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-<br>'''Labrador, Canada''':&nbsp; A large peninsula in northeastern Canada. It is currently part of Québec and Newfoundland.
+===== Labrador, Canada =====
+*A large peninsula in northeastern Canada. It is currently part of Québec and Newfoundland.
 Lægdsruller, Denmark:&nbsp; Danish army levying rolls, which are records kept by the parish that list all males up to age 34 in a parish. Beginning in 1788 these records were taken every three years and were used as a list of potential draftees. If a male age 34 or younger moved to a new parish, the levying roll usually notes the new parish's identification number. These records can help establish where a male ancestor was living when other important records were made.
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 Livery, probate:&nbsp; A fee that the heir of a landowner paid to the British Crown before taking possession of the land. The term livery also refers to process of delivering legal possession of property
-Livery, trade:&nbsp; The distinctive uniform that was used by some craft or trade companies in London, England, for special occasions. The term livery originally referred only to the uniform, but it was eventually used to refer to the collective membership of the company.
+===== Livery, trade =====
+*The distinctive uniform that was used by some craft or trade companies in London, England, for special occasions. The term livery originally referred only to the uniform, but it was eventually used to refer to the collective membership of the company.
+===== Livrets de famille, France =====
+*In France, a booklet that a civil registrar gave to a newly married couple. The booklet included an extract of the marriage record and references to the marriage contract. The couple was responsible for taking the booklet to the registrar as each of their children was born. The registrar would update the booklet with the child's birth information and return the booklet to the family. The registrar also recorded deaths in this booklet. Families kept the booklets and often handed them down to their children. The English term for these booklets is family civil registration book.
+===== Lobo =====
+*A term used in Catholic Church registers to describe a person from Spanish-speaking Latin America whose ancestry is a mix of Indian (3/4) and African (1/4). Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate.
+===== Local census =====
+*A count and description of the population of a city, town, or county. This type of census is not taken by a national government
+Local court: A court that has jurisdiction at a local level, such as a town or city
+===== Local history =====
+*An account of the historical events surrounding a particular area.
+===== Local history library =====
+*A library that collects and writes histories of the people and places in its area.
+===== Local library =====
+*A public or other type of library available in an area.
+===== Local unit =====
+*n a military context, a military force organized at a local level, such as a militia.
+===== Locality Browse =====
+*An option available on the compact disc version of the Family History Library Catalog™. This option allows the user to browse alphabetical lists of the places used in the catalog.
+===== Locality or geographical surname =====
+*A last name based on the place where the person lived or came from.
+===== Locality Search =====
+*A type of search in the Family History Library Catalog™ that searches for records by place. This type of search is available on both the microfiche and computer versions of the catalog
+===== Locality Sections, PERiodical Source Index =====
+*A section in the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) that organizes the index into articles about specific places. This section has three areas: U.S. Places, Canada, and Foreign Countries. Articles are listed first by locality and then by the record type.
+===== Locality Sections, PERiodical Source Index =====
+*A section in the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) that organizes the index into articles about specific places. This section has three areas: U.S. Places, Canada, and Foreign Countries. Articles are listed first by locality and then by the record type.
+===== Location ticket =====
+*A document describing the exact location of a piece of land.
+===== Lodge, court records =====
+*o file a complaint or petition in a court of law.
+===== Lodge, societies =====
+*A society of people, usually men, organized to pursue common interests or pleasures; also the building in which the society meets.
-Livrets de famille, France:&nbsp; In France, a booklet that a civil registrar gave to a newly married couple. The booklet included an extract of the marriage record and references to the marriage contract. The couple was responsible for taking the booklet to the registrar as each of their children was born. The registrar would update the booklet with the child's birth information and return the booklet to the family. The registrar also recorded deaths in this booklet. Families kept the booklets and often handed them down to their children. The English term for these booklets is family civil registration book.
+===== Loiselle Index, Canada =====
-Lobo:&nbsp; A term used in Catholic Church registers to describe a person from Spanish-speaking Latin America whose ancestry is a mix of Indian (3/4) and African (1/4). Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate.
