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*Finnish word for "illegitimate, out of wedlock."
*Finnish word for "illegitimate, out of wedlock."


===== a  ====
==== = a  ====


*Czech word for "and."  
*Czech word for "and."  
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*Finnish word for "low(er), under."
*Finnish word for "low(er), under."


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


===== Albarazado  =====
alacsony


*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.
    Hungarian word for "short."


===== Albino  =====
alaikäinen


*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.
    Finnish word for "minor, underaged."


===== Alcalde Ordinario, New Mexico  =====
alapos


*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.
    Hungarian word for "thorough."


===== Alderman's court  =====
alatt


*A court created in 1851 by the Provisional State of Deseret. No records for this court appear to exist.
    Hungarian word for "under, before, during."


===== Alias surname  =====
albacea


*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.
    Spanish word for "executor of estate."
===== Albarazado  =====


===== Alien crew list, USA  =====
*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


*A list of aliens employed on United States vessels as members of the crew.
albañil


===== Alien's declaration, Canada  =====
    Spanish word for "stonemason."


*A type of Canadian naturalization record in which aliens declare their intent to become Canadian citizens.
albei


===== Alien's intention  =====
    Afrikaans word for "both."


*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.
albergatore


===== Aliens’ register  =====
    Italian word for "innkeeper."


*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.
albero genealogico


===== Allen County Public Library  =====
    Italian word for "pedigree."ays accurate.


*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.
===== Albino  =====


===== Allí te estás  =====
*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.


*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.
albo


===== Allowance docket  =====
    Polish word for "or."


*A list of court-ordered payments.
albus


===== Alsace Emigration Index  =====
    Latin word for "white."


*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.
American Lutheran Church Archives (ALC Archives)


===== Alsace-Lorraine  =====
    The central archives of the American Lutheran Church.


*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.
alcalde


===== Alsatian =====
    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


*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.
    Portuguese word for "name."


===== Alumni directory  =====
alcuni, -e


*A list of the names and addresses of people who graduated from a school, university, or other educational facility.
    Italian word for "some."


===== American  =====
alcuno, -a


*A person from the Western Hemisphere (North and South America). It can also refer to a person from the United States.
    Italian word for "any, some."


===== American Civil War (1861-1865)  =====
aldea


*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.
    Spanish word for "village."


===== American Genealogical Biographical Index  =====
alder


*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.
    Danish and Norwegian word for "age."


===== American Indians  =====
alderdomssvaghed


*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.
    Danish word for "weakness from old age."


===== American Loyalist  =====
alderdomssvakhet


*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.
    Norwegian word for "weakness of old age."


===== American Lutheran Church Archives  =====


*The central archives of the American Lutheran Church.


===== American State Papers, Land Grants and Claims =====
===== Alderman's court =====


*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.
*A court created in 1851 by the Provisional State of Deseret. No records for this court appear to exist.


===== Amish  =====
aldri


*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.
    Danish and Norwegian word for "never."


===== Amt, Denmark  =====
aldrig


*The Danish word for county.
    Swedish word for "never."


===== Amtsgericht, Germany  =====
aldur


*A local court in Germany.
    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 also publishes the 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  =====
===== 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.
*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 Family History Library™ (FHL 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."
 
April, Afrikaans (IV)
 
    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, 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).
 
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 Family History Library 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."


===== Ancestor  =====
ägor


*An individual from whom one is descended.
    Swedish word for "land, property."


===== Ancestor passport, Germany  =====
äidinisä


*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.
    Finnish word for "grandfather (maternal)."


===== Ancestral File™  =====
äidinäiti


*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®.
    Finnish word for "grandmother (maternal)."


===== Ancestral File™ number  =====
äiditön


*A number used to identify each record in Ancestral File.
    Finnish word for "motherless."


===== Andrea Leonardo Collection  =====
äiti


*A collection of research files about South Carolina families.
    Finnish word for "mother."


===== Anglican Church  =====
äitipuoli


*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.
    Finnish word for "stepmother."


===== Anglican Communion  =====
äkta


*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.
    Swedish word for "legitimate."


===== Anglo-American  =====
äktenskap


*An English-speaking person of European descent who is living in the United States.
    Swedish word for "marriage."


===== Angola  =====
äldre


*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.
    Swedish word for "older, elder."


===== Anne Lea Nicholson Collection  =====
äldste


*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.
    Swedish word for "oldest, eldset, elder."


===== Annual report  =====
ältest


*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.
    German word for "eldest."


===== Annual return  =====
ämbete


*A yearly report made by the administrator or executor of an estate to a probate court.
    Swedish word for "office."


===== Annuals Index  =====
änka


*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).
    Swedish word for "widow."


===== Anti-Burghers Church, Scotland  =====
änkeman, änkling


*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.
    Swedish word for "widower."


===== Antirent movement, New York  =====
ännu


*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.
    Swedish word for "yet, still."


===== Appearance docket  =====
äpärä


*A book containing minutes or abstracts of court appearances.
    Finnish word for "illegitimate child."


===== Appellate jurisdiction  =====
är


*The authority of a court to review and revise decisions made by lower courts.
    Swedish word for "are, is, am."


===== Application, land  =====
ärlig, Swedish


*A formal, written request submitted by an individual seeking a land grant.
    Swedish word for "honest."


===== Application, organization  =====
ätt


*A formal, written request to become a member of an organization.
    Swedish word for "family."


===== Applications for Passage Warrants (Series L), Canada  =====
äußere


*A list of the names of immigrants in Ontario, Canada, whose passage was paid by sponsors.
    German word for "outside, outward, external."


