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===== capitis ===== | ===== capitis ===== | ||
Latin word for "head, chief."<br> | Latin word for "head, chief."<br> | ||
===== capofamiglia ===== | ===== capofamiglia ===== | ||
Italian word for "family head."<br> | Italian word for "family head."<br> | ||
===== capostipite ===== | ===== capostipite ===== | ||
Italian word for "family founder, earliest ancestor."<br> | Italian word for "family founder, earliest ancestor."<br> | ||
===== cappellaio ===== | ===== cappellaio ===== | ||
Italian word for "hatter."<br> | Italian word for "hatter."<br> | ||
===== capt et jurat ===== | ===== capt et jurat ===== | ||
Latin word for "taken and sworn."<br> | Latin word for "taken and sworn."<br> | ||
===== Captain ===== | ===== Captain ===== | ||
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===== Captain ===== | ===== Captain ===== | ||
An army, marine, or air force officer who commands a military company; also a naval officer who commands a warship.<br> | An army, marine, or air force officer who commands a military company; also a naval officer who commands a warship.<br> | ||
===== caput ===== | ===== caput ===== | ||
Latin word for "head, chief."<br> | Latin word for "head, chief."<br> | ||
===== cara ===== | ===== cara ===== | ||
Portuguese and Spanish word for "face."<br> | Portuguese and Spanish word for "face."<br> | ||
===== carabiniere ===== | ===== carabiniere ===== | ||
Italian word for "policeman."<br> | Italian word for "policeman."<br> | ||
===== carbonaio ===== | ===== carbonaio ===== | ||
Italian word for "coal dealer."<br> | Italian word for "coal dealer."<br> | ||
===== carbonarius ===== | ===== carbonarius ===== | ||
Latin word for "collier, coal miner."<br> | Latin word for "collier, coal miner."<br> | ||
===== Card index ===== | ===== Card index ===== | ||
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===== carecarius ===== | ===== carecarius ===== | ||
Latin word for "carter."<br> | Latin word for "carter."<br> | ||
===== Carey Act of 1894 ===== | ===== Carey Act of 1894 ===== | ||
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===== Cariboo Gold Rush ===== | ===== Cariboo Gold Rush ===== | ||
A gold mining boom in the Cariboo Mountains of south central British Columbia that lasted from 1860 to 1863.<br> | A gold mining boom in the Cariboo Mountains of south central British Columbia that lasted from 1860 to 1863.<br> | ||
===== carnarius ===== | ===== carnarius ===== | ||
Latin word for "butcher."<br> | Latin word for "butcher."<br> | ||
===== carnicero ===== | ===== carnicero ===== | ||
Spanish word for "butcher."<br> | Spanish word for "butcher."<br> | ||
===== carpentarius ===== | ===== carpentarius ===== | ||
Latin word for "carpenter."<br> | Latin word for "carpenter."<br> | ||
===== Carpenter ===== | ===== Carpenter ===== | ||
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===== carpinteiro ===== | ===== carpinteiro ===== | ||
Portuguese word for "carpenter."<br> | Portuguese word for "carpenter."<br> | ||
===== carpintero ===== | ===== carpintero ===== | ||
Spanish word for "carpenter."<br> | Spanish word for "carpenter."<br> | ||
===== carraio ===== | ===== carraio ===== | ||
Italian word for "wheelwright."<br> | Italian word for "wheelwright."<br> | ||
===== carretera ===== | ===== carretera ===== | ||
Spanish word for "road."<br> | Spanish word for "road."<br> | ||
===== carta ===== | ===== carta ===== | ||
Latin word for "deed, charter, map."<br> | Latin word for "deed, charter, map."<br> | ||
===== Cartas de dote ===== | ===== Cartas de dote ===== | ||
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===== carte, French ===== | ===== carte, French ===== | ||
French word for "map."<br> | French word for "map."<br> | ||
===== carte, Italian ===== | ===== carte, Italian ===== | ||
Italian word for "maps, charts."<br> | Italian word for "maps, charts."<br> | ||
===== cartório ===== | ===== cartório ===== | ||