+*An index to about one million French-Canadian Catholic marriage records. It is one of the best sources to use to find Catholic marriages performed in Québec and some parishes outside of Québec with large settlements of French Canadians. The index covers marriages that occurred from the mid 1600s to 1900, with a few marriages to 1960.
-Local census:&nbsp; A count and description of the population of a city, town, or county. This type of census is not taken by a national government
+===== London Company =====
-Local court:&nbsp; A court that has jurisdiction at a local level, such as a town or city
+*A company of merchants and others that was founded in 1606 when King James I chartered it to form a colony in the Americas. The company founded a colony in Jamestown. The company, convinced that the area contained precious metals, promised a share of the profits to the investors and to the settlers. No profits were made. The company reorganized in 1609 and again in 1612 but was still unprofitable. In 1624, King James dissolved the company because of poor management, and Virginia became a crown colony. The official name of the company was the Virginia Company of London.
-Local history:&nbsp; An account of the historical events surrounding a particular area.
+===== Long book, Latter-day Saint =====
-Local history library:&nbsp;&nbsp;A library that collects and writes histories of the people and places in its area.
+*A printed book used to record membership records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1877 and 1900. When open, a long book was about four feet wide.
-Local library:&nbsp; A public or other type of library available in an area.
+===== Loose papers =====
-Local unit:&nbsp; In a military context, a military force organized at a local level, such as a militia.
+*A file of all documents relating to the settlement of an individual’s estate. Also called probate estate papers, case files, probate packet, or estate files.
-Locality Browse:&nbsp; An option available on the compact disc version of the Family History Library Catalog™. This option allows the user to browse alphabetical lists of the places used in the catalog.
+===== Lord Lyon King of Arms, Scotland =====
-Locality or geographical surname:&nbsp; A last name based on the place where the person lived or came from.
+*The officer in Scotland who oversees the king's heralds. The Lord Lyon King of Arms is responsible for the right to use coats of arms; therefore, he maintains pedigrees of families entitled to use coats of arms.
-Locality Search:&nbsp; A type of search in the Family History Library Catalog™ that searches for records by place. This type of search is available on both the microfiche and computer versions of the catalog
+===== Lord of regality, Scotland =====
-Locality Sections, PERiodical Source Index:&nbsp; A section in the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) that organizes the index into articles about specific places. This section has three areas: U.S. Places, Canada, and Foreign Countries. Articles are listed first by locality and then by the record type.
+*A titled individual to whom the Crown granted extensive property (regality)&nbsp;which came with civil and criminal jurisdictional&nbsp;powers almost as great as those of the crown. The jurisdiction was much wider than that granted to a baron.&nbsp; These were mostly abolished in 1747.
-Locality Sections, PERiodical Source Index:&nbsp; A section in the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) that organizes the index into articles about specific places. This section has three areas: U.S. Places, Canada, and Foreign Countries. Articles are listed first by locality and then by the record type.
+===== Lost at sea =====
-Location ticket:&nbsp; A document describing the exact location of a piece of land.
+*A sailor who disappeared at sea but who could not be confirmed dead.
-Lodge, court records:&nbsp; To file a complaint or petition in a court of law.
+===== Lot, Canada =====
-Lodge, societies:&nbsp; A society of people, usually men, organized to pursue common interests or pleasures; also the building in which the society meets.
+*A division of a county on Prince Edward Island. Some lots had their own municipal governments, although villages and towns within their boundaries may have been independent of them. Other lots were only parcels of land.
-Loiselle Index, Canada:&nbsp; An index to about one million French-Canadian Catholic marriage records. It is one of the best sources to use to find Catholic marriages performed in Québec and some parishes outside of Québec with large settlements of French Canadians. The index covers marriages that occurred from the mid 1600s to 1900, with a few marriages to 1960.
+===== Louisiana Purchase =====
-London Company:&nbsp; A company of merchants and others that was founded in 1606 when King James I chartered it to form a colony in the Americas. The company founded a colony in Jamestown. The company, convinced that the area contained precious metals, promised a share of the profits to the investors and to the settlers. No profits were made. The company reorganized in 1609 and again in 1612 but was still unprofitable. In 1624, King James dissolved the company because of poor management, and Virginia became a crown colony. The official name of the company was the Virginia Company of London.
