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*Latin word for "he appeared, came."
*Latin word for "he appeared, came."


===== advocaat =====
===== advocaat =====
 
*Dutch word for "notary, lawyer."
*Dutch word for "notary, lawyer."


===== advocatus =====
===== advocatus =====
 
*Latin word for "lawyer."
*Latin word for "lawyer."


===== advogado (a) =====
===== advogado (a) =====
 
*Portuguese word for "lawyer."
*Portuguese word for "lawyer."


===== advokaat =====
===== advokaat =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "advocate, lawyer."
*Afrikaans word for "advocate, lawyer."


===== adó =====
===== adó =====
 
*Hungarian word for "tax."
*Hungarian word for "tax."


===== adúltero (a) =====
===== adúltero (a) =====
 
*Portuguese and Spanish word for "adulterer."
*Portuguese and Spanish word for "adulterer."


===== aeger =====
===== aeger =====
 
*Latin word for "sick."
*Latin word for "sick."


===== aegyptus =====
===== aegyptus =====
 
*Latin word for "gypsy."
*Latin word for "gypsy."


===== aequalis =====
===== aequalis =====
 
*Latin word for "equal."
*Latin word for "equal."


===== aetas (aetatis) =====
===== aetas (aetatis) =====
 
*Latin word for "age."
*Latin word for "age."


===== aetate =====
===== aetate =====
 
*Latin word for "(being) in the age of, age."
*Latin word for "(being) in the age of, age."


===== af =====
===== af =====
 
*Icelandic word for "by."
*Icelandic word for "by."


===== af =====
===== af =====
 
*Danish word for "of, at, by, from."
*Danish word for "of, at, by, from."


===== afdeling =====
===== afdeling =====
 
*Danish word for "part, division, portion."
*Danish word for "part, division, portion."


===== afdød =====
===== afdød =====
 
*Danish word for "deceased."
*Danish word for "deceased."


===== afficher les bans =====
===== afficher les bans =====
 
*French word for "post banns."
*French word for "post banns."


===== affiché =====
===== affiché =====
 
*French word for "posted (on door)."
*French word for "posted (on door)."


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*A term generally used in the United States to describe residents of African descent.
*A term generally used in the United States to describe residents of African descent.


===== affinitas =====
===== affinitas =====
 
*Latin word for "relationship by marriage."
*Latin word for "relationship by marriage."


===== affinità =====
===== affinità =====
 
*Italian word for "relationship."
*Italian word for "relationship."


===== affirmavit =====
===== affirmavit =====
 
*Latin word for "he/she affirmed, confirmed, asserted."
*Latin word for "he/she affirmed, confirmed, asserted."


===== affittuario, -a =====
===== affittuario, -a =====
 
*Italian word for "renter, tenant."
*Italian word for "renter, tenant."


===== afgangne =====
===== afgangne =====
 
*Danish word for "departed."
*Danish word for "departed."


===== afgangsliste =====
===== afgangsliste =====
 
*Danish word for "moving-out record."
*Danish word for "moving-out record."


===== afgift =====
===== afgift =====
 
*Danish word for "duty, monetary fee."
*Danish word for "duty, monetary fee."


===== afi =====
===== afi =====
 
*Icelandic word for "grandfather."
*Icelandic word for "grandfather."


===== afkondigen =====
===== afkondigen =====
 
*Dutch word for "to post banns."
*Dutch word for "to post banns."


===== afkondigingen =====
===== afkondigingen =====
 
*Dutch word for "proclamations, banns."
*Dutch word for "proclamations, banns."


===== aflausn =====
===== aflausn =====
 
*Icelandic word for "public remission of sins."
*Icelandic word for "public remission of sins."


===== Ancestral File number (AFN) =====
===== Ancestral File number (AFN) =====
 
*A number used to identify each record in Ancestral File.
*A number used to identify each record in Ancestral File.