===== Appointment to public office  =====
å


*The act of assigning, as opposed to electing, an individual to serve in a government position.
    Swedish word for "at, on, to, river."


===== Appraisal  =====
åbo


*The process of determining the value of property, such as a deceased individual’s estate or a document stating the value of property.
    Swedish word for "tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease."


===== Appraisement  =====
ålder


*The estimated value of property.
    Swedish word for "age."


===== Appraiser  =====
ålderdom


*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.
    Swedish word for "old age."


===== Apprentice  =====
ånd


*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.
    Norwegian word for "spirit."


===== Apprenticeship tax, Britain  =====
åndsvag


*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.
    Danish word for "mentally deficient."


===== Archaic word  =====
åndsvak


*A word that is no longer used or that has a meaning that has changed substantially over time.
    Norwegian word for "mentally deficient."


===== Archdeacon's court, Church of England  =====
år


*An English ecclesiastical court with jurisdiction over an archdeaconry. These courts frequently handled probates.
    Danish, Norwegian and Swedish word for "year."


===== Archdeaconry  =====
århundrade


*An ecclesiastical division within a diocese that is headed by an archdeacon. It may consist of one or more rural deaneries.
    Swedish word for "century."


===== Archive  =====
århundre


*A place where institutions such as governments, businesses, and churches keep their records and official documents. Also used in the plural.
    Norwegian word for "century."


===== Archive Section of the Family Group Records Collection  =====
årlig


*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®.
    Danish, Norwegian and Swedish word for "yearly, annual."


===== Archives and Libraries, Family History Library Catalog™  =====
årsak


*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).
    Norwegian word for "cause, reason."


===== Archives départementales, France  =====
årsdag


*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.
    Danish word for "anniversary."


===== Arizona Territory, USA  =====
årtionde


*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.
    Swedish word for "decade."


===== Ark  =====
åsted


*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.
    Norwegain word for "where event took place (place of event)."


===== Armiger  =====
åt, Swedish


*A person entitled to use a coat of arms.
    Swedish word for "to."


===== Armorial  =====
återvänd


*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.
    Swedish word for "returned."


===== Army  =====
åtta


*The branch of a nation's armed forces that is trained to fight on land.
    Swedish word for "eight."


===== Article, periodicals  =====
åtte


*A written work in a magazine or newspaper.
    Norwegian word for "eight."


===== Artifact  =====
åttende, Norwegian


*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.
    Norwegian word for "eighth."


===== Artificer  =====
åtti


*A mechanic in the British military who makes and repairs machinery.
    Norwegian word for "eighty."


===== As Enumerated, 1881 British Census  =====
åttiede


*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.
    Norwegian word for "eightieth."


===== ASCII  =====
åttio(nde)


*A type of data format for computers. ASCII contains a specified set of letters, numbers, characters, and spaces.
    Swedish word for "eighty (eightieth)."


===== Assembly of God  =====
åttonde


*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.
    Swedish word for "eighth."


===== Assessment roll  =====
ægtabarn


*A list of property owners, the value of their property, and the amount in taxes each owner owes.
    Icelandic word for "legitimate child."


===== Assistant surgeon, British  =====
ægtaviigder


*An officer in the British army who helps the surgeon (doctor).
    Icelandic word for "married, marriages."


===== Assisted emigrant  =====
ægte


*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.
    Danish word for "legitimate."


===== Assisted emigrants register  =====
ægtefælle


*A record of people who applied for assistance to emigrate to a new country.
    Danish word for "spouse."


===== Assize court, England  =====
ægteskab


*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.
    Danish word for "marriage."


===== Association  =====
ægteskabelig


*An organization of people who have common interests or goals.
    Danish word for "marital, conjugal."


===== Association of Professional Genealogists  =====
ægteskapsbryder


*An organization for professional genealogists.
    Danish word for "adulterer."


===== Atlantic provinces, Canada  =====
ægteviet


*A grouping of Canadian provinces consisting of Newfoundland and the Maritime provinces of Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick.
    Danish word for "married."


===== [[Atlas]]  =====
ælder


*A book or computerized collection of geographical maps and charts.
    Danish word for "elder."


===== Audencia, New Mexico  =====
ældre


*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.
    Danish word for "older, elder."


===== Audiencia  =====
ældst


*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.
    Danish word for "oldest, eldest."


===== Auditor's books  =====
ærbødig


*Books containing information about personal payments for provisions, sewing, nursing, and wagon use during the Revolutionary War. The records cover from 1784 to 1800.
    Norwegian word for "respectful."


===== Aufgebote, Germany  =====
ære


*A German word for marriage banns or proclamations.
    Norwegian word for "honor."


===== Author/Title Search  =====
ærlig


*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.
    Danish and Norwegian word for "honest."


===== Authority  =====
æsing


*The right and power to make decisions, take action, enforce law, or influence others.
    Icelandic word for "inflammation, agitation."


===== Aveux et dénombrements, Canada  =====
ættegransking


*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.
    Norwegian word for "genealogy."


===== Aveux, Canada  =====
ættfaðir


*A French word for oaths. The term aveux et dénombrements refers to a specific type of land record used in Québec.
    Icelandic word for "ancestor."


===== Avocat  =====
æði


*A French term for lawyer.
    Icelandic word for "panic."


===== Award books  =====
æðislegur


*Records of land grants given to settlers in Hawaii between 1836 and 1855.
    Icelandic word for "in panic."


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