+*885,000 square miles of land between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains that the United States purchased from France in 1803.
-Long book, Latter-day Saint:&nbsp; A printed book used to record membership records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1877 and 1900. When open, a long book was about four feet wide.
+===== Lower-level provincial court, Canada =====
-Loose papers:&nbsp; A file of all documents relating to the settlement of an individual’s estate. Also called probate estate papers, case files, probate packet, or estate files.
+*A provincial court in Canada that hears minor civil and criminal cases.
-Lord Lyon King of Arms, Scotland:&nbsp; The officer in Scotland who oversees the king's heralds. The Lord Lyon King of Arms is responsible for the right to use coats of arms; therefore, he maintains pedigrees of families entitled to use coats of arms.
+===== Loyal Land Company of Virginia =====
-Lord of regality, Scotland:&nbsp; A titled individual to whom the Crown granted extensive property (regality)&nbsp;which came with civil and criminal jurisdictional&nbsp;powers almost as great as those of the crown. The jurisdiction was much wider than that granted to a baron.&nbsp; These were mostly abolished in 1747.
+*A land speculation company that was granted land, which it surveyed. The company then sold the surveys to individuals, who obtained titles to the land by patent from the secretary of the colony or the Virginia Land Office.
-Lost at sea:&nbsp; A sailor who disappeared at sea but who could not be confirmed dead.
+===== Ludlow's Survey =====
-Lot, Canada:&nbsp; A division of a county on Prince Edward Island. Some lots had their own municipal governments, although villages and towns within their boundaries may have been independent of them. Other lots were only parcels of land.
+*A line surveyed by Israel Ludlow from the source of the Little Miami River to the Great Miami River. This line defined the northern boundary of the area that John Cleves Symmes proposed to purchase.
-Louisiana Purchase:&nbsp; 885,000 square miles of land between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains that the United States purchased from France in 1803.
+===== Lurie index =====
-Lower-level provincial court, Canada:&nbsp; A provincial court in Canada that hears minor civil and criminal cases.
+*An index to the names and addresses of voters in Chicago in 1937.
-Loyal Land Company of Virginia:&nbsp; A land speculation company that was granted land, which it surveyed. The company then sold the surveys to individuals, who obtained titles to the land by patent from the secretary of the colony or the Virginia Land Office.
+===== Lutheran churches =====
-Ludlow's Survey:&nbsp; A line surveyed by Israel Ludlow from the source of the Little Miami River to the Great Miami River. This line defined the northern boundary of the area that John Cleves Symmes proposed to purchase.
+*A group of Protestant churches that base their doctrine on the Bible and the teachings of Martin Luther. Lutheranism grew out of the Reformation in Germany in the 1500s. The church was formally established by 1531 and quickly spread throughout Germany and Scandinavia. Also called the Evangelical Church.
-Lurie index:&nbsp; An index to the names and addresses of voters in Chicago in 1937.
+===== Lyman Copeland Draper Collection =====
-Lutheran churches:&nbsp; A group of Protestant churches that base their doctrine on the Bible and the teachings of Martin Luther. Lutheranism grew out of the Reformation in Germany in the 1500s. The church was formally established by 1531 and quickly spread throughout Germany and Scandinavia. Also called the Evangelical Church.
+*A collection of diaries, correspondence, original documents, notes, and oral interviews collected by Draper from residents of Kentucky and Tennessee. He collected these records from the 1830s to 1891.
-Lyman Copeland Draper Collection:&nbsp; A collection of diaries, correspondence, original documents, notes, and oral interviews collected by Draper from residents of Kentucky and Tennessee. He collected these records from the 1830s to 1891.
+===== Lysningar: =====
-Lysningar:&nbsp; The Swedish word for marriage banns or intentions.<br><!--{12077886320370} -->&nbsp; <!--{12077886320371} --><!--{12077886320372} -->
+*he Swedish word for marriage banns or intentions.>
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