish word for "heir."
arvo
  • Finnish word for "title, rank, status."
arvskifte
  • Swedish word for "distribution of an inherited estate."
arzobispo
  • Spanish word for "archbishop."
Arzt
  • German word for "physician."
As Enumerated, 1881 British Census
  • An index of the 1881 British census that is organized in the same order as the original census. It can help identify households and neighbors living on the same street.
ascendente
  • Portuguese word for "ancestor."
ascendiente
  • Spanish word for "ancestor."
ascesso
  • Italian word for "abscess."
ASCII
  • A type of data format for computers. ASCII contains a specified set of letters, numbers, characters, and spaces.
asema
  • Finnish word for "station, class, standing."
asevelvollinen
  • Finnish word for "conscript soldier."
asi
  • Czech word for "perhaps, about, maybe, circa."
asiakirja
  • Finnish word for "document, record."
asilo, Portuguese
  • Portuguese word for "asylum, poorhouse."
asilo, Spanish
  • Spanish word for "asylum, shelter."
asma
  • Afrikaans, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish word for "asthma."
asmi
  • Icelandic word for "asthma."
Assembly of God
  • The largest Pentecostal religion in the world. Its official name is the General Council of the Assemblies of God. Pentecostalism grew out of the religious revival of the early 1900s. Its doctrines include the infallibility of the Bible, the fall and redemption of man, divine healing through prayer, baptism by immersion, eternal punishment for the unsaved, and the return of Christ to rule on earth. Pentecostals believe that every Christian should be filled with the Holy Spirit.
assento
  • Portuguese word for "record, entry."
Assessment roll
  • A list of property owners, the value of their property, and the amount in taxes each owner owes.
assessore comunale
  • Italian word for "alderman."
assinatura
  • Portuguese word for "signature."
Assistant surgeon, British
  • An officer in the British army who helps the surgeon (doctor).
Assisted emigrant
  • Between 1815 and 1900, qualified emigrants received passage money or land grants in their destination country as an alternative to receiving poor relief. After 1840, New Zealand and Australia offered money or land grants to skilled workers to encourage immigration.
Assisted emigrants register
  • A record of people who applied for assistance to emigrate to a new country.
Assize court, England
  • A court in England that deals with more serious criminal cases. It existed from the 1200s to 1971 and consisted of twelve judges appointed by the Crown.
Association
  • An organization of people who have common interests or goals.
Association of Professional Genealogists
  • An organization for professional genealogists.
asszony, Hungarian
  • Hungarian word for "married woman, wife."
astma
  • Norwegian word for "asthma."
asua
  • Finnish word for "live, reside."
asuinpaikka
  • Finnish word for "place of residence."
asukas
  • Finnish word for "inhabitant, resident, lodger."
asunto
  • Finnish word for "residence."
asutuksen yleisluettelo
  • Finnish word for "general register of inhabitants."
asystencya
  • Polish word for "assistance."
aszkór
  • Hungarian word for "dehydration."
asztalos
  • Hungarian word for "cabinet maker; joiner; woodworker."
asztma
  • Hungarian word for "asthma."
at, Latin
  • Latin word for "but."
at, Norwegian
  • Norwegian word for "that."
ata
  • Portuguese word for "record, document."
atd.
  • Czech word for "and so forth."
Atlantic provinces, Canada
  • A grouping of Canadian provinces consisting of Newfoundland and the Maritime provinces of Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick.
Atlas
  • A book or computerized collection of geographical maps and charts.
atque
  • Latin word for "and."
atrás
  • Portuguese word for "behind, in back of."
att
  • Swedish word for "that (know that he died)."
attacco
  • Italian word for "seizure."
Attained
  • Achieved, reached a goal, as in Hawaii attained statehood.
attaque
  • French word for "seizure."
atten
  • Danish and Norwegian word for "eighteen."
attende
  • Danish and Norwegian word for "eighteenth."
attesa
  • Italian word for "awaiting."
attest
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish word for "certificate."
atti diversi
  • Italian word for "miscellaneous records."
atto di matrimonio
  • Italian word for "marriage certificate."
atto di morte
  • Italian word for "death certificate."
atto di nascita
  • Italian word for "birth certificate."
atya
  • Hungarian word for "father."
au
  • French word for "at the, in the."
au dessus
  • French word for "over."
au matin
  • French word for "in the morning."
au même endroit
  • French word for "at the same place."
au soir
  • French word for "in the evening."
aubergiste
  • French word for "innkeeper."
auch
  • German word for "also, too."
aucun(e)
  • French word for "no, none."