Portuguese word for "archive."<br> | Portuguese word for "archive."<br> | ||
===== casa ===== | ===== casa ===== | ||
Italian, Portuguese and Spanish word for "house."<br> | Italian, Portuguese and Spanish word for "house."<br> | ||
===== casado (a) ===== | ===== casado (a) ===== | ||
Portuguese and Spanish word for "married."<br> | Portuguese and Spanish word for "married."<br> | ||
===== casado con (c.c.) ===== | ===== casado con (c.c.) ===== | ||
Spanish word for "married to."<br> | Spanish word for "married to."<br> | ||
===== casale ===== | ===== casale ===== | ||
Latin word for "estate, village."<br> | Latin word for "estate, village."<br> | ||
===== casamento ===== | ===== casamento ===== | ||
Portuguese word for "marriage."<br> | Portuguese word for "marriage."<br> | ||
===== Casamentos ===== | ===== Casamentos ===== | ||
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===== casar, casarse ===== | ===== casar, casarse ===== | ||
Spanish word for "to marry."<br> | Spanish word for "to marry."<br> | ||
===== casar-se ===== | ===== casar-se ===== | ||
Portuguese word for "to marry."<br> | Portuguese word for "to marry."<br> | ||
===== casaro ===== | ===== casaro ===== | ||
Italian word for "dairy farmer."<br> | Italian word for "dairy farmer."<br> | ||
===== casatus ===== | ===== casatus ===== | ||
Latin word for "cottager."<br> | Latin word for "cottager."<br> | ||
===== Case file number ===== | ===== Case file number ===== | ||
An identification number assigned to a case file.<br> | An identification number assigned to a case file.<br> | ||
===== Case file, court records ===== | ===== Case file, court records ===== | ||
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===== cassa ===== | ===== cassa ===== | ||
Italian word for "chest, cash, cashier."<br> | Italian word for "chest, cash, cashier."<br> | ||
===== cassetta ===== | ===== cassetta ===== | ||
Italian word for "chest."<br> | Italian word for "chest."<br> | ||
===== casta ===== | ===== casta ===== | ||
Spanish word for "caste, racial lineage."<br> | Spanish word for "caste, racial lineage."<br> | ||
===== castaldo ===== | ===== castaldo ===== | ||
Italian word for "land agent."<br> | Italian word for "land agent."<br> | ||
===== castello ===== | ===== castello ===== | ||
Italian word for "castle."<br> | Italian word for "castle."<br> | ||
===== castelo ===== | ===== castelo ===== | ||
Portuguese word for "castle."<br> | Portuguese word for "castle."<br> | ||
===== castillo ===== | ===== castillo ===== | ||
Spanish word for "castle."<br> | Spanish word for "castle."<br> | ||
===== Castizo, Puerto Rico ===== | ===== Castizo, Puerto Rico ===== | ||
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===== cataster ===== | ===== cataster ===== | ||
Latin word for "land, property record."<br> | Latin word for "land, property record."<br> | ||
===== catasto ===== | ===== catasto ===== | ||
Italian word for "land register."<br> | Italian word for "land register."<br> | ||
===== catastro ===== | ===== catastro ===== | ||
Spanish word for "land census."<br> | Spanish word for "land census."<br> | ||
===== catedral ===== | ===== catedral ===== | ||
Portuguese and Spanish word for "cathedral."<br> | Portuguese and Spanish word for "cathedral."<br> | ||
===== Catholic mission ===== | ===== Catholic mission ===== | ||
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===== catholicus ===== | ===== catholicus ===== | ||
Latin word for "Catholic."<br> | Latin word for "Catholic."<br> | ||
===== catholique romaine ===== | ===== catholique romaine ===== | ||
French word for "Roman Catholic."<br> | French word for "Roman Catholic."<br> | ||
===== catorce ===== | ===== catorce ===== | ||
Spanish word for "fourteen."<br> | Spanish word for "fourteen."<br> | ||
===== catorze ===== | ===== catorze ===== | ||
Portuguese word for "fourteen."<br> | Portuguese word for "fourteen."<br> | ||
===== cattolico, -a ===== | ===== