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===== C =====
*Roman numeral for "one-hundred."


    Roman numeral for "one-hundred."
===== circa, Swedish ((ca.) (Latin))  =====
*Swedish word for "about, approximately."


circa, Swedish ((ca.) (Latin))
===== contrajó matrimonio con (c.m.c.) =====
 
*Spanish word for "contracted marriage with."
    Swedish word for "about, approximately."
 
<br> contrajó matrimonio con (c.m.c.)  
 
    Spanish word for "contracted marriage with."
 
circa, German (ca.)


    German word for "about."
===== circa, German (ca.)  =====
*German word for "about."


caballero  
===== caballero =====
*Spanish word for "nobleman, knight, gentleman."


    Spanish word for "nobleman, knight, gentleman."
===== cabaretier  =====
*French word for "barkeeper."


cabaretier
===== cabeza  =====
*Spanish word for "head."


    French word for "barkeeper."
===== cabeça  =====
*Portuguese word for "head."


cabeza
===== cabildo =====
 
*Spanish word for "town council."
    Spanish word for "head."
 
cabeça
 
    Portuguese word for "head."
 
cabildo  
 
    Spanish word for "town council."


===== Cabinda, Brazil  =====
===== Cabinda, Brazil  =====
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*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.
*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.


cacciatore  
===== cacciatore =====
*Italian word for "hunter."


    Italian word for "hunter."
===== Cadastral map  =====
*Map that shows the people who own land in an area. Also called land ownership map.


Cadastral map
===== cadastro  =====
*Portuguese word for "land census."


*A map that shows the people who own land in an area. Also called land ownership map.
===== cadaver  =====
*Latin word for "dead body, cadaver."


cadastro
===== cadeia  =====
*Portuguese word for "jail."


    Portuguese word for "land census."
===== Cadency  =====
* A mark on a coat of arms showing a younger son's birth order.


cadaver
===== caduto  =====
*Italian word for "fallen."


    Latin word for "dead body, cadaver."
===== caelebs  =====
*Latin word for "bachelor, single man."


cadeia
===== caelum  =====
*Latin word for "heaven, sky."


    Portuguese word for "jail."
===== caementarius  =====
*Latin word for "stonemason."


Cadency
===== cafezal  =====
*Portuguese word for "coffee plantation."


*A mark on a coat of arms showing a younger son's birth order.
===== cafone  =====
*Italian word for "peasant."


caduto
===== café  =====
*Portuguese word for "coffee."


    Italian word for "fallen."
===== Cafuzo, Brazil  =====


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


    Latin word for "bachelor, single man."
===== Cajun  =====


caelum
*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 "heaven, sky."
===== calcearius  =====
*Latin word for "shoemaker."


caementarius
===== calciator  =====
*Latin word for "shoemaker."


    Latin word for "stonemason."
===== Calculated date  =====


cafezal
*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.


    Portuguese word for "coffee plantation."
===== calderaio  =====
*Italian word for "tinker."


cafone
===== caledonia  =====
*Latin word for "Scotland."


    Italian word for "peasant."
===== Frank T. Calef collection (Calef collection)  =====
*A manuscript collection of genealogical information about people who are descended from Puritans or Mayflower passengers.


café
===== Calendar  =====


    Portuguese word for "coffee."
*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.


===== Cafuzo, Brazil  =====
California Gold Rush


*A term used in Brazilian Catholic Church registers to describe a person whose ancestry is a mix of Indian and African. Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate.
    The movement of large numbers of people to the gold fields in California, especially in 1849.


===== Cajun =====
===== caligator =====
*Latin word for "shoemaker."


*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.
===== Call number  =====


calcearius
*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.


    Latin word for "shoemaker."
===== calle  =====
*Spanish word for "street."


calciator
===== Calpamulato  =====


    Latin word for "shoemaker."
*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.


<br>
===== Calvert Papers  =====


<br>
*A manuscript collection of land and other records compiled by the Calvert family, who were proprietors of the Colony of Maryland until the Revolutionary War. The Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore, Maryland, has this collection.


===== Calculated date =====
===== Calvin M. McClung Collection =====


*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.
*A collection of biographical material about residents of Tennessee. It consists of 15,000 published volumes and 300,000 manuscripts arranged in surname folders. These contain correspondence, pedigrees, and abstracts of records.


calderaio
===== Calvinistic Methodists, Wales  =====


    Italian word for "tinker."
*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.


caledonia
===== caly  =====
*Polish word for "entire."


    Latin word for "Scotland."
===== calzolaio  =====
*Italian word for "shoemaker."


Frank T. Calef collection (Calef collection)
===== cambria  =====
*Latin word for "Wales."


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


<br>
*A term used in Catholic Church registers to describe a person from Spanish-speaking Latin America whose ancestry is a mix of Indian (3/4) and African (1/4). Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate.


===== Calendar =====
===== Cambur =====


*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.
*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.


California Gold Rush
cameranius


     The movement of large numbers of people to the gold fields in California, especially in 1849.
     Latin word for "chamberlain, valet, groom."


caligator
cameriera


     Latin word for "shoemaker."
     Italian word for "maid, servant girl."


<br>
cameriere


===== Call number  =====
    Italian word for "waiter."


*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.
cameriere di casa


calle
    Italian word for "house steward."


    Spanish word for "street."
camino


===== Calpamulato  =====
    Spanish word for "road."


*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.
campagna


===== Calvert Papers  =====
    Italian word for "countryside, rural."


*A manuscript collection of land and other records compiled by the Calvert family, who were proprietors of the Colony of Maryland until the Revolutionary War. The Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore, Maryland, has this collection.
campagnuolo, -a


===== Calvin M. McClung Collection  =====
    Italian word for "countryman, countrywoman."


*A collection of biographical material about residents of Tennessee. It consists of 15,000 published volumes and 300,000 manuscripts arranged in surname folders. These contain correspondence, pedigrees, and abstracts of records.
campesino (a)


===== Calvinistic Methodists, Wales  =====
    Spanish word for "peasant."


*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.
campo, Portuguese


caly
    Portuguese word for "field, plain."


    Polish word for "entire."
campo, Spanish


calzolaio
    Spanish word for "field."


    Italian word for "shoemaker."
camponês (a)


cambria
    Portuguese word for "peasant, small farmer."


    Latin word for "Wales."
cana de açúcar


===== Cambujo  =====
    Portuguese word for "sugarcane.


*A term used in Catholic Church registers to describe a person from Spanish-speaking Latin America whose ancestry is a mix of Indian (3/4) and African (1/4). Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate.
===== Canada East  =====


===== Cambur  =====
*An area that comprises modern-day Québec. Before 1841 it was called Lower Canada. From 1841 to 1867 Canada East and Canada West (modern-day Ontario) formed the Province of Canada.


*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.
===== Canada GenWeb  =====


cameranius
*A computer term for a site on the World Wide Web that lists genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and resources available on the Internet for people interested in doing genealogical research about Canadians.


    Latin word for "chamberlain, valet, groom."
===== Canada West  =====


cameriera
*An area that comprises modern-day Ontario. Before 1841 it was called Upper Canada. From 1841 to 1867 Canada West and Canada East (modern-day Québec) formed the Province of Canada.


    Italian word for "maid, servant girl."
===== Canadian border crossing lists, Canada  =====


cameriere
*Lists of passengers being transported from Canada into the United States. Canadian shipping companies began keeping these records in 1895. There are two type of manifests: lists of people traveling by train and lists of people traveling by boat. The manifests may include the person's name, port or station of entry, date of entry, age, literacy, last residence, previous visits to the United States, and birthplace. Sometimes officials only recorded the information on the index card rather than on the manifest. Beginning in 1908 the companies began keeping similar records of people arriving in Canada from the United States. These records are not indexed and are not available through the Family History Library™. Also called border crossing manifests, passenger lists, or manifests.


    Italian word for "waiter."
===== Canadian border crossing lists, United States  =====


cameriere di casa
*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.


    Italian word for "house steward."
===== Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF)  =====


camino
*The Canadian army that served in World War I.


    Spanish word for "road."
===== Canadian Pacific Railroad  =====


campagna
*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 "countryside, rural."
cancro


campagnuolo, -a
    Italian word for "cancer."


    Italian word for "countryman, countrywoman."
cantante


campesino (a)
    Italian word for "singer."


    Spanish word for "peasant."
cantatrice


campo, Portuguese
    Italian word for "singer."


    Portuguese word for "field, plain."
===== Canton  =====


campo, Spanish
*A division of a place in France, Québec (Canada), and Switzerland. In France cantons are divisions of a district (arrondissement). In Québec cantons are townships. In Switzerland cantons are the major divisions of the country, similar to states in the United States or provinces in Canada.


    Spanish word for "field."
===== Cantons de l'Est, Canada  =====


camponês (a)
*Townships in eastern Québec, located directly north of the state of Vermont. Cantons de l'Est is a direct French translation of the English term Eastern Townships. These townships were originally settled by English-speaking Protestants, many of whom had connections to American Loyalists.


    Portuguese word for "peasant, small farmer."
===== Cape Breton, Canada  =====


cana de açúcar
*A large island off of the coast of Nova Scotia. In the early 1600s it became a French colony, but in 1763 France ceded it to Great Britain as part of the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Britain made the island part of Nova Scotia. In 1784 the island separated from Nova Scotia, but the two areas reunited in 1820. Thousands of Scots moved to the island from the 1790s to the 1830s.


    Portuguese word for "sugarcane.
===== Cape Fear Valley  =====


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


*An area that comprises modern-day Québec. Before 1841 it was called Lower Canada. From 1841 to 1867 Canada East and Canada West (modern-day Ontario) formed the Province of Canada.
capela


===== Canada GenWeb  =====
    Portuguese word for "chapel."


*A computer term for a site on the World Wide Web that lists genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and resources available on the Internet for people interested in doing genealogical research about Canadians.
capella


===== Canada West  =====
    Latin word for "chapel."


*An area that comprises modern-day Ontario. Before 1841 it was called Upper Canada. From 1841 to 1867 Canada West and Canada East (modern-day Québec) formed the Province of Canada.
capellanus


===== Canadian border crossing lists, Canada  =====
    Latin word for "chaplain."


*Lists of passengers being transported from Canada into the United States. Canadian shipping companies began keeping these records in 1895. There are two type of manifests: lists of people traveling by train and lists of people traveling by boat. The manifests may include the person's name, port or station of entry, date of entry, age, literacy, last residence, previous visits to the United States, and birthplace. Sometimes officials only recorded the information on the index card rather than on the manifest. Beginning in 1908 the companies began keeping similar records of people arriving in Canada from the United States. These records are not indexed and are not available through the Family History Library™. Also called border crossing manifests, passenger lists, or manifests.
===== Capellanías, military  =====


===== Canadian border crossing lists, United States  =====
*A type of military record used in Latin America, translated as military parish records. These are records that military chaplains kept of sacraments performed for soldiers and their families.


*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.
===== Capellanías,land  =====


===== Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF)  =====
*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.


*The Canadian army that served in World War I.
capilla


===== Canadian Pacific Railroad  =====
    Spanish word for "chapel."


*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.
===== Capital case  =====


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


    Italian word for "cancer."
Capital, USA


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


    Italian word for "singer."
capitis


cantatrice
    Latin word for "head, chief."


    Italian word for "singer."
capofamiglia


===== Canton  =====
    Italian word for "family head."


*A division of a place in France, Québec (Canada), and Switzerland. In France cantons are divisions of a district (arrondissement). In Québec cantons are townships. In Switzerland cantons are the major divisions of the country, similar to states in the United States or provinces in Canada.
capostipite


===== Cantons de l'Est, Canada  =====
    Italian word for "family founder, earliest ancestor."


*Townships in eastern Québec, located directly north of the state of Vermont. Cantons de l'Est is a direct French translation of the English term Eastern Townships. These townships were originally settled by English-speaking Protestants, many of whom had connections to American Loyalists.
cappellaio


===== Cape Breton, Canada  =====
    Italian word for "hatter."


*A large island off of the coast of Nova Scotia. In the early 1600s it became a French colony, but in 1763 France ceded it to Great Britain as part of the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Britain made the island part of Nova Scotia. In 1784 the island separated from Nova Scotia, but the two areas reunited in 1820. Thousands of Scots moved to the island from the 1790s to the 1830s.
capt et jurat


===== Cape Fear Valley  =====
    Latin word for "taken and sworn."


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


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


    Portuguese word for "chapel."
Captain


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


    Latin word for "chapel."
caput


capellanus
    Latin word for "head, chief."


    Latin word for "chaplain."
cara


===== Capellanías, military  =====
    Portuguese and Spanish word for "face."


*A type of military record used in Latin America, translated as military parish records. These are records that military chaplains kept of sacraments performed for soldiers and their families.
carabiniere


===== Capellanías,land  =====
    Italian word for "policeman."


*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.
carbonaio


capilla
    Italian word for "coal dealer."


    Spanish word for "chapel."
carbonarius


===== Capital case  =====
    Latin word for "collier, coal miner."


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


Capital, USA
*An index to a set of records. In a card index, each index entry appears on a separate card, and the cards are arranged alphabetically or by some other method. Many United States censuses have card indexes.


    A city where the main offices of a government are located.
===== Card Membership, Latter-day Saint  =====


capitis
*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 "head, chief."
carecarius


capofamiglia
    Latin word for "carter."


    Italian word for "family head."
===== Carey Act of 1894  =====


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


    Italian word for "family founder, earliest ancestor."
Cariboo Gold Rush


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


    Italian word for "hatter."
carnarius


capt et jurat
    Latin word for "butcher."


    Latin word for "taken and sworn."
carnicero


===== Captain  =====
    Spanish word for "butcher."


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


Captain
    Latin word for "carpenter."


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


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


    Latin word for "head, chief."
carpinteiro


cara
    Portuguese word for "carpenter."


    Portuguese and Spanish word for "face."
carpintero


carabiniere
    Spanish word for "carpenter."


    Italian word for "policeman."
carraio


carbonaio
    Italian word for "wheelwright."


    Italian word for "coal dealer."
carretera


carbonarius
    Spanish word for "road."


    Latin word for "collier, coal miner."
carta


===== Card index  =====
    Latin word for "deed, charter, map."


*An index to a set of records. In a card index, each index entry appears on a separate card, and the cards are arranged alphabetically or by some other method. Many United States censuses have card indexes.
===== Cartas de dote  =====


===== Card Membership, Latter-day Saint  =====
*The Spanish term for dowry records.


*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.
carte, French


carecarius
    French word for "map."


    Latin word for "carter."
carte, Italian


===== Carey Act of 1894  =====
    Italian word for "maps, charts."


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


Cariboo Gold Rush
    Portuguese word for "archive."


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


carnarius
    Italian, Portuguese and Spanish word for "house."


    Latin word for "butcher."
casado (a)


carnicero
    Portuguese and Spanish word for "married."


    Spanish word for "butcher."
casado con (c.c.)


carpentarius
    Spanish word for "married to."


    Latin word for "carpenter."
casale


===== Carpenter  =====
    Latin word for "estate, village."


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


carpinteiro
    Portuguese word for "marriage."


    Portuguese word for "carpenter."
===== Casamentos  =====


carpintero
*A Portuguese word for marriages.


    Spanish word for "carpenter."
===== Casamiento  =====


carraio
*A Spanish term for marriage. Also used in the Philippines.


    Italian word for "wheelwright."
===== Case file number  =====


carretera
*An identification number assigned to a case file.


    Spanish word for "road."
casar, casarse


carta
    Spanish word for "to marry."


    Latin word for "deed, charter, map."
casar-se


===== Cartas de dote  =====
    Portuguese word for "to marry."


*The Spanish term for dowry records.
casaro


carte, French
    Italian word for "dairy farmer."


    French word for "map."
casatus


carte, Italian
    Latin word for "cottager."


    Italian word for "maps, charts."
Case file number


cartório
    An identification number assigned to a case file.


    Portuguese word for "archive."
===== Case file, court records  =====


casa
*A file containing the documentation related to a specific court case.


    Italian, Portuguese and Spanish word for "house."
===== Case file, land  =====


casado (a)
*A file of records related to an individual’s acquisition of land. The case file may contain the individual’s application, records of payment, or certification that he or she has completed all requirements for owning the land. These are the most helpful land records for family history researchers.


    Portuguese and Spanish word for "married."
===== Case file, probate  =====


casado con (c.c.)
*A file of all documents relating to the settlement of an individual’s estate. Also called estate file, estate packet, loose papers, probate estate papers, or probate packet.


    Spanish word for "married to."
===== Cash entry  =====


casale
*The process of purchasing land from the federal government.


    Latin word for "estate, village."
===== Cash entry files  =====


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


    Portuguese word for "marriage."
cassa


===== Casamentos  =====
    Italian word for "chest, cash, cashier."


*A Portuguese word for marriages.
cassetta


===== Casamiento  =====
    Italian word for "chest."


*A Spanish term for marriage. Also used in the Philippines.
casta


===== Case file number  =====
    Spanish word for "caste, racial lineage."


*An identification number assigned to a case file.
castaldo


casar, casarse
    Italian word for "land agent."


    Spanish word for "to marry."
castello


casar-se
    Italian word for "castle."


    Portuguese word for "to marry."
castelo


casaro
    Portuguese word for "castle."


    Italian word for "dairy farmer."
castillo


casatus
    Spanish word for "castle."


    Latin word for "cottager."
===== Castizo, Puerto Rico  =====


Case file number
*In Puerto Rico, a term used in Catholic Church registers to describe a person whose ancestry is a mix of Indian, African, and Caucasian. In Guatemala, the term refers to a person who is a mix of Caucasian and Indian. Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate.


    An identification number assigned to a case file.
===== Catalog  =====


===== Case file, court records  =====
*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.


*A file containing the documentation related to a specific court case.
cataster


===== Case file, land  =====
    Latin word for "land, property record."


*A file of records related to an individual’s acquisition of land. The case file may contain the individual’s application, records of payment, or certification that he or she has completed all requirements for owning the land. These are the most helpful land records for family history researchers.
catasto


===== Case file, probate  =====
    Italian word for "land register."


*A file of all documents relating to the settlement of an individual’s estate. Also called estate file, estate packet, loose papers, probate estate papers, or probate packet.
catastro


===== Cash entry  =====
    Spanish word for "land census."


*The process of purchasing land from the federal government.
catedral


===== Cash entry files  =====
    Portuguese and Spanish word for "cathedral."


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


cassa
*A settlement established by Catholic priests to convert the Native Americans to Catholicism and to maintain the authority of the country from which the priests came. Missions provided the Native Americans with food, clothing, education in a trade, and sometimes housing. In return, the Native Americans worked, took instruction in the Catholic Church, and agreed to live by the customs of the priests' country. Spanish missions were established in Georgia, Florida, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. French missions were established in the Great Lakes area.


    Italian word for "chest, cash, cashier."
===== Catholic Records in Montréal, Canada  =====


cassetta
*A card index to Catholic Church records in Montréal, Canada.


    Italian word for "chest."
===== Catholic Relief Acts, Ireland  =====


casta
*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.


    Spanish word for "caste, racial lineage."
catholicus


castaldo
    Latin word for "Catholic."


    Italian word for "land agent."
catholique romaine


castello
    French word for "Roman Catholic."


    Italian word for "castle."
catorce


castelo
    Spanish word for "fourteen."


    Portuguese word for "castle."
catorze


castillo
    Portuguese word for "fourteen."


    Spanish word for "castle."
cattolico, -a


===== Castizo, Puerto Rico  =====
    Italian word for "Roman Catholic."


*In Puerto Rico, a term used in Catholic Church registers to describe a person whose ancestry is a mix of Indian, African, and Caucasian. In Guatemala, the term refers to a person who is a mix of Caucasian and Indian. Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate.
católico (a)


===== Catalog  =====
    Portuguese and Spanish word for "Catholic."


*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.
caupo (cauponis)


cataster
    Latin word for "innkeeper."


    Latin word for "land, property record."
causa


catasto
    Latin word for "cause, sake, because of." Ex causa means "on account of, for the sake of."


    Italian word for "land register."
cavalheiro


catastro
    Portuguese word for "gentleman, knight, nobleman."


    Spanish word for "land census."
cavaliere


catedral
    Italian word for "knight."


    Portuguese and Spanish word for "cathedral."
<br>


===== Catholic mission =====
===== Caveat =====


*A settlement established by Catholic priests to convert the Native Americans to Catholicism and to maintain the authority of the country from which the priests came. Missions provided the Native Americans with food, clothing, education in a trade, and sometimes housing. In return, the Native Americans worked, took instruction in the Catholic Church, and agreed to live by the customs of the priests' country. Spanish missions were established in Georgia, Florida, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. French missions were established in the Great Lakes area.
*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.


===== Catholic Records in Montréal, Canada  =====
<br> cazador


*A card index to Catholic Church records in Montréal, Canada.
    Spanish word for "hunter."


===== Catholic Relief Acts, Ireland  =====
caçador


*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.
    Portuguese word for "hunter."


catholicus
caña de azúcar


     Latin word for "Catholic."
     Spanish word for "sugar cane."


catholique romaine
CC


     French word for "Roman Catholic."
     Roman numeral for "two-hundred."


catorce
CCC


     Spanish word for "fourteen."
     Roman numeral for "three-hundred."


catorze
CD


     Portuguese word for "fourteen."
     Roman numeral for "four-hundred."


cattolico, -a
ce


     Italian word for "Roman Catholic."
     Italian word for "us."


católico (a)
ce, c'


     Portuguese and Spanish word for "Catholic."
     French word for "it."


caupo (cauponis)
ce, cet, cette


     Latin word for "innkeeper."
     French word for "this, that."


causa
cech


     Latin word for "cause, sake, because of." Ex causa means "on account of, for the sake of."
     Czech word for "guild."


cavalheiro
Ceded


     Portuguese word for "gentleman, knight, nobleman."
     Transfer, give up control. When Spain ceded Florida to the United States, it gave up control of the area.


cavaliere
cedo


     Italian word for "knight."
     Portuguese word for "early."


<br>
Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF)


===== Caveat  =====
    The Canadian army that served in World War I.


*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.
ceglarz


<br> cazador
    Polish word for "brick maker."


    Spanish word for "hunter."
cego (a)


caçador
    Portuguese word for "blind."


    Portuguese word for "hunter."
cejourd'hier


caña de azúcar
    French word for "yesterday."


    Spanish word for "sugar cane."
cejourd'hui


CC
    French word for "today."


    Roman numeral for "two-hundred."
celator


CCC
    Latin word for "turner."


    Roman numeral for "three-hundred."
celebrare il matrimonio


CD
    Italian word for "solemnize a marriage."


    Roman numeral for "four-hundred."
celebraverunt


ce
    Latin word for "they celebrated, were married."


    Italian word for "us."
celibe


ce, c'
    Italian word for "bachelor, bachelorette, single, unmarried."


    French word for "it."
celle


ce, cet, cette
    French word for "this one, she."


    French word for "this, that."
celle-ci


cech
    French word for "the latter (f.)."


    Czech word for "guild."
celle-là


Ceded
    French word for "the former (f.)."


    Transfer, give up control. When Spain ceded Florida to the United States, it gave up control of the area.
celui


cedo
    French word for "this one, he."


    Portuguese word for "early."
celui-ci


Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF)  
    French word for "the latter (m.)."


    The Canadian army that served in World War I.
celui-là


ceglarz
    French word for "the former (m.)."