Audencia, New Mexico
  • A Spanish term referring to a Mexican court of appeal that handled civil and criminal court cases in what is not the state of New Mexico between 1598 and 1847.
Audiencia
  • A regional court that functioned under a Spanish viceroyalty. These courts had legal, financial, and administrative powers. They supervised local courts, applied Spanish law, and served to establish a legal tradition that has persisted in Hispanic America.
Auditor's books
  • Books containing information about personal payments for provisions, sewing, nursing, and wagon use during the Revolutionary War. The records cover from 1784 to 1800.
auf
  • German word for "on, upon, at."
aufbieten
  • German word for "post banns."
Aufenthaltserlaubnis
  • German word for "residence permit."
Aufenthaltsort
  • German word for "residence."
Aufgebote, Germany
  • A German word for marriage banns or proclamations.
auglýsing
  • Icelandic word for "proclamation."
august
  • Danish and Norwegian word for "August."
August, German
  • German word for "August."
augusti
  • Latin and Swedish word for "of August."
Augustus
  • Dutch and Latin word for "August."
Augustus, Afrikaans (VIII)
  • Afrikaans word for "August."
augusztus
  • Hungarian word for "August."
aujourd'hui
  • French word for "today."
aukko
  • Finnish word for "gap (missing records)."
auparavant
  • French word for "former."
aurifaber
  • Latin word for "goldsmith."
auriga
  • Latin word for "driver."
aus
  • German word for "from, out of."
aussi
  • French word for "also, as, since."
austriacki
  • Polish word for "Austrian."
austriaco
  • Italian word for "Austrian."
Auswanderer
  • German word for "emigrant."
Auswanderung
  • German word for "emigration."
Auszehrung
  • German word for "consumption or emaciation (especially from TB)."
Auszug
  • German word for "extract."
aut
  • Latin word for "or."
autant
  • French word for "as much."
autem
  • Latin word for "but, however, moreover."
Author/Title Search
  • A type of search available in the microfiche version of the FamilySearch Catalog™. Records are listed alphabetically by author and title. This search is not available in the computer version of the catalog.
Authority
  • The right and power to make decisions, take action, enforce law, or influence others.
autio
  • Finnish word for "uninhabited."
auto de fé, Portuguese
  • Portuguese word for "trial of faith, sentence handed down by the Inquisition."
auto de fé, Spanish
  • Spanish word for "sentence given by the Inquisition."
autorisation
  • French word for "permission."
autour
  • French word for "around."
autre
  • French word for "other."
auxentium
  • Latin word for "Alsace."
außen
  • German word for "outside."
außer Dienst (a.D.)
  • German word for "formerly employed, retired."
außerehelich
  • German word for "illegitimate."
av, Norwegian
  • Norwegian word for "of, at, by, from."
av, Swedish
  • Swedish word for "of."
ava
  • Latin word for "grandmother."
ava materna
  • Italian word for "maternal grandmother."
ava paterna
  • Italian word for "paternal grandmother."
avant
  • French word for "former, before."
avant-hier
  • French word for "the day before yesterday."
avant-veille
  • French word for "two days before."
avanti di
  • Italian word for "before."
avdeling
  • Norwegian word for "part, division."
avdød
  • Norwegian word for "deceased."
avec
  • French word for "with."
avere
  • Italian word for "to have."
Aveux
  • A French word for oaths. The term aveux et dénombrements refers to a specific type of land record used in Québec.


