C genealogical glossary terms: Difference between revisions

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     Roman numeral for "one-hundred."

     Swedish word for "about, approximately."

     Spanish word for "contracted marriage with."

     German word for "about."

     Spanish word for "nobleman, knight, gentleman."

     French word for "barkeeper."

     Spanish word for "head."

     Portuguese word for "head."

     Spanish word for "town council."

*A term used in Brazilian Catholic Church registers to describe a person whose ancestry is a mix of African and Caucasian. Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate.

     Italian word for "hunter."

*A map that shows the people who own land in an area. Also called land ownership map.

     Portuguese word for "land census."

     Latin word for "dead body, cadaver."

     Portuguese word for "jail."

*A mark on a coat of arms showing a younger son's birth order.

     Italian word for "fallen."

     Latin word for "bachelor, single man."

     Latin word for "heaven, sky."

     Latin word for "stonemason."

     Portuguese word for "coffee plantation."

     Italian word for "peasant."

     Portuguese word for "coffee."

*A descendant of French settlers who came from the Acadia region of Canada, or present-day New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, to the United States. They settled in Louisiana in the swamps and slow-moving streams called bayous. They still maintain a unique cultural identity and speak both English and a dialect of French. Most are Roman Catholic.

     Latin word for "shoemaker."

     Latin word for "shoemaker."

===== Calculated date  =====

*An event date that is derived from the date of another event in a person's life. For example, if the United States 1860 census lists a person as being 20 years old, a calculated birth date would be 1839 or 1840.

     Italian word for "tinker."

     Latin word for "Scotland."

     A manuscript collection of genealogical information about people who are descended from Puritans or Mayflower passengers.

===== Calendar  =====

*An probate index that is arranged by first letter of the surname only and then by probate date. I may give the place of residence of a testator.

     The movement of large numbers of people to the gold fields in California, especially in 1849.

     Latin word for "shoemaker."

===== Call number  =====

*The number used to identify a book, microfilm, microfiche, or other source in a library or archive. Library materials are stored and retrieved by call number.

     Spanish word for "street."

*A religion that began to spread throughout Wales during the late 1730s. At first leaders advocated reforming the Church of England but not separating from it. Members would meet weekly for singing and preaching but attend their local parishes for communion. In 1811, however, the Methodists began ordaining their own ministers and keeping their own records. Their beliefs are based on the teachings of John Calvin. Today the religion is known as the Presbyterian Church of Wales.

     Polish word for "entire."

     Italian word for "shoemaker."

     Latin word for "Wales."

*A term used in Catholic Church registers to describe a person from Spanish-speaking Latin America whose ancestry is a mix of Indian (1/2), African (1/4), and Spanish Caucasian (1/4). Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate.

     Latin word for "chamberlain, valet, groom."

     Italian word for "maid, servant girl."

     Italian word for "waiter."

     Italian word for "house steward."

     Spanish word for "road."

     Italian word for "countryside, rural."

     Italian word for "countryman, countrywoman."

     Spanish word for "peasant."

     Portuguese word for "field, plain."

     Spanish word for "field."

     Portuguese word for "peasant, small farmer."

     Portuguese word for "sugarcane.

*Lists, or manifests, kept by Canada and the United States to document all people who crossed the border from Canada into the United States for any purpose. These lists began in 1895 and are on microfilm up to 1954.

*The Canadian army that served in World War I.

*A railroad that extended across Canada from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. It was completed in 1885 and allowed for more rapid settlement of Canada's interior lands.

     Italian word for "cancer."

     Italian word for "singer."

     Italian word for "singer."

*The region along the Cape Fear River in North Carolina.

     Portuguese word for "chapel."

     Latin word for "chapel."

     Latin word for "chaplain."

*A type of land grant in Latin America. These land grants covered lands that individuals and families ceded to the Catholic Church. Related documents include wills, court records, land titles, and contracts. Information about the individuals and families involved may also be included.

     Spanish word for "chapel."

*A type of criminal court case in which the defendant could receive the death penalty.

     A city where the main offices of a government are located.

     Latin word for "head, chief."

     Italian word for "family head."

     Italian word for "family founder, earliest ancestor."

     Italian word for "hatter."

     Latin word for "taken and sworn."

*An army, marine, or air force officer who commands a military company; also a naval officer who commands a warship.

     An army, marine, or air force officer who commands a military company; also a naval officer who commands a warship.

     Latin word for "head, chief."

     Portuguese and Spanish word for "face."

     Italian word for "policeman."

     Italian word for "coal dealer."

     Latin word for "collier, coal miner."

*A printed form used to record membership information of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1941 to the present. Most wards now use an electronic version of the form. Before the electronic version was used, the forms were separate and were bound in books. When a member moves from a ward, the membership record is returned to Church headquarters and sent to the member’s new ward or branch.

     Latin word for "carter."

*A federal law that provided for the reclamation and homesteading of desert land in public land states. It established new settlements in northern Wyoming.

     A gold mining boom in the Cariboo Mountains of south central British Columbia that lasted from 1860 to 1863.

     Latin word for "butcher."

     Spanish word for "butcher."

===== Carpenter  =====

*A person who works with wood; also the officer in the British navy who examined the wooden parts of a ship.

===== Cartas de dote  =====

*The Spanish term for dowry records.

===== Casamentos  =====

*An identification number assigned to a case file.

===== Case file, court records  =====

*The collection of records relating to a person's purchase of federal land.

===== Castizo, Puerto Rico  =====

*A description of items available in a library's or archive's collection. A catalog usually gives you the call number or other information needed to find the item within the collection.

===== Catholic mission  =====

*A series of laws passed to restore to Roman Catholics in Ireland the rights that had been taken away in the Penal Laws passed between 1695 and 1728.

===== Caveat  =====

*A warning notice issued by an interested person to a probate court that no action is to be taken in granting a probate without his case being heard.

===== Cementerios  =====

*An alphabetical list of cemeteries in Indiana. This file is at the Indiana State Library. The Family History Library™ has a microfilm copy.

===== Censo  =====

*The word used in Spanish and Portuguese for census. The Catholic Church and the government took censuses. Some censuses were taken of military men and their families in outlying areas.

===== Census district  =====

*In Canada, census districts are voting districts, not counties. Though the census district may have the same name as a county, it may not include the same townships.

===== Census index  =====