    Polish word for "brick maker."
celý


cego (a)
    Czech word for "entire."


    Portuguese word for "blind."
cem


cejourd'hier
    Portuguese word for "one hundred."


    French word for "yesterday."
cementerio


cejourd'hui
    Spanish word for "cemetery."


    French word for "today."
<br>


celator
===== Cementerios  =====


    Latin word for "turner."
*A Spanish term for cemeteries and cemetery records. Also used in the Philippines.


celebrare il matrimonio
===== Cemeteries, Family History Library Catalog™  =====


    Italian word for "solemnize a marriage."
*A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize cemetery records (records that contain information about where people are buried).


celebraverunt
===== Cemeteries, PERiodical Source Index  =====


    Latin word for "they celebrated, were married."
*A record type used in the Locality and Research Methodologies sections of the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) to identify articles that contain information about cemeteries and cemetery records.


celibe
===== Cemetery  =====


    Italian word for "bachelor, bachelorette, single, unmarried."
*A place where deceased individuals are buried.


celle
===== Cemetery Inscription Card Index, North Carolina  =====


    French word for "this one, she."
*A project completed by the federal government as part of the Historical Records Survey to index North Carolina cemetery records.


celle-ci
===== Cemetery Locator File, Indiana  =====


    French word for "the latter (f.)."
*An alphabetical list of cemeteries in Indiana. This file is at the Indiana State Library. The Family History Library™ has a microfilm copy.


celle-là
cemitério


     French word for "the former (f.)."
     Portuguese word for "cemetery."


celui
censimento


     French word for "this one, he."
     Italian word for "census."


celui-ci
===== Censo  =====


    French word for "the latter (m.)."
*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.


celui-là
Census


     French word for "the former (m.)."
     An official count and description of the people living in a country, colony, state, county, township, or city.


celý
Census Birthplace Index, 1881 British Census


     Czech word for "entire."
     An index to the 1881 census that is arranged alphabetically by surname, then by place of birth, first name, and age in descending order.


cem
Census bundle number


     Portuguese word for "one hundred."
     A number assigned by the Public Record Office in England to each section of the census returns, 1841 to the present. Also called a piece number.


cementerio
<br>


    Spanish word for "cemetery."
===== Census district  =====


<br>
*A geographical area in which a supervisor or marshal was required to take a census. Before 1880 in the United States, census districts were called subdivisions. Starting in 1880 they were called enumeration districts.


===== Cementerios  =====
*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.


*A Spanish term for cemeteries and cemetery records. Also used in the Philippines.
Census district, British


===== Cemeteries, Family History Library Catalog™  =====
    A civil boundary created for collecting information about the population of an area. The boundary of a census district was determined by the government and was based on the population in the area. Each district was divided into subdistricts, and each subdistrict was divided into enumeration districts.


*A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize cemetery records (records that contain information about where people are buried).
Census district, Scotland


===== Cemeteries, PERiodical Source Index  =====
    A geographic boundary created for collecting information about the population of an area. In Scotland, this area is the same as the civil or ecclesiastical boundary.


*A record type used in the Locality and Research Methodologies sections of the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) to identify articles that contain information about cemeteries and cemetery records.
Census division, Canada


===== Cemetery  =====
    In Canadian national censuses, the smallest area covered by the census. Canadian provinces are divided into census districts. Districts are divided into subdistricts. Only sometimes are the subdistricts divided into two or more divisions.


*A place where deceased individuals are buried.
<br> Census enumeration district, England


===== Cemetery Inscription Card Index, North Carolina  =====
    The geographic area assigned to one census taker, who was known as an enumerator. The size of the enumeration district depended on the number of people living in the area. The enumerator was responsible to collect information about every person in the district on a specific night.
    Several enumeration districts make up a section of the census known as a census piece or bundle.


*A project completed by the federal government as part of the Historical Records Survey to index North Carolina cemetery records.
Census folio number


===== Cemetery Locator File, Indiana  =====
    A census folio is a two-sided sheet of paper used for recording the census. The folio number is stamped in the top right corner of the front of the sheet. Folio numbers run consecutively through a section of the census known as a piece or bundle.


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


cemitério
*An alphabetical list of some or all of the people on a census that identifies where within the census an individual can be found.


    Portuguese word for "cemetery."
===== Census of Confederate Veterans, Arkansas  =====


censimento
*A special census taken in 1911 in Arkansas of all living veterans who served in the Confederate Army.


    Italian word for "census."
Census page number


===== Censo  =====
    A number printed on a page in an enumerator's book. The number appears in the top middle or a top corner of each page. Page numbers run consecutively through one enumeration district only.


*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 piece number


Census
    A number assigned by the Public Record Office in England to each section of the census returns, 1841 to the present. Also called a bundle number.


    An official count and description of the people living in a country, colony, state, county, township, or city.
===== Census Place Index, 1881 British Census  =====


Census Birthplace Index, 1881 British Census  
*An index to the 1881 British Census that is organized alphabetically by surname then alphabetically by the census place.


    An index to the 1881 census that is arranged alphabetically by surname, then by place of birth, first name, and age in descending order.
Census Record-As-Enumerated, 1881 British Census


Census bundle number
    An index to the 1881 British census that is arranged in the same order as the original census, with individuals listed by the household in which they were enumerated. Use this index after using the Surname Index, Birthplace Index, or Census Place Index.


    A number assigned by the Public Record Office in England to each section of the census returns, 1841 to the present. Also called a piece number.
===== Census schedule  =====


<br>
*A type of list in a census. A census can have many types of schedules, such as a population or mortality schedule.


===== Census district =====
===== Census, Family History Library Catalog™ =====


*A geographical area in which a supervisor or marshal was required to take a census. Before 1880 in the United States, census districts were called subdivisions. Starting in 1880 they were called enumeration districts.
*A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize censuses (official counts and descriptions of the people living in a country, colony, state, county, township, or city).


*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, general  =====


Census district, British
*An official count and description of the people living in a country, colony, state, county, township, or city.


    A civil boundary created for collecting information about the population of an area. The boundary of a census district was determined by the government and was based on the population in the area. Each district was divided into subdistricts, and each subdistrict was divided into enumeration districts.
===== Census, PERiodical Source Index  =====


Census district, Scotland
*A record type used in the Locality and Research Methodologies sections of the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) to identify articles that contain information about census records.


    A geographic boundary created for collecting information about the population of an area. In Scotland, this area is the same as the civil or ecclesiastical boundary.
Census street index


Census division, Canada
    An alphabetical list of streets appearing in the census record of a geographic area. The index shows the name of the street and a set of reference numbers that are helpful in finding the street in a census record of most large cities.


    In Canadian national censuses, the smallest area covered by the census. Canadian provinces are divided into census districts. Districts are divided into subdistricts. Only sometimes are the subdistricts divided into two or more divisions.
Census subdistrict, Canada


<br> Census enumeration district, England
    In Canadian national censuses, an area covered by the census. Canadian provinces are divided into census districts. Districts are divided into subdistricts. In some provinces, townships are census subdistricts. A political ward in a city may also be a census subdistrict. Only sometimes are the subdistricts further divided into two or more divisions.


    The geographic area assigned to one census taker, who was known as an enumerator. The size of the enumeration district depended on the number of people living in the area. The enumerator was responsible to collect information about every person in the district on a specific night.
Census substitutes
    Several enumeration districts make up a section of the census known as a census piece or bundle.


Census folio number
    Records which can be used instead of a census. The substitutes are lists of people in an area, such as tax lists.


    A census folio is a two-sided sheet of paper used for recording the census. The folio number is stamped in the top right corner of the front of the sheet. Folio numbers run consecutively through a section of the census known as a piece or bundle.
Census Surname Index, 1881 British Census


===== Census index =====
    An index to the 1881 British census that is arranged alphabetically by surname, then by first name and age in descending order.


*An alphabetical list of some or all of the people on a census that identifies where within the census an individual can be found.
Census, PERiodical Source Index


===== Census of Confederate Veterans, Arkansas  =====
    A record type used in the Locality and Research Methodologies sections of the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) to identify articles that contain information about census records.


*A special census taken in 1911 in Arkansas of all living veterans who served in the Confederate Army.
census, Latin and Czech


Census page number
    Latin and Czech word for "census."


    A number printed on a page in an enumerator's book. The number appears in the top middle or a top corner of each page. Page numbers run consecutively through one enumeration district only.
cent


Census piece number
    French word for "hundred."


    A number assigned by the Public Record Office in England to each section of the census returns, 1841 to the present. Also called a bundle number.
centenario


===== Census Place Index, 1881 British Census  =====
    Spanish word for "centennial."


*An index to the 1881 British Census that is organized alphabetically by surname then alphabetically by the census place.
centenarius


Census Record-As-Enumerated, 1881 British Census
    Latin word for "a person one hundred years of age."


    An index to the 1881 British census that is arranged in the same order as the original census, with individuals listed by the household in which they were enumerated. Use this index after using the Surname Index, Birthplace Index, or Census Place Index.
centenário


===== Census schedule  =====
    Portuguese word for "centennial."


*A type of list in a census. A census can have many types of schedules, such as a population or mortality schedule.
centesimo, -a  


===== Census, Family History Library Catalog™  =====
    Italian word for "hundredth."


*A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize censuses (official counts and descriptions of the people living in a country, colony, state, county, township, or city).
centesimus


===== Census, general  =====
    Latin word for "hundredth."


*An official count and description of the people living in a country, colony, state, county, township, or city.
centesimus primus


===== Census, PERiodical Source Index  =====
    Latin word for "one-hundred-first."


*A record type used in the Locality and Research Methodologies sections of the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) to identify articles that contain information about census records.
centesimus quinquagesimus


Census street index
    Latin word for "one-hundred-fiftieth."


    An alphabetical list of streets appearing in the census record of a geographic area. The index shows the name of the street and a set of reference numbers that are helpful in finding the street in a census record of most large cities.
centième


Census subdistrict, Canada
    French word for "hundredth."


    In Canadian national censuses, an area covered by the census. Canadian provinces are divided into census districts. Districts are divided into subdistricts. In some provinces, townships are census subdistricts. A political ward in a city may also be a census subdistrict. Only sometimes are the subdistricts further divided into two or more divisions.
cento


Census substitutes
    Italian and Portuguese word for "one hundred."


    Records which can be used instead of a census. The substitutes are lists of people in an area, such as tax lists.
<br>


Census Surname Index, 1881 British Census
===== Central Bureau of Statistics, Sweden  =====


    An index to the 1881 British census that is arranged alphabetically by surname, then by first name and age in descending order.
*An office that keeps statistics about the Swedish population. Swedish ministers were required to send extracts of their records to this office. The Swedish term for the bureau is Statistika Centralbyrån.


Census, PERiodical Source Index
===== Central Estadística, Philippines  =====


    A record type used in the Locality and Research Methodologies sections of the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) to identify articles that contain information about census records.
*A government office, translated as the Central Office of Statistics, established by the Spanish in the Philippines in 1899. It was charged with gathering birth, marriage, and death information from parish priests.


census, Latin and Czech
===== Central provinces, Canada  =====


    Latin and Czech word for "census."
*A grouping of Canadian provinces comprising Québec and Ontario.


cent
<br> centum


     French word for "hundred."
     Latin word for "hundred."


centenario
centum quinquaginta


     Spanish word for "centennial."
     Latin word for "one-hundred-fifty."


centenarius
centum unus


     Latin word for "a person one hundred years of age."
     Latin word for "one-hundred-one."


centenário
Century Farm Applications, Iowa


     Portuguese word for "centennial."
     A collection of records gathered by the Iowa American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. These records contain information about farm owners in Iowa whose property had remained in the family for 100 years or longer.


centesimo, -a
centésimo


     Italian word for "hundredth."
     Portuguese and Spanish word for "one-hundredth."


centesimus
centésimo primero


     Latin word for "hundredth."
     Spanish word for "one-hundred-first."


centesimus primus
<br>


    Latin word for "one-hundred-first."
===== Century Farm Applications, Iowa  =====


centesimus quinquagesimus
*A collection of records gathered by the Iowa American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. These records contain information about farm owners in Iowa whose property had remained in the family for 100 years or longer.