Aveux et dénombrements, Canada
  • A type of land record used in the mid-1700s in Québec, Canada, roughly translated as "land descriptions" or "censuses of land and inhabitants." The aveux et dénombrements list the name of the principal habitant (occupant) of each farm in each seigneurie (manor) but not family members or farm workers. The information required in this record was very precise and included the exact location of the land, its size, the streams that flowed through it, the number and condition of buildings and mills on the lands, the number of tenants and the rents they paid, and the acres of cultivable land.
avgangen
  • Norwegian word for "departed."
avgift, Norwegian
  • Norwegian word for "duty (monetary), fee."
avgift, Swedish
  • Swedish word for "fee."
avgång
  • Swedish word for "departure."
avgått
  • Swedish word for "moved."
avgått med döden
  • Swedish word for "died (departed through death)."
avi, Italian
  • Italian word for "ancestors."
avi, Latin
  • Latin word for "ancestors, grandparents."
avia
  • Latin word for "grandmother."
aviaticus
  • Latin word for "nephew."
avioero
  • Finnish word for "divorce."
avioliiton ulkopuolella (a.u.)
  • Finnish word for "illegitimate, out of wedlock."
avioliitto
  • Finnish word for "marriage."
avioliittoasiakirjat
  • Finnish word for "marriage documents."
aviomies
  • Finnish word for "husband."
avionrikkoja
  • Finnish word for "adulterer."
aviopari
  • Finnish word for "married couple."
aviopuoliso
  • Finnish word for "spouse."
avioton
  • Finnish word for "unmarried, illegitimate."
aviovaimo
  • Finnish word for "wife."
avkom
  • Norwegian word for "offspring, issue."
avliden
  • Swedish word for "deceased, death."
avo materno
  • Italian word for "maternal grandfather."
avo paterno
  • Italian word for "paternal grandfather."
avo, Italian
  • Italian word for "ancestor."
Avocat
  • A French term for lawyer.
avoir
  • French word for "to have."
avond ('s avonds)
  • Dutch word for "evening, (in the evening)."
Avondmaal
  • Dutch word for "communion, sacrament."
avons
  • French word for "(we) have."
avoro, -a
  • Italian word for "grandfather (grandmother)."
avril
  • French word for "April."
avskedad
  • Swedish word for "discharged, resigned."
avsomna
  • Swedish word for "die, death."
avtale
  • Norwegian word for "agreement."
avunculus
  • Latin word for "uncle (mother's brother)."
avus
  • Latin word for "grandfather."
avvocato
  • Italian word for "lawyer."
avó, Portuguese
  • Portuguese word for "grandmother."
avô, Portuguese
  • Portuguese word for "grandfather."
avôs
  • Portuguese word for "grandparents."
Award books
  • Records of land grants given to settlers in Hawaii between 1836 and 1855.
ayant
  • French word for "having."
ayer
  • Spanish word for "yesterday."
ayuntamiento
  • Spanish word for "city hall, town government."
az
  • Hungarian word for "the."
azok
  • Hungarian word for "they."
azonkívül
  • Hungarian word for "besides, in addition to."
azul
  • Portuguese and Spanish word for "blue."
azúcar
  • Spanish word for "sugar."
açúcar
  • Portuguese word for "sugar."
aîné (l'aîné)
  • French word for "the older, senior."
aïeul
  • French word for "grandfather."
aïeule
  • French word for "grandmother."
aðkominn, aðkomnir
  • Icelandic word for "arrivals, guests."
año, Spanish
  • Spanish word for "year."
aún
  • Spanish word for "still."
à
  • French word for "at, to in."
à cet endroit
  • French word for "in this place."
à cinq heures
  • French word for "at 5 o'clock."
à jour
  • French word for "current."
à, Portuguese
  • Portuguese word for "to the, toward the (feminine)."
às horas
  • Portuguese word for "at o'clock."
á morgun
  • Icelandic word for "tomorrow."
á, Icelandic
  • Icelandic word for "on, at."
áar
  • Icelandic word for "ancestors."
ács
  • Hungarian word for "carpenter."
ág
  • Hungarian word for "branch, line."
ágostai (ág.)
  • Hungarian word for "Evangelical (Lutheran)."
ágostai (ág.)
  • Hungarian word for "Evangelical (Lutheran)."
ágyból származó
  • Hungarian word for "legitimacy status."
ágyrajáró
  • Hungarian word for "lodger."
ágúst
  • Icelandic word for "August."
ái
  • Icelandic word for "ancestor."
állami
  • Hungarian word for "civil, state."
állandó
  • Hungarian word for "permanent."
állapot
  • Hungarian word for "status, civil status, condition."
állapota
  • Hungarian word for "status of."