===== afogamento =====
===== afogamento =====
 
*Portuguese word for "drowning."
*Portuguese word for "drowning."


===== afschrift(en) =====
===== afschrift(en) =====
 
*Dutch word for "extract, duplicate record, transcript, certified copy."
*Dutch word for "extract, duplicate record, transcript, certified copy."


===== afskrif(te) =====
===== afskrif(te) =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "duplicate, transcript."
*Afrikaans word for "duplicate, transcript."


===== aften =====
===== aften =====
 
*Danish and Norwegian word for "evening."
*Danish and Norwegian word for "evening."


===== afton =====
===== afton =====
 
*Swedish word for "evening."
*Swedish word for "evening."


===== aftægt =====
===== aftægt =====
 
*Danish word for "support received after giving up an estate."
*Danish word for "support received after giving up an estate."


===== ag, agt =====
===== ag, agt =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "eight."
*Afrikaans word for "eight."


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*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).
*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 =====
===== agente =====
 
*Italian word for "agent."
*Italian word for "agent."


===== agentis =====
===== agentis =====
 
*Latin word for "of the official."
*Latin word for "of the official."


===== agglegény =====
===== agglegény =====
 
*Hungarian word for "bachelor."
*Hungarian word for "bachelor."


===== agnatus =====
===== agnatus =====
 
*Latin word for "blood relative in the male line."
*Latin word for "blood relative in the male line."


===== ago =====
===== ago =====
 
*Spanish word for "August."
*Spanish word for "August."


===== agosto, Spanish (ago, agto) =====
===== agosto, Spanish (ago, agto) =====
 
*Spanish word for "August."
*Spanish word for "August."


===== agonia =====
===== agonia =====
 
*Latin word for "cramps."
*Latin word for "cramps."


===== agosto =====
===== agosto =====
 
*Portuguese and Spanish word for "August."
*Portuguese and Spanish word for "August."


===== agosto =====
===== agosto =====
 
*Italian and Portuguese word for "August."
*Italian and Portuguese word for "August."


===== agosto, Spanish (ago, agto) =====
===== agosto, Spanish (ago, agto) =====
 
*Spanish word for "August."
*Spanish word for "August."


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*A list in the 1850 to 1880 censuses that contains information on farms and the names of farmers.
*A list in the 1850 to 1880 censuses that contains information on farms and the names of farmers.


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===== agricola  =====


===== agricola =====
*Latin word for "farmer."
*Latin word for "farmer."


===== agricoltore =====
===== agricoltore =====
 
*Italian word for "farmer."
*Italian word for "farmer."


===== agricultor =====
===== agricultor =====
 
*Spanish word for "farmer."
*Spanish word for "farmer."


===== agste =====
===== agste =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "eighth."
*Afrikaans word for "eighth."


===== agt-en-twintig =====
===== agt-en-twintig =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "twenty-eight."
*Afrikaans word for "twenty-eight."


===== agt-en-twintigste =====
===== agt-en-twintigste =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "twenty-eighth."
*Afrikaans word for "twenty-eighth."


===== agterkleindogter =====
===== agterkleindogter =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "great-granddaughter."
*Afrikaans word for "great-granddaughter."


===== agterkleinkind =====
===== agterkleinkind =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "great-grandchild."
*Afrikaans word for "great-grandchild."


===== agterkleinseun =====
===== agterkleinseun =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "great-grandson."
*Afrikaans word for "great-grandson."


===== agtien =====
===== agtien =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "eighteen."
*Afrikaans word for "eighteen."


===== agtiende =====
===== agtiende =====
 
*Afrikaans word for "eighteenth."
*Afrikaans word for "eighteenth."


===== agto =====
===== agto =====
 
*Spanish word for "August."
*Spanish word for "August."


===== agyláz =====
===== agyláz =====
 
*Hungarian word for "brain fever."
*Hungarian word for "brain fever."


===== agyvérzés =====
===== agyvérzés =====
 
*Hungarian word for "stroke, apoplexy."
*Hungarian word for "stroke, apoplexy."