    Latin word for "one-hundred-fiftieth."
cerca


centième
    Portuguese and Spanish word for "near, approximate."


    French word for "hundredth."
cerdo (cerdonis)


cento
    Latin word for "handworker."


    Italian and Portuguese word for "one hundred."
cerrajero


<br>
    Spanish word for "locksmith."


===== Central Bureau of Statistics, Sweden  =====
certidão


*An office that keeps statistics about the Swedish population. Swedish ministers were required to send extracts of their records to this office. The Swedish term for the bureau is Statistika Centralbyrån.
    Portuguese word for "certificate."


===== Central Estadística, Philippines  =====
certificado


*A government office, translated as the Central Office of Statistics, established by the Spanish in the Philippines in 1899. It was charged with gathering birth, marriage, and death information from parish priests.
    Spanish word for "certificate."


===== Central provinces, Canada =====
===== Certificate of arrival =====


*A grouping of Canadian provinces comprising Québec and Ontario.
*A document given to immigrants upon their arrival in the United States. The certificate is proof of how long they have been living in the United States and is a required part of the naturalization process. It is kept in the case file with the petition for citizenship.


<br> centum
===== Certificate of Naturalization (Form 2207)  =====


    Latin word for "hundred."
*A form given to a former alien as proof that he or she has become a citizen of the United States.


centum quinquaginta
===== Certificate, general  =====


    Latin word for "one-hundred-fifty."
*A record that documents an individual's or group's accomplishment or participation in an event.


centum unus
===== Certificate, immigration  =====


    Latin word for "one-hundred-one."
*A legal document given to immigrants after they have met all immigration requirements and have been sworn in as citizens of the United States. Also called a Certificate of Naturalization and Form 2207.


Century Farm Applications, Iowa
certificato


     A collection of records gathered by the Iowa American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. These records contain information about farm owners in Iowa whose property had remained in the family for 100 years or longer.
     Italian word for "certificate."


centésimo
===== Certificats  =====


    Portuguese and Spanish word for "one-hundredth."
*A French term for marriage certificate, a record that documents the date and place of a couple's marriage.


centésimo primero
certifichiamo


     Spanish word for "one-hundred-first."
     Italian word for "we certify."


<br>
cervecero


===== Century Farm Applications, Iowa  =====
    Spanish word for "brewer."


*A collection of records gathered by the Iowa American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. These records contain information about farm owners in Iowa whose property had remained in the family for 100 years or longer.
cervejeiro


cerca
    Portuguese word for "brewer."


    Portuguese and Spanish word for "near, approximate."
cesarski


cerdo (cerdonis)
    Polish word for "imperial."


    Latin word for "handworker."
cesarstwo


cerrajero
    Polish word for "empire."


    Spanish word for "locksmith."
cesta


certidão
    Czech word for "road."


    Portuguese word for "certificate."
cestovní pas


certificado
    Czech word for "passport."


    Spanish word for "certificate."
ceux


===== Certificate of arrival  =====
    French word for "those."


*A document given to immigrants upon their arrival in the United States. The certificate is proof of how long they have been living in the United States and is a required part of the naturalization process. It is kept in the case file with the petition for citizenship.
confronta (cfr.)


===== Certificate of Naturalization (Form 2207)  =====
    Italian word for "compare."


*A form given to a former alien as proof that he or she has become a citizen of the United States.
chalupnik


===== Certificate, general  =====
    Polish word for "cottager, poor peasant."


*A record that documents an individual's or group's accomplishment or participation in an event.
chalupník


===== Certificate, immigration  =====
    Czech word for "cottager, poor peasant."


*A legal document given to immigrants after they have met all immigration requirements and have been sworn in as citizens of the United States. Also called a Certificate of Naturalization and Form 2207.
===== Chamizo  =====


certificato
*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.


    Italian word for "certificate."
===== Chancery case  =====


===== Certificats  =====
*A court case in which parties disputing over a matter that does not involve a violation of law ask a court to make a fair decision. Chancery cases commonly involve disputes over property rights or probate matters. Also called equity case.


*A French term for marriage certificate, a record that documents the date and place of a couple's marriage.
===== Chancery court, Arkansas  =====


certifichiamo
*A court with countywide jurisdiction over equity, divorce, probate, and adoption cases.


    Italian word for "we certify."
===== Chancery court, Delaware  =====


cervecero
*A court in Delaware with countywide jurisdiction over equity matters.


    Spanish word for "brewer."
===== Chancery court, England  =====


cervejeiro
*A court in England that hears equity cases. Records from this court include disputes over land and property rights, debts, inheritance, trusts, and fraud. The court began operating in 1199 and continues today.


    Portuguese word for "brewer."
===== Chancery court, general  =====


cesarski
*A court that administers justice and decides controversies in accordance with the rules of equity as opposed to the rules of law. These courts commonly hear cases that involve disputes over property rights or probate matters. Also called equity court.


    Polish word for "imperial."
===== Chancery court, Maryland  =====


cesarstwo
*A court in Maryland with statewide jurisdiction over equity cases, such as divorces, name changes, mortgage foreclosures, civil damage suits, and guardianships. This court existed from 1668 to 1851.


    Polish word for "empire."
===== Chancery court, Mississippi  =====


cesta
*A court with countywide jurisdiction over equity cases, divorce, land grants, probates, and guardianships.


    Czech word for "road."
===== Chancery court, Tennessee  =====


cestovní pas
*A court with countywide jurisdiction over property title disputes.


    Czech word for "passport."
===== Chancery register  =====


ceux
*A record kept by a court of chancery.


    French word for "those."
===== Chapel of ease, Church of England  =====


confronta (cfr.)
*A small division within a large parish of the Church of England. A chapel of ease has its own chapel to serve members who live too far away to attend the parish church. Chapels of ease often keep their own christening, marriage, and burial registers. Also called a chapelry.


    Italian word for "compare."
===== Chapelry, Church of England  =====


chalupnik
*A small division within a large parish of the Church of England. A chapelry has its own chapel to serve members who live too far away to attend the parish church. Chapelries often keep their own christening, marriage, and burial registers. Also called a chapel of ease.


    Polish word for "cottager, poor peasant."
===== Chaplain  =====


chalupník
*A clergyman in charge of a chapel; also a person who serves in the military as a clergyman. The chaplain is considered an officer.


    Czech word for "cottager, poor peasant."
charbonnier


===== Chamizo  =====
    French word for "charcoal burner."


*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.
charcutier


===== Chancery case  =====
    French word for "pork merchant."


*A court case in which parties disputing over a matter that does not involve a violation of law ask a court to make a fair decision. Chancery cases commonly involve disputes over property rights or probate matters. Also called equity case.
===== Charles Carroll Gardner's Collections, New Jersey  =====


===== Chancery court, Arkansas  =====
*Several collections of information about families from northeastern New Jersey, especially those from Essex County.


*A court with countywide jurisdiction over equity, divorce, probate, and adoption cases.
===== Charles D. Parkhurst manuscripts  =====


===== Chancery court, Delaware  =====
*A collection of compiled genealogies about people from New London, Connecticut.


*A court in Delaware with countywide jurisdiction over equity matters.
===== Charles R. Hale Collection, Connecticut  =====


===== Chancery court, England  =====
*A collection of cemetery records from Connecticut. The collection has cemetery inscriptions from more than 2,000 cemeteries. It also includes notices of deaths and marriages listed in newspapers.


*A court in England that hears equity cases. Records from this court include disputes over land and property rights, debts, inheritance, trusts, and fraud. The court began operating in 1199 and continues today.
charretier


===== Chancery court, general  =====
    French word for "cart or carriage man."


*A court that administers justice and decides controversies in accordance with the rules of equity as opposed to the rules of law. These courts commonly hear cases that involve disputes over property rights or probate matters. Also called equity court.
charron


===== Chancery court, Maryland  =====
    French word for "cartwright, wheelwright."


*A court in Maryland with statewide jurisdiction over equity cases, such as divorces, name changes, mortgage foreclosures, civil damage suits, and guardianships. This court existed from 1668 to 1851.
chartarius


===== Chancery court, Mississippi  =====
    Latin word for "paper miller."


*A court with countywide jurisdiction over equity cases, divorce, land grants, probates, and guardianships.
chasseur


===== Chancery court, Tennessee  =====
    French word for "hunter."


*A court with countywide jurisdiction over property title disputes.
chaudronnier


===== Chancery register  =====
    French word for "cooper, barrel maker."


*A record kept by a court of chancery.
chce


===== Chapel of ease, Church of England  =====
    Polish and Czech word for "he wants."


*A small division within a large parish of the Church of England. A chapel of ease has its own chapel to serve members who live too far away to attend the parish church. Chapels of ease often keep their own christening, marriage, and burial registers. Also called a chapelry.
che


===== Chapelry, Church of England  =====
    Italian word for "which, than, what, who, that, whom."


*A small division within a large parish of the Church of England. A chapelry has its own chapel to serve members who live too far away to attend the parish church. Chapelries often keep their own christening, marriage, and burial registers. Also called a chapel of ease.
===== Cherokee  =====


===== Chaplain  =====
*A powerful tribe of Native Americans who originally lived in the southeastern United States. In 1838 United States troops forced the Cherokee tribe to move to Indian Territory, which is now part of Oklahoma. This forced exodus became known as the Trail of Tears. About 1,000 Cherokee escaped into the Great Smoky Mountains. They eventually bought land, and the government allowed them to stay. This group became the Eastern Band of Cherokee. Most Cherokee now live in northeastern Oklahoma, though some still live in North Carolina. The Cherokee were considered part of the Five Civilized Tribes.


*A clergyman in charge of a chapel; also a person who serves in the military as a clergyman. The chaplain is considered an officer.
===== Cherokee Outlet  =====


charbonnier
*A section of land allocated to the Cherokees by treaty. Treaties made in 1828 and 1833 guaranteed this land to the tribe. The tribe could not place homes on it. It was to be used as an "outlet." The tribe sold the land to the United States in 1891, and it became part of Oklahoma Territory. Also called Cherokee Strip.


    French word for "charcoal burner."
===== Cherokee Removal (1838)  =====


charcutier
*A forced exodus that occurred when the United States government forced the Cherokee to move from their lands in the southeastern United States to Indian Territory, which is now part of Oklahoma. The Cherokee called this march the Trail of Tears because so many people died along the way.


    French word for "pork merchant."
===== Cherokee War (1760-1761)  =====


===== Charles Carroll Gardner's Collections, New Jersey  =====
*A war between the Cherokee and white settlers in South Carolina. The treaty that ended the war opened up much of frontier South Carolina for settlement.


*Several collections of information about families from northeastern New Jersey, especially those from Essex County.
===== Chevalier  =====


===== Charles D. Parkhurst manuscripts  =====
*The French term for the highest ranking title in the French gentry (petite noblesse). A chevalier is equivalent to a British knight.


*A collection of compiled genealogies about people from New London, Connecticut.
Cheyenne Indians


===== Charles R. Hale Collection, Connecticut  =====
    A tribe of Native Americans that lived on the western plains in the United States.


*A collection of cemetery records from Connecticut. The collection has cemetery inscriptions from more than 2,000 cemeteries. It also includes notices of deaths and marriages listed in newspapers.
chez


charretier
    French word for "at the home of."


    French word for "cart or carriage man."
chi


charron
    Italian word for "who, whom."


