B genealogical glossary terms: Difference between revisions

     Swedish word for "childless."

     Danish and Norwegian word for "childless."

     Swedish word for "midwife."

     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.

     Swedish word for "childbirth."

     Icelandic word for "childbed."

     Latin word for "baron."

===== Baron  =====

*A baron was the noble owner of a feudal barony, which was a dignity and jurisdiction created over an area of land.  He could charter towns on his estate with the explicit permission of the Crown and he had civil and criminal jurisdictional powers.

     German word for "baron."

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

     Italian word for "baron."

*A freehold estate created by direct grant with charter from the Crown, which carried with it both civil and criminal jurisdiction.

     Spanish word for "city ward."

     Danish and Norwegian word for "birth."

     Norwegian word for "childbed fever."

     Danish and Norwegian word for "birthing bed."

     A collection of biographies, guardian bonds, appraisements, marriages, and church records for the residents of Kentucky in Pendleton County and neighboring counties.

     Hungarian word for "friend."

     Portuguese word for "baron."

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

     French word for "low, lower."

     A child born out of wedlock. In the British Isles, similar terms are illegitimate, bastard, natural born, and unlawful.

===== Basic Search Strategies  =====

*The section of a research outline that describes a general process for conducting family history research.

     Italian word for "low."

     A child born out of wedlock. In the British Isles, similar terms are illegitimate, base born, natural born, and unlawful.

     Italian word for "illegitimate child."

===== Bastardy bond  =====

*A Portuguese word for baptisms.

===== Bauptismos  =====

*A Spanish term for baptism. Also used in the Philippines.

===== BCG  =====

*Board for Certification of Genealogists.

===== Begräbnisse  =====

*The German word for burials.

===== Begravede  =====

*A Norwegian and Danish word for burials.

===== Begravna  =====

*The Swedish word for burials.

===== Beneficiary, insurance  =====