===== ahenarius =====
===== ahenarius =====
 
*Latin word for "coppersmith."
*Latin word for "coppersmith."


===== Ahnen =====
===== Ahnen =====
 
*German word for "ancestors."
*German word for "ancestors."


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*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.
*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 =====
===== ahí =====
 
*Spanish word for "there."
*Spanish word for "there."


===== ai (ay) =====
===== ai (ay) =====
 
*French word for "I have."
*French word for "I have."


===== aika =====
===== aika =====
 
*Finnish word for "time, date."
*Finnish word for "time, date."


===== aikainen =====
===== aikainen =====
 
*Finnish word for "early, (A.M.)."
*Finnish word for "early, (A.M.)."


===== aikaisempi =====
===== aikaisempi =====
 
*Finnish word for "earlier."
*Finnish word for "earlier."


===== aikakauskirja =====
===== aikakauskirja =====
 
*Finnish word for "periodical."
*Finnish word for "periodical."


===== aikanaan =====
===== aikanaan =====
 
*Finnish word for "in due time."
*Finnish word for "in due time."


===== aina =====
===== aina =====
 
*Finnish word for "always."
*Finnish word for "always."


===== ainda =====
===== ainda =====
 
*Portuguese word for "still."
*Portuguese word for "still."


===== ainoa =====
===== ainoa =====
 
*Finnish word for "only."
*Finnish word for "only."


===== ainsi que =====
===== ainsi que =====
 
*French word for "as well as."
*French word for "as well as."


===== Accelerated Indexing Systems (AIS or AISI) =====
===== Accelerated Indexing Systems (AIS or AISI) =====
 
*A private company that published indexes to various United States censuses and other records.
*A private company that published indexes to various United States censuses and other records.


===== aivokuume =====
===== aivokuume =====
 
*Finnish word for "encephalitis, inflammation of the brain."
*Finnish word for "encephalitis, inflammation of the brain."


===== aivotärähdys =====
===== aivotärähdys =====
 
*Finnish word for "concussion."
*Finnish word for "concussion."


===== ajaja =====
===== ajaja =====
 
*Finnish word for "coachman."
*Finnish word for "coachman."


===== ajomies =====
===== ajomies =====
 
*Finnish word for "coachman."
*Finnish word for "coachman."


===== akatolicki =====
===== akatolicki =====
 
*Polish word for "non-Catholic."
*Polish word for "non-Catholic."


===== aki =====
===== aki =====
 
*Hungarian word for "who."
*Hungarian word for "who."


===== akt =====
===== akt =====
 
*Polish word for "an entry in a register, record."
*Polish word for "an entry in a register, record."


===== akta malzenstw, akta slubów =====
===== akta malzenstw, akta slubów =====
 
*Polish word for "marriage records."
*Polish word for "marriage records."


===== akta urodzin =====
===== akta urodzin =====
 
*Polish word for "birth records."
*Polish word for "birth records."


===== akta zapowiedzi =====
===== akta zapowiedzi =====
 
*Polish word for "banns records."
*Polish word for "banns records."


===== akta zejsc =====
===== akta zejsc =====
 
*Polish word for "death records."
*Polish word for "death records."


===== akta zgonów =====
===== akta zgonów =====
 
*Polish word for "death records."
*Polish word for "death records."


===== akte =====
===== akte =====
 
*Dutch word for "certificate, deed, license."
*Dutch word for "certificate, deed, license."


===== Akten =====
===== Akten =====
 
*German word for "documents."
*German word for "documents."


===== akur =====
===== akur =====
 
*Icelandic word for "field."
*Icelandic word for "field."


===== akuszerka =====
===== akuszerka =====
 
*Polish word for "midwife."
*Polish word for "midwife."


===== ala, ali =====
===== ala, ali =====
 
*Finnish word for "low(er), under."
*Finnish word for "low(er), under."


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