    French word for "cartwright, wheelwright."
===== Chicago fire, USA  =====


chartarius
*A fire that started on the Southwest side of Chicago on 8 October 1871. The fire burned for over 24 hours, destroying downtown Chicago and many Northside homes. Many of Chicago’s public records were also burned. At least three hundred people died, and 98,500 were left homeless. The fire caused an estimated $200 million in damage.


    Latin word for "paper miller."
===== Chicago, Illinois  =====


chasseur
*A city in Cook County, Illinois.


    French word for "hunter."
Chicago Road


chaudronnier
    The military highway that ran between Detroit and Fort Dearborn, now Chicago, after the 1820s. It was a major route for settlers moving to the Northwest.


    French word for "cooper, barrel maker."
===== Chickasaw  =====


chce
*A tribe of Native Americans who originally lived in northern Mississippi, western Tennessee, and northwestern Alabama. In 1837 they moved to Indian Territory.


    Polish and Czech word for "he wants."
chiesa


che
    Italian word for "church."


    Italian word for "which, than, what, who, that, whom."
chiesa ortodossa


===== Cherokee  =====
    Italian word for "Greek Catholic."


*A powerful tribe of Native Americans who originally lived in the southeastern United States. In 1838 United States troops forced the Cherokee tribe to move to Indian Territory, which is now part of Oklahoma. This forced exodus became known as the Trail of Tears. About 1,000 Cherokee escaped into the Great Smoky Mountains. They eventually bought land, and the government allowed them to stay. This group became the Eastern Band of Cherokee. Most Cherokee now live in northeastern Oklahoma, though some still live in North Carolina. The Cherokee were considered part of the Five Civilized Tribes.
chilometro


===== Cherokee Outlet  =====
    Italian word for "kilometer."


*A section of land allocated to the Cherokees by treaty. Treaties made in 1828 and 1833 guaranteed this land to the tribe. The tribe could not place homes on it. It was to be used as an "outlet." The tribe sold the land to the United States in 1891, and it became part of Oklahoma Territory. Also called Cherokee Strip.
chimico


===== Cherokee Removal (1838)  =====
    Italian word for "chemist."


*A forced exodus that occurred when the United States government forced the Cherokee to move from their lands in the southeastern United States to Indian Territory, which is now part of Oklahoma. The Cherokee called this march the Trail of Tears because so many people died along the way.
===== China  =====


===== Cherokee War (1760-1761)  =====
*A term used in Brazilian and Argentinean Catholic Church registers to describe a female Indian. Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate.


*A war between the Cherokee and white settlers in South Carolina. The treaty that ended the war opened up much of frontier South Carolina for settlement.
===== Chinese  =====


===== Chevalier  =====
*Pertaining to something or someone from China; also the languages used by the people of China and other countries.


*The French term for the highest ranking title in the French gentry (petite noblesse). A chevalier is equivalent to a British knight.
<br>


Cheyenne Indians
<br>


    A tribe of Native Americans that lived on the western plains in the United States.
<br>


chez
===== Chino  =====


    French word for "at the home of."
*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.


chi
hirotherarus


     Italian word for "who, whom."
     Latin word for "glover."


===== Chicago fire, USA  =====
Chirurg


*A fire that started on the Southwest side of Chicago on 8 October 1871. The fire burned for over 24 hours, destroying downtown Chicago and many Northside homes. Many of Chicago’s public records were also burned. At least three hundred people died, and 98,500 were left homeless. The fire caused an estimated $200 million in damage.
    German word for "surgeon."


===== Chicago, Illinois  =====
chirurgien


*A city in Cook County, Illinois.
    French word for "surgeon."


Chicago Road
chirurgo


     The military highway that ran between Detroit and Fort Dearborn, now Chicago, after the 1820s. It was a major route for settlers moving to the Northwest.
     Italian word for "surgeon."


===== Chickasaw  =====
chirurgus


*A tribe of Native Americans who originally lived in northern Mississippi, western Tennessee, and northwestern Alabama. In 1837 they moved to Indian Territory.
    Latin word for "surgeon."


chiesa
chiunque


     Italian word for "church."
     Italian word for "whoever."


chiesa ortodossa
chlap


     Italian word for "Greek Catholic."
     Czech word for "peasant, country fellow."


chilometro
chlapec


     Italian word for "kilometer."
     Czech word for "boy."


chimico
chlop


     Italian word for "chemist."
     Polish word for "peasant, country fellow."


===== China  =====
chlopiec


*A term used in Brazilian and Argentinean Catholic Church registers to describe a female Indian. Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate.
    Polish word for "boy."


===== Chinese  =====
<br>


*Pertaining to something or someone from China; also the languages used by the people of China and other countries.
===== Choctaw  =====


<br>
*A tribe of Native Americans who originally lived in southern Alabama and Mississippi. In 1830 they ceded their land to the United States in exchange for a large tract of land in what is now southeastern Oklahoma. Most members of the tribe moved there between 1831 and 1833.


<br>
===== Cholo  =====


<br>
*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.


===== Chino  =====
choroba


*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.
    Polish and Czech word for "disease."


hirotherarus
Christening (chr)


     Latin word for "glover."
     An ordinance performed on a baby by the minister of the local parish in the Church of England, Wales, and Ireland. The child is baptized, given a name, and received into the church.


Chirurg
chramarius


     German word for "surgeon."
     Latin word for "merchant."


chirurgien
Christelik


     French word for "surgeon."
     Afrikaans word for "Christianlike, religious."


chirurgo
Christen


     Italian word for "surgeon."
     Afrikaans word for "Christian."


chirurgus
===== Christen, religious  =====


    Latin word for "surgeon."
*To baptize an individual or to give an infant a name.


chiunque
===== Christen, shipping  =====


    Italian word for "whoever."
*To name a new ship on its first voyage.


chlap
Christening records: Records created when an individual is christened (a religious ceremony in which an individual is baptized or an infant is given a name).


    Czech word for "peasant, country fellow."
Christening records


chlapec
    Records created when an individual is christened (a religious ceremony in which an individual is baptized or an infant is given a name).


    Czech word for "boy."
===== Christian Church  =====


chlop
*A Protestant religion formed in Kentucky in 1809 by Thomas Campbell, Alexander Campbell, and Barton W. Stone. Its full name is the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). The church practices baptism by immersion, but most congregations will accept people as members if they were baptized into another church.


    Polish word for "peasant, country fellow."
===== Christian name  =====


chlopiec
*A first name, often from the Bible, used to identify an individual. Also called first name or given name.


    Polish word for "boy."
===== Christian Reformed Church  =====


<br>
*A church founded in 1857 in the United States by people who separated from the Dutch Reformed Church (now called the Reformed Church in America). It adopted its current name in 1904. The church follows the teachings of John Calvin and Huldrych Zwingli, maintaining a conservative, orthodox interpretation of doctrine and practices. It used to conduct its services and keep its records in Dutch.


===== Choctaw  =====
Christmonat


*A tribe of Native Americans who originally lived in southern Alabama and Mississippi. In 1830 they ceded their land to the United States in exchange for a large tract of land in what is now southeastern Oklahoma. Most members of the tribe moved there between 1831 and 1833.
    German word for "December."


===== Cholo  =====
chrzczony


*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.
    Polish word for "christened."


choroba
chrzest


     Polish and Czech word for "disease."
     Polish word for "christening."


Christening (chr)
chrzestna, chrzestny


     An ordinance performed on a baby by the minister of the local parish in the Church of England, Wales, and Ireland. The child is baptized, given a name, and received into the church.
     Polish word for "godparent(s)."


chramarius
<br>


    Latin word for "merchant."
===== Church Almanac, Latter-day Saint  =====


Christelik
*A book currently published every other year by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that gives information about Church leaders, historical events related to the Church, and statistics related to Church members around the world.


    Afrikaans word for "Christianlike, religious."
===== Church archive  =====


Christen
*An archive where a church stores its records and documents.


    Afrikaans word for "Christian."
===== Church cemetery  =====


===== Christen, religious  =====
*A church-owned cemetery where that church's members, leaders, and others are buried.


*To baptize an individual or to give an infant a name.
===== Church census  =====


===== Christen, shipping  =====
*A list and description of members of a church that is taken to track growth and update membership records. Church censuses are a major source of family history information for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.


*To name a new ship on its first voyage.
===== Church Directories, Family History Library Catalog™  =====


Christening records: Records created when an individual is christened (a religious ceremony in which an individual is baptized or an infant is given a name).  
*A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize lists of churches' organizational divisions and officials, including the names of the places and congregations where the officials have served.


Christening records
===== Church directory  =====


    Records created when an individual is christened (a religious ceremony in which an individual is baptized or an infant is given a name).
*A list of a church's organizational divisions and officials, including the names of the places and congregations where the officials have served. A church directory may also contain historical information about the local congregations, complete addresses of the churches, and the address of the church headquarters where additional records may be kept.


===== Christian Church  =====
===== Church History, Family History Library Catalog™ =====


*A Protestant religion formed in Kentucky in 1809 by Thomas Campbell, Alexander Campbell, and Barton W. Stone. Its full name is the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). The church practices baptism by immersion, but most congregations will accept people as members if they were baptized into another church.
*A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize information about the history of various churches.


===== Christian name =====
===== Church history, general =====


*A first name, often from the Bible, used to identify an individual. Also called first name or given name.
*An account of the events surrounding a specific church or the events related to all of the religions and religious developments in an area.


===== Christian Reformed Church  =====
===== Church marriage register =====


*A church founded in 1857 in the United States by people who separated from the Dutch Reformed Church (now called the Reformed Church in America). It adopted its current name in 1904. The church follows the teachings of John Calvin and Huldrych Zwingli, maintaining a conservative, orthodox interpretation of doctrine and practices. It used to conduct its services and keep its records in Dutch.
*A record kept by a church of marriages performed by a priest or other church authority.


Christmonat
===== Church of England  =====


    German word for "December."
*The state church of England. It was established in 1534 by King Henry VIII who, when Pope Clement VII refused to grant him a divorce, compelled Parliament to pass the Act of Supremacy. This act made the king of England, not the pope, the head of the church in England. Doctrines of the church are based on the Nicene and Apostles' Creeds and the Book of Common Prayer. The clergy are divided into bishops, priests, and deacons. The Church of England is now part of the Anglican Communion.


chrzczony
===== Church of Ireland  =====


    Polish word for "christened."
*An independent Anglican Church in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It is the largest Protestant church in Ireland. The Church of Ireland separated from the Church of England in 1871.


chrzest
===== Church of Scotland  =====


    Polish word for "christening."
*The Presbyterian Church in Scotland. The Church of Scotland was once the state church.


chrzestna, chrzestny
===== Church of the Brethren  =====


    Polish word for "godparent(s)."
*A religion that developed in 1708 in Germany under Alexander Mack. Persecution in Germany led many members to immigrate to Germantown, Pennsylvania. The Brethren stress obedience to Christ and living the gospel according to the New Testament. They practice trine baptism (baptism by immersion in which an individual is immersed three times, once for each member of the Trinity) and refuse to take oaths or serve in the military. They are also called Dunkards or Dunkers.


<br>
===== Church of the Nazarene  =====


===== Church Almanac, Latter-day Saint  =====
*A Protestant religion established in Texas in 1908. The church follows the early teachings of Methodism and sponsors many schools, liberal arts colleges, and theological seminaries.


*A book currently published every other year by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that gives information about Church leaders, historical events related to the Church, and statistics related to Church members around the world.
===== Church Records, Family History Library Catalog™  =====


===== Church archive  =====
*A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize records kept by churches, such as baptism records, marriage records, and burial records.


*An archive where a church stores its records and documents.
===== Church records, general  =====


===== Church cemetery  =====
*Records kept by religious institutions.


*A church-owned cemetery where that church's members, leaders, and others are buried.
===== Church unit boundaries, Latter-day Saint  =====


===== Church census  =====
*The jurisdictions of various congregations of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.