állapotos
  • Hungarian word for "pregnant."
állás
  • Hungarian word for "occupation, condition."
április
  • Hungarian word for "April."
ár
  • Icelandic word for "year."
árbol
  • Spanish word for "tree."
árbol genealógico
  • Spanish word for "genealogical tree."
árva
  • Hungarian word for "orphan."
árvore
  • Portuguese word for "tree."
árvore genealógica
  • Portuguese word for "genealogical tree."
át, Hungarian
  • Hungarian word for "through."
átján
  • Icelandic word for "eighteen."
átjándi
  • Icelandic word for "eighteenth."
átta
  • Icelandic word for "eight."
áttatíu
  • Icelandic word for "eighty."
áttugasti
  • Icelandic word for "eightieth."
áttundi
  • Icelandic word for "eighth."
áttértek
  • Hungarian word for "persons converted."
áttérés
  • Hungarian word for "conversion."
âgé(e)
  • French word for "aged."
äga
  • Swedish word for "own."
ägare
  • Swedish word for "owner."
ägor
  • Swedish word for "land, property."
äidinisä
  • Finnish word for "grandfather (maternal)."
äidinäiti
  • Finnish word for "grandmother (maternal)."
äiditön
  • Finnish word for "motherless."
äiti
  • Finnish word for "mother."
äitipuoli
  • Finnish word for "stepmother."
äkta
  • Swedish word for "legitimate."
äktenskap
  • Swedish word for "marriage."
äldre
  • Swedish word for "older, elder."
äldste
  • Swedish word for "oldest, eldset, elder."
ältest
  • German word for "eldest."
ämbete
  • Swedish word for "office."
änka
  • Swedish word for "widow."
änkeman, änkling
  • Swedish word for "widower."
ännu
  • Swedish word for "yet, still."
äpärä
  • Finnish word for "illegitimate child."
är
  • Swedish word for "are, is, am."
ärlig, Swedish
  • Swedish word for "honest."
ätt
  • Swedish word for "family."
äußere
  • German word for "outside, outward, external."
å
  • Swedish word for "at, on, to, river."
åbo
  • Swedish word for "tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease."
ålder
  • Swedish word for "age."
ålderdom
  • Swedish word for "old age."
ånd
  • Norwegian word for "spirit."
åndsvag
  • Danish word for "mentally deficient."
åndsvak
  • Norwegian word for "mentally deficient."
år
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish word for "year."
århundrade
  • Swedish word for "century."
århundre
  • Norwegian word for "century."
årlig
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish word for "yearly, annual."
årsak
  • Norwegian word for "cause, reason."
årsdag
  • Danish word for "anniversary."
årtionde
  • Swedish word for "decade."
åsted
  • Norwegain word for "where event took place (place of event)."
åt, Swedish
  • Swedish word for "to."
återvänd
  • Swedish word for "returned."
åtta
  • Swedish word for "eight."
åtte
  • Norwegian word for "eight."
åttende, Norwegian
  • Norwegian word for "eighth."
åtti
  • Norwegian word for "eighty."
åttiede
  • Norwegian word for "eightieth."
åttio(nde)
  • Swedish word for "eighty (eightieth)."
åttonde
  • Swedish word for "eighth."
ægtabarn
  • Icelandic word for "legitimate child."
ægtaviigder
  • Icelandic word for "married, marriages."
ægte
  • Danish word for "legitimate."
ægtefælle
  • Danish word for "spouse."
ægteskab
  • Danish word for "marriage."
ægteskabelig
  • Danish word for "marital, conjugal."
ægteskapsbryder
  • Danish word for "adulterer."
ægteviet
  • Danish word for "married."
ælder
  • Danish word for "elder."
ældre
  • Danish word for "older, elder."
ældst
  • Danish word for "oldest, eldest."
ærbødig
  • Norwegian word for "respectful."
ære
  • Norwegian word for "honor."
ærlig
  • Danish and Norwegian word for "honest."
æsing
  • Icelandic word for "inflammation, agitation."
ættegransking
  • Norwegian word for "genealogy."
ættfaðir
  • Icelandic word for "ancestor."
æði
  • Icelandic word for "panic."
æðislegur
  • Icelandic word for "in panic."
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