*A list and description of members of a church that is taken to track growth and update membership records. Church censuses are a major source of family history information for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
===== Church, PERiodical Source Index  =====


===== Church Directories, Family History Library Catalog™  =====
*A record type used in the Locality and Research Methodologies sections of the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) to identify articles that contain information about church records.


*A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize lists of churches' organizational divisions and officials, including the names of the places and congregations where the officials have served.
===== Churchwarden account  =====


===== Church directory  =====
*Records kept by a churchwarden.


*A list of a church's organizational divisions and officials, including the names of the places and congregations where the officials have served. A church directory may also contain historical information about the local congregations, complete addresses of the churches, and the address of the church headquarters where additional records may be kept.
===== Churchwarden, Church of England  =====


===== Church History, Family History Library Catalog™  =====
*A lay officer in a parish or district of the Church of England. The churchwarden helps the minister with various administrative duties and represents the parishioners in church matters. Most parishes have two churchwardens, who are elected on Easter Tuesday. Before large parishes were broken down into divisions, they may have had up to four churchwardens to represent various areas of the parish. Also called churchman, churchmaster, church reeve, and kirkmaster.


*A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize information about the history of various churches.
chwilowo


===== Church history, general  =====
    Polish word for "temporarily."


*An account of the events surrounding a specific church or the events related to all of the religions and religious developments in an area.
château


===== Church marriage register  =====
    French word for "castle."


*A record kept by a church of marriages performed by a priest or other church authority.
châtelain


===== Church of England  =====
    French word for "owner of a castle."


*The state church of England. It was established in 1534 by King Henry VIII who, when Pope Clement VII refused to grant him a divorce, compelled Parliament to pass the Act of Supremacy. This act made the king of England, not the pope, the head of the church in England. Doctrines of the church are based on the Nicene and Apostles' Creeds and the Book of Common Prayer. The clergy are divided into bishops, priests, and deacons. The Church of England is now part of the Anglican Communion.
ci


===== Church of Ireland  =====
    Italian word for "there, us, to us."


*An independent Anglican Church in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It is the largest Protestant church in Ireland. The Church of Ireland separated from the Church of England in 1871.
CI


===== Church of Scotland  =====
    Roman numeral for "one-hundred-one."


*The Presbyterian Church in Scotland. The Church of Scotland was once the state church.
ci-dessous


===== Church of the Brethren  =====
    French word for "below here."


*A religion that developed in 1708 in Germany under Alexander Mack. Persecution in Germany led many members to immigrate to Germantown, Pennsylvania. The Brethren stress obedience to Christ and living the gospel according to the New Testament. They practice trine baptism (baptism by immersion in which an individual is immersed three times, once for each member of the Trinity) and refuse to take oaths or serve in the military. They are also called Dunkards or Dunkers.
ci-dessus


===== Church of the Nazarene  =====
    French word for "above here."


*A Protestant religion established in Texas in 1908. The church follows the early teachings of Methodism and sponsors many schools, liberal arts colleges, and theological seminaries.
ciabattino


===== Church Records, Family History Library Catalog™  =====
    Italian word for "cobbler."


*A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize records kept by churches, such as baptism records, marriage records, and burial records.
cidade


===== Church records, general  =====
    Portuguese word for "city."


*Records kept by religious institutions.
cidadão (ã)


===== Church unit boundaries, Latter-day Saint  =====
    Portuguese word for "citizen."


*The jurisdictions of various congregations of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
ciego (a)


===== Church, PERiodical Source Index  =====
    Spanish word for "blind."


*A record type used in the Locality and Research Methodologies sections of the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) to identify articles that contain information about church records.
ciento


===== Churchwarden account  =====
    Spanish word for "one hundred."


*Records kept by a churchwarden.
ciento uno


===== Churchwarden, Church of England  =====
    Spanish word for "one hundred one."


*A lay officer in a parish or district of the Church of England. The churchwarden helps the minister with various administrative duties and represents the parishioners in church matters. Most parishes have two churchwardens, who are elected on Easter Tuesday. Before large parishes were broken down into divisions, they may have had up to four churchwardens to represent various areas of the parish. Also called churchman, churchmaster, church reeve, and kirkmaster.
cigány


chwilowo
    Hungarian word for "gypsy."


    Polish word for "temporarily."
cikán


château
    Czech word for "gypsy."


    French word for "castle."
<br>


châtelain
===== Cimarrón  =====


    French word for "owner of a castle."
*A term used in Mexican and Guatemalan Catholic Church registers to describe a person whose ancestry is a mix of Indian (1/4), African (1/2), and Spanish Caucasian (1/4). Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate.


ci
cimeterium


     Italian word for "there, us, to us."
     Latin word for "cemetery."


CI
cimetière


     Roman numeral for "one-hundred-one."
     French word for "cemetery."


ci-dessous
cimitero


     French word for "below here."
     Italian word for "cemetery."


ci-dessus
cinco


     French word for "above here."
     Portuguese and Spanish word for "five."


ciabattino
cincuenta


     Italian word for "cobbler."
     Spanish word for "fifty."


cidade
cingarus


     Portuguese word for "city."
     Latin word for "gypsy."


cidadão (ã)
cinq


     Portuguese word for "citizen."
     French word for "five."


ciego (a)
cinquanta


     Spanish word for "blind."
     Italian word for "fifty."


ciento
cinquante


     Spanish word for "one hundred."
     French word for "fifty."


ciento uno
cinquantesimo, -a


     Spanish word for "one hundred one."
     Italian word for "fiftieth."


cigány
cinquantième


     Hungarian word for "gypsy."
     French word for "fiftieth."


cikán
cinque


     Czech word for "gypsy."
     Italian word for "five."


<br>
cinquième


===== Cimarrón  =====
    French word for "fifth."


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


cimeterium
    Portuguese word for "fifty."


    Latin word for "cemetery."
cinterem


cimetière
    Hungarian word for "burial ground."


    French word for "cemetery."
ciocia (ciotka)


cimitero
    Polish word for "aunt."


    Italian word for "cemetery."
cioè


cinco
    Italian word for "that is, namely."


    Portuguese and Spanish word for "five."
cipész


cincuenta
    Hungarian word for "shoemaker."


    Spanish word for "fifty."
circa, Danish


cingarus
    Danish word for "approximately."


    Latin word for "gypsy."
circa, German (ca.)


cinq
    German word for "about."


    French word for "five."
circa, Italian


cinquanta
    Italian word for "about, approximately."


    Italian word for "fifty."
circa, Latin


cinquante
    Latin word for "about, around, round about."


    French word for "fifty."
circa, Swedish ((ca.) (Latin))


cinquantesimo, -a
    Swedish word for "about, approximately."


    Italian word for "fiftieth."
circiter


cinquantième
    Latin word for "about, approximately."


    French word for "fiftieth."
<br>


cinque
===== Circuit court guardian docket  =====


    Italian word for "five."
*A list of guardian judgments made by the circuit court.


cinquième
===== Circuit court of appeals  =====


    French word for "fifth."
*The former name of the United States Court of Appeals. The court of appeals may review and revise decisions made by federal district courts. The United States Supreme Court may review and revise decisions made by the circuit courts of appeals.


cinqüenta
===== Circuit court, Alabama  =====


    Portuguese word for "fifty."
*A court in Alabama with countywide jurisdiction over felonies, major criminal and civil cases, and appeals from inferior courts.


cinterem
===== Circuit court, New Jersey  =====


    Hungarian word for "burial ground."
*A court in New Jersey with countywide jurisdiction over civil and equity cases such as mortgage foreclosures, name changes, marriages, adoptions, estate partitions, naturalizations, debts, and probate suits. Circuit courts were replaced by superior courts in 1947.


ciocia (ciotka)
===== Circuit court, Ohio  =====


    Polish word for "aunt."
*A court in Ohio with countywide jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases, including equity and divorce cases.


cioè
===== Circuit court, USA  =====


    Italian word for "that is, namely."
*A court used in many states of the United States. The court generally has jurisdiction over several towns, counties, or districts in the state. Circuit courts have jurisdiction over both criminal and civil matters.


cipész
===== Circuit court, Virginia  =====


    Hungarian word for "shoemaker."
*A court in Virginia with circuitwide jurisdiction. Circuit courts were created in 1851 and continue today.


circa, Danish
===== Circuit court, Wisconsin  =====


    Danish word for "approximately."
*A court in Wisconsin with countywide jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases and some appeals.


circa, German (ca.)
Circuit superior court of law and chancery, Virginia


    German word for "about."
*A court in Virginia with districtwide jurisdiction. In 1851 these courts were replaced by circuit courts.


circa, Italian
===== Circuit superior court of law, West Virginia  =====


    Italian word for "about, approximately."
*A court in West Virginia with circuitwide jurisdiction. Circuit superior courts of law were used from 1809 to 1852.


circa, Latin
===== Circumcision register, Jewish  =====


    Latin word for "about, around, round about."
*A book containing information about Jewish circumcisions. They include the Hebrew given name of the child, the date of circumcision in the Hebrew calendar, and the father's Hebrew given name. Also called Mohel books.


circa, Swedish ((ca.) (Latin))
<br> cirka


     Swedish word for "about, approximately."
     Norwegian word for "approximately."


circiter
===== Citizen, early England and Wales  =====


    Latin word for "about, approximately."
*A freeman who lived in a city.


<br>
===== Citizenship  =====


===== Circuit court guardian docket  =====
*The allegiance of an individual to a government and its laws and customs. In return, the individual is granted all rights allowed by the government.


*A list of guardian judgments made by the circuit court.
===== Citizenship book, Danish  =====


===== Circuit court of appeals  =====
*A list of people who received the rights to citizenship extended by a city. Citizenship rights included the right to engage in business in the city, protection under the law, and permission to live in the city without being expelled. Citizenship books include the names of the people granted citizenship and their age, social and economic status, occupation and training, and sometimes birthplace and names of relatives. Until the twentieth century, only males of the middle or upper class, usually merchants and tradesmen, were granted citizenship. The Danish citizenship books are called borgerskabprotokoller.


*The former name of the United States Court of Appeals. The court of appeals may review and revise decisions made by federal district courts. The United States Supreme Court may review and revise decisions made by the circuit courts of appeals.
===== Citizenship book, Germany  =====


===== Circuit court, Alabama  =====
*A book used to record the names of people who had received the rights to citizenship. These books were frequently kept in Germany, where they were called Bürgerbücher or Bürgerlisten.


*A court in Alabama with countywide jurisdiction over felonies, major criminal and civil cases, and appeals from inferior courts.
Citizenship record


===== Circuit court, New Jersey  =====
    Citizenship records document the process of a person becoming a member of a country.


*A court in New Jersey with countywide jurisdiction over civil and equity cases such as mortgage foreclosures, name changes, marriages, adoptions, estate partitions, naturalizations, debts, and probate suits. Circuit courts were replaced by superior courts in 1947.
    The records may give the name, age, country of birth, ethnic background, date and port of arrival, name of the ship, previous residences, or current address. Each of the various types of records created during the citizenship process can give different details about the person.


===== Circuit court, Ohio  =====
    In the United States, records for earlier years usually contain less information than those after 1906, when the names, birth dates, and birth places of the spouse and children are given.


*A court in Ohio with countywide jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases, including equity and divorce cases.
    Citizenship records are found in town, county, state, and federal court records.


===== Circuit court, USA  =====
citoyen(ne)


*A court used in many states of the United States. The court generally has jurisdiction over several towns, counties, or districts in the state. Circuit courts have jurisdiction over both criminal and civil matters.
    French word for "citizen."


===== Circuit court, Virginia  =====
cittadinanze


*A court in Virginia with circuitwide jurisdiction. Circuit courts were created in 1851 and continue today.
    Italian word for "citizenship."


===== Circuit court, Wisconsin  =====
cittadino, -a


*A court in Wisconsin with countywide jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases and some appeals.
    Italian word for "citizen."


Circuit superior court of law and chancery, Virginia
città


*A court in Virginia with districtwide jurisdiction. In 1851 these courts were replaced by circuit courts.
    Italian word for "city, town."


===== Circuit superior court of law, West Virginia  =====
City


*A court in West Virginia with circuitwide jurisdiction. Circuit superior courts of law were used from 1809 to 1852.
    An inhabited place that has more people than a town or village. Different countries have different requirements for what is considered a city. In some countries, for example, a city must be an incorporated entity. In others, it must have a charter from the government.


===== Circumcision register, Jewish  =====
<br>


*A book containing information about Jewish circumcisions. They include the Hebrew given name of the child, the date of circumcision in the Hebrew calendar, and the father's Hebrew given name. Also called Mohel books.
===== City census  =====


*A census taken by a city rather than a state or federal government.


cirka
===== City court, Kansas  =====


    Norwegian word for "approximately."
*A court in Kansas with citywide jurisdiction over minor criminal cases and traffic matters. Also called magistrate court.


===== Citizen, early England and Wales  =====
City court, Utah


*A freeman who lived in a city.
*A court used in Utah between 1906 and 1977. City courts had limited jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases in a county. They were replaced by the circuit court system in 1977.


===== Citizenship =====
===== City directory =====


*The allegiance of an individual to a government and its laws and customs. In return, the individual is granted all rights allowed by the government.
*A list of the names, addresses, and telephone numbers (if applicable) of the people living in a city. City directories may also provide other information about individuals such as their profession, trade, or place of employment.


===== Citizenship book, Danish =====
===== City livery company, England =====


*A list of people who received the rights to citizenship extended by a city. Citizenship rights included the right to engage in business in the city, protection under the law, and permission to live in the city without being expelled. Citizenship books include the names of the people granted citizenship and their age, social and economic status, occupation and training, and sometimes birthplace and names of relatives. Until the twentieth century, only males of the middle or upper class, usually merchants and tradesmen, were granted citizenship. The Danish citizenship books are called borgerskabprotokoller.
*A craft or trade association in London that is descended from the medieval trade guilds. The term livery originally referred to the distinctive uniform that each guild (or company) used on special occasions. Eventually the term was used to refer to the collective membership of the company.


===== Citizenship book, Germany =====
===== City map =====


*A book used to record the names of people who had received the rights to citizenship. These books were frequently kept in Germany, where they were called Bürgerbücher or Bürgerlisten.
*A map that shows the streets and sometimes political divisions of a large city.


Citizenship record
===== City records  =====


    Citizenship records document the process of a person becoming a member of a country.
*Records, such as those for births and deaths, kept at a city level.


    The records may give the name, age, country of birth, ethnic background, date and port of arrival, name of the ship, previous residences, or current address. Each of the various types of records created during the citizenship process can give different details about the person.
ciudad


     In the United States, records for earlier years usually contain less information than those after 1906, when the names, birth dates, and birth places of the spouse and children are given.
     Spanish word for "city."


    Citizenship records are found in town, county, state, and federal court records.
ciudadano (a)


citoyen(ne)
    Spanish word for "citizen."


    French word for "citizen."
Civil authorities


cittadinanze
    Authorities in charge of a country or other non-church unit.


    Italian word for "citizenship."
<br>


cittadino, -a
===== Civil case  =====


    Italian word for "citizen."
*A lawsuit involving a violation of laws when an individual (but not society) is harmed, such as property damage, trespass, or libel. Civil cases seek enforcement of private rights or compensation for infringement on private rights.


città
===== Civil court, Florida  =====


    Italian word for "city, town."
*A court in Florida that exists in counties with more than 100,000 residents. In these counties, civil courts take the place of county courts.


City
===== Civil court, general  =====


    An inhabited place that has more people than a town or village. Different countries have different requirements for what is considered a city. In some countries, for example, a city must be an incorporated entity. In others, it must have a charter from the government.
*A court that hears civil cases (lawsuits involving a violation of laws when an individual but not society is harmed, such as property damage, trespass, or libel). Civil cases seek enforcement of private rights or compensation for infringement of private rights.


===== Civil district, Denmark  =====


*An area covered by a Danish court. In Danish they are called herred and birke.


===== City census  =====
Civil division


*A census taken by a city rather than a state or federal government.
    The part of a governmental unit which oversees noncriminal matters.


===== City court, Kansas =====
===== Civil government =====


*A court in Kansas with citywide jurisdiction over minor criminal cases and traffic matters. Also called magistrate court.
*A government that has authority over a country or other non-church unit.


City court, Utah
===== Civil law  =====


*A court used in Utah between 1906 and 1977. City courts had limited jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases in a county. They were replaced by the circuit court system in 1977.  
*The laws in a country that define the rights and obligations that people owe one another. Civil law covers issues such as the borrowing and lending of money, contracts, land and property ownership, marriage, divorce, adoption, and injury due to the actions of another person. In the Canadian province of Québec civil law is based on a French code of laws. In other provinces, civil law is based on English common law.


===== City directory =====
===== Civil marriage register =====


*A list of the names, addresses, and telephone numbers (if applicable) of the people living in a city. City directories may also provide other information about individuals such as their profession, trade, or place of employment.
*A government record of marriages performed by various civil and religious officials. A register is usually a record in a bound book.


===== City livery company, England =====
===== Civil parish, Ireland =====


*A craft or trade association in London that is descended from the medieval trade guilds. The term livery originally referred to the distinctive uniform that each guild (or company) used on special occasions. Eventually the term was used to refer to the collective membership of the company.
*An administrative division of a county in Ireland. Before the Reformation, the civil parish was an ecclesiastical division.


===== City map  =====
<br>


*A map that shows the streets and sometimes political divisions of a large city.
Civil Registration District


===== City records =====
    The geographic area of a country in which the birth, marriage, divorce, and death records of the citizens are kept. In the United States, civil registration is called vital records.


*Records, such as those for births and deaths, kept at a city level.
===== Civil registration office  =====


ciudad
*A local government office that keeps the government's local birth, marriage, and death records. Some civil registration offices may also have records regarding divorces.


    Spanish word for "city."
===== Civil Registration, Family History Library Catalog™  =====


ciudadano (a)
*A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize birth, marriage, divorce, and death records kept by civil governments. Birth, marriage, divorce, and death records from the United States and all Canadian provinces except Québec are cataloged under the subject heading "Vital Records."


    Spanish word for "citizen."
===== Civil registration, general  =====


Civil authorities
*Birth, marriage, divorce, and death records kept by a government. In the United States, civil registration is called vital records.


    Authorities in charge of a country or other non-church unit.
===== Civil Secretary, Canada  =====


*A government official in Upper Canada (Ontario) who served as a private secretary to the lieutenant-governor of the province. He received letters and petitions. This position does not exist in modern-day Ontario.


===== Civil case =====
===== Civil War, American =====


*A lawsuit involving a violation of laws when an individual (but not society) is harmed, such as property damage, trespass, or libel. Civil cases seek enforcement of private rights or compensation for infringement on private rights.
*A term for the American Civil War, 1861 to 1865. Also called the War between the States and the War of Secession.


===== Civil court, Florida =====
===== Civil war, general =====


*A court in Florida that exists in counties with more than 100,000 residents. In these counties, civil courts take the place of county courts.
*A type of war in which two or more factions within the same country are at war with each other.


===== Civil court, general  =====
civilregistret


*A court that hears civil cases (lawsuits involving a violation of laws when an individual but not society is harmed, such as property damage, trespass, or libel). Civil cases seek enforcement of private rights or compensation for infringement of private rights.
    Swedish word for "civil registrar."


===== Civil district, Denmark  =====
civis


*An area covered by a Danish court. In Danish they are called herred and birke.
    Latin word for "citizen."


Civil division
cizozemský


     The part of a governmental unit which oversees noncriminal matters.
     Czech word for "foreign."


===== Civil government  =====
cizí


*A government that has authority over a country or other non-church unit.
    Czech word for "foreign, strange."


===== Civil law  =====
ciò


*The laws in a country that define the rights and obligations that people owe one another. Civil law covers issues such as the borrowing and lending of money, contracts, land and property ownership, marriage, divorce, adoption, and injury due to the actions of another person. In the Canadian province of Québec civil law is based on a French code of laws. In other provinces, civil law is based on English common law.
    Italian word for "that."


===== Civil marriage register  =====
CL


*A government record of marriages performed by various civil and religious officials. A register is usually a record in a bound book.
    Roman numeral for "one-hundred-fifty."


===== Civil parish, Ireland =====
<br>


*An administrative division of a county in Ireland. Before the Reformation, the civil parish was an ecclesiastical division.
===== Claim  =====


*A request made in a court of law.


===== Claim registers  =====


Civil Registration District
*Records of claims made against a deceased person's estate.


    The geographic area of a country in which the birth, marriage, divorce, and death records of the citizens are kept. In the United States, civil registration is called vital records.
===== Claims docket  =====


===== Civil registration office  =====
*A list of court cases.


*A local government office that keeps the government's local birth, marriage, and death records. Some civil registration offices may also have records regarding divorces.
===== Clarence Torrey Collection, New England  =====


===== Civil Registration, Family History Library Catalog™  =====
*A collection of marriage records gathered by Clarence Torrey. It lists marriages that occurred during the 1600s in colonial New England. Its proper name is New England Marriages Prior to 1700.


*A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize birth, marriage, divorce, and death records kept by civil governments. Birth, marriage, divorce, and death records from the United States and all Canadian provinces except Québec are cataloged under the subject heading "Vital Records."
===== Class 1 settler  =====


===== Civil registration, general  =====
*A settler who was part of a system that filed headright grants by time period. These particular settlers arrived in Texas before 1 March 1836 and received headright land grants from Spain and Mexico.


*Birth, marriage, divorce, and death records kept by a government. In the United States, civil registration is called vital records.
===== Class 2 settler  =====


===== Civil Secretary, Canada  =====
*A settler who was part of a system that filed headright grants by time period. These particular settlers arrived in Texas from 2 March 1836 to 1 October 1837 and received headright land grants from the Republic of Texas.


*A government official in Upper Canada (Ontario) who served as a private secretary to the lieutenant-governor of the province. He received letters and petitions. This position does not exist in modern-day Ontario.
===== Class 3 settler  =====


===== Civil War, American  =====
*A settler who was part of a system that filed headright grants by time period. These particular settlers arrived in Texas from 1 October 1837 to 1 January 1840 and received headright land grants from the Republic of Texas.


*A term for the American Civil War, 1861 to 1865. Also called the War between the States and the War of Secession.
===== Class 4 settler  =====


===== Civil war, general  =====
*A settler who was part of a system that filed headright grants by time period. These particular settlers arrived in Texas from 1 January 1840 to 1 January 1842 and received headright land grants from the Republic of Texas.


*A type of war in which two or more factions within the same country are at war with each other.
clausit


civilregistret
    Latin word for "he/she finished, closed." Diem clausit extremem means "(died) he/she finished the last day."


    Swedish word for "civil registrar."
claustrarius


civis
    Latin word for "locksmith."


    Latin word for "citizen."
clausum


cizozemský
    Latin word for "closed, finished."


    Czech word for "foreign."
===== Clergy directory  =====


cizí
*A list of the religious leaders in an area or religion.


    Czech word for "foreign, strange."
clergé


ciò
    French word for "clergymen."


    Italian word for "that."
===== Clerical register of souls, Norway  =====


CL
*A census taken by the Lutheran clergy in Norway during the mid-1700s. It lists all members of a family and all persons living with the family. In Norwegian this census is called a sjeleregister.


    Roman numeral for "one-hundred-fifty."
===== Clerical survey records, Sweden  =====


*A roll kept in Sweden that lists all members of a parish, their place of residence, and their knowledge of catechism. The Evangelical Lutheran Church (Svenska Kyrkan) passed a law in 1686 requiring ministers to keep these records. Some records exist for as early as 1700, but most start much later. From about 1820, surveys are available for most parishes. In Swedish the word for clerical survey records is husförslängder.


clericus


===== Claim  =====
    Latin word for "clergyman."


*A request made in a court of law.
===== Clerk  =====


===== Claim registers  =====
*An individual charged with keeping records.


*Records of claims made against a deceased person's estate.
===== Clerk of the court  =====


===== Claims docket  =====
*A government official who keeps the records of a court.


*A list of court cases.
<br> clero


===== Clarence Torrey Collection, New England  =====
    Portuguese word for "clergy."


*A collection of marriage records gathered by Clarence Torrey. It lists marriages that occurred during the 1600s in colonial New England. Its proper name is New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
===== Clipping file  =====


===== Class 1 settler  =====
*A file of obituaries and other articles cut out of newspapers.


*A settler who was part of a system that filed headright grants by time period. These particular settlers arrived in Texas before 1 March 1836 and received headright land grants from Spain and Mexico.
clostrarius


===== Class 2 settler  =====
    Latin word for "locksmith."


*A settler who was part of a system that filed headright grants by time period. These particular settlers arrived in Texas from 2 March 1836 to 1 October 1837 and received headright land grants from the Republic of Texas.
clérigo


===== Class 3 settler  =====
    Portuguese and Spanish word for "clergyman."


*A settler who was part of a system that filed headright grants by time period. These particular settlers arrived in Texas from 1 October 1837 to 1 January 1840 and received headright land grants from the Republic of Texas.
CM


===== Class 4 settler  =====
    Roman numeral for "nine-hundred."


*A settler who was part of a system that filed headright grants by time period. These particular settlers arrived in Texas from 1 January 1840 to 1 January 1842 and received headright land grants from the Republic of Texas.
cmentarz


clausit
    Polish word for "cemetery, churchyard."


    Latin word for "he/she finished, closed." Diem clausit extremem means "(died) he/she finished the last day."
co


claustrarius
    Polish and Czech word for "what."


    Latin word for "locksmith."
===== Coast Guard  =====


clausum
*The branch of a nation's armed forces that is employed to protect and police a nation's coastline. In Great Britain, the Coast Guard was originally formed to prevent smuggling.


    Latin word for "closed, finished."
===== Coat of arms  =====


===== Clergy directory  =====
*An emblem used on shields and other implements of war. Coats of arms, invented in the Holy Land during the Crusades, were introduced to England by Richard I. They were originally painted on the shields of Christian soldiers to identify them. Later, the Crown granted the right to use a coat of arms to an individual to identify him in battle. Then a coat of arms became a reward for performing a heroic deed, making a notable achievement, or holding a prominent position.


*A list of the religious leaders in an area or religion.
cocchiere


clergé
    Italian word for "coachman."


    French word for "clergymen."
===== Codicil  =====


===== Clerical register of souls, Norway  =====
*A signed supplement, change, or addition to a will.


*A census taken by the Lutheran clergy in Norway during the mid-1700s. It lists all members of a family and all persons living with the family. In Norwegian this census is called a sjeleregister.
<br> oelebs


===== Clerical survey records, Sweden  =====
    Latin word for "bachelor, single man."


*A roll kept in Sweden that lists all members of a parish, their place of residence, and their knowledge of catechism. The Evangelical Lutheran Church (Svenska Kyrkan) passed a law in 1686 requiring ministers to keep these records. Some records exist for as early as 1700, but most start much later. From about 1820, surveys are available for most parishes. In Swedish the word for clerical survey records is husförslängder.
coemeterium


clericus
    Latin word for "cemetery."


    Latin word for "clergyman."
Coextensive (District of Columbia)


===== Clerk  =====
    Having the same boundaries. Washington is coextensive with the District of Columbia which means that the City of Washington occupies the same space and has the same boundaries as the District of Columbia.


*An individual charged with keeping records.
cofradía


===== Clerk of the court  =====
    Spanish word for "religious brotherhood, guild."


*A government official who keeps the records of a court.
<br>


===== Cofradías, Spain  =====


clero
*An organization in Spain whose membership was restricted to persons of hidalgo status (untitled Spanish nobility). In Spanish, the terms órdenes militares, confradías and confraternidades refer to military orders of chivalry that were established during the Crusades (1100–1450) to provide a fraternal religious life among the Spanish nobility. The orders were dedicated to retaking Spain from the Moors and protecting pilgrimages to the Holy Land. These orders functioned under the direction of the Pope and were independent of other ecclesiastical or civil authority. However, as the orders grew in wealth and power, they came into conflict with the Spanish Crown. By 1587 most of the orders fell under the control of the monarch. The orders became honorary in nature.


    Portuguese word for "clergy."
cognationis


===== Clipping file  =====
    Latin word for "blood relationship."


*A file of obituaries and other articles cut out of newspapers.
cognato, -a


clostrarius
    Italian word for "brother-in-law, sister-in-law."


    Latin word for "locksmith."
cognome, -i


clérigo
    Italian word for "surname(s)."


    Portuguese and Spanish word for "clergyman."
cognomen


CM
    Latin word for "name, family name, surname."


    Roman numeral for "nine-hundred."
<br>


cmentarz
===== Cohabitation certificates  =====


    Polish word for "cemetery, churchyard."
*A record that states the legal marital status of freed slaves.


co
<br> cojo (a)


     Polish and Czech word for "what."
     Spanish word for "lame."


===== Coast Guard  =====
col consenso


*The branch of a nation's armed forces that is employed to protect and police a nation's coastline. In Great Britain, the Coast Guard was originally formed to prevent smuggling.
    Italian word for "with the consent."


===== Coat of arms  =====
colera


*An emblem used on shields and other implements of war. Coats of arms, invented in the Holy Land during the Crusades, were introduced to England by Richard I. They were originally painted on the shields of Christian soldiers to identify them. Later, the Crown granted the right to use a coat of arms to an individual to identify him in battle. Then a coat of arms became a reward for performing a heroic deed, making a notable achievement, or holding a prominent position.
    Italian word for "cholera."


cocchiere
colheita


     Italian word for "coachman."
     Portuguese word for "harvest."


===== Codicil  =====
colina


*A signed supplement, change, or addition to a will.
    Portuguese and Spanish word for "hill."


Collaboration Lists


oelebs
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    Latin word for "bachelor, single man."
Collateral (genealogy)


coemeterium
    A member of a family but not in the direct line, such as an aunt, uncle, or cousin.


    Latin word for "cemetery."
===== Collection Fabien, Canada  =====


Coextensive (District of Columbia)
*A collection of Catholic marriage records at the National Archives of Canada. It covers marriages that occurred from 1657 to 1974 in counties surrounding Montréal and on both the Québec and Ontario sides of the Ottawa River Valley.Collection Gagnon, Canada<br>Collection Gagnon, Canada: A collection of marriage indexes, church records, and vital records about French Canadians. This collection is at the city library of Montreal.


    Having the same boundaries. Washington is coextensive with the District of Columbia which means that the City of Washington occupies the same space and has the same boundaries as the District of Columbia.
Collection Gagnon, Canada


cofradía
    A collection of marriage indexes, church records, and vital records about French Canadians. This collection is at the city library of Montreal.


    Spanish word for "religious brotherhood, guild."
<br>


===== Collection Rhode Island Family Records  =====


*A collection of will abstracts and family records created by Martha A. Benns. The collection is available at the Rhode Island Historical Society and the Family History Library™.


===== Cofradías, Spain =====
===== Collections, Family History Library Catalog™ =====


*An organization in Spain whose membership was restricted to persons of hidalgo status (untitled Spanish nobility). In Spanish, the terms órdenes militares, confradías and confraternidades refer to military orders of chivalry that were established during the Crusades (1100–1450) to provide a fraternal religious life among the Spanish nobility. The orders were dedicated to retaking Spain from the Moors and protecting pilgrimages to the Holy Land. These orders functioned under the direction of the Pope and were independent of other ecclesiastical or civil authority. However, as the orders grew in wealth and power, they came into conflict with the Spanish Crown. By 1587 most of the orders fell under the control of the monarch. The orders became honorary in nature.
*A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize collections of genealogical or historical information gathered by a person or group and then made available for public research.


cognationis
===== Collective biography  =====


    Latin word for "blood relationship."
*A group of biographies about a specific group of people, such as merchants, students of an academy, or prominent citizens in an area.


cognato, -a
===== Collective naturalization, USA  =====


    Italian word for "brother-in-law, sister-in-law."
*The process of granting a group of people United States citizenship. This happened in 1803 for residents of the Louisiana Purchase, in 1845 for residents of Texas, in 1868 for African-Americans, in 1898 for residents of Hawaii, and in 1924 for Native Americans. No individual naturalization records were made for people granted collective naturalization.


cognome, -i
===== Collectors' roll  =====


    Italian word for "surname(s)."
*A list of property owners and how much tax they paid in a given year.


cognomen
collina


     Latin word for "name, family name, surname."
     Italian word for "hill."


colline


    French word for "hill."


===== Cohabitation certificates  =====
collis  
 
*A record that states the legal marital status of freed slaves.
 
 
cojo (a)
 
    Spanish word for "lame."
 
col consenso
 
    Italian word for "with the consent."
 
colera
 
    Italian word for "cholera."
 
colheita
 
    Portuguese word for "harvest."
 
colina
 
    Portuguese and Spanish word for "hill."
 
Collaboration Lists
 
    A feature on the FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service that allows people to type in information that other people can then read or download. Users can also post questions for others to answer, answer questions posted by others, or read questions and answers already on the service. Each collaboration list focuses on a particular place, surname, or topic. Also called a computer bulletin board system (BBS) or computer message board.
 
Collateral (genealogy)
 
    A member of a family but not in the direct line, such as an aunt, uncle, or cousin.
 
===== Collection Fabien, Canada  =====
 
*A collection of Catholic marriage records at the National Archives of Canada. It covers marriages that occurred from 1657 to 1974 in counties surrounding Montréal and on both the Québec and Ontario sides of the Ottawa River Valley.Collection Gagnon, Canada<br>Collection Gagnon, Canada: A collection of marriage indexes, church records, and vital records about French Canadians. This collection is at the city library of Montreal.
 
Collection Gagnon, Canada
 
    A collection of marriage indexes, church records, and vital records about French Canadians. This collection is at the city library of Montreal.
 
 
===== Collection Rhode Island Family Records  =====
 
*A collection of will abstracts and family records created by Martha A. Benns. The collection is available at the Rhode Island Historical Society and the Family History Library™.
 
===== Collections, Family History Library Catalog™  =====
 
*A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize collections of genealogical or historical information gathered by a person or group and then made available for public research.
 
===== Collective biography  =====
 
*A group of biographies about a specific group of people, such as merchants, students of an academy, or prominent citizens in an area.
 
===== Collective naturalization, USA  =====
 
*The process of granting a group of people United States citizenship. This happened in 1803 for residents of the Louisiana Purchase, in 1845 for residents of Texas, in 1868 for African-Americans, in 1898 for residents of Hawaii, and in 1924 for Native Americans. No individual naturalization records were made for people granted collective naturalization.
 
===== Collectors' roll  =====
 
*A list of property owners and how much tax they paid in a given year.
 
collina
 
    Italian word for "hill."
 
colline
 
    French word for "hill."
 
collis
 
    Latin word for "hill."
 
===== Colonel  =====
 
*Usually the senior staff or administrative officer in the army, air force, or marines who commands a regiment. The British often gave this as an honorary title to members of noble families.
 


    Latin word for "hill."


===== Colonel  =====


*Usually the senior staff or administrative officer in the army, air force, or marines who commands a regiment. The British often gave this as an honorary title to members of noble families.


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===== Colonial census  =====
===== Colonial census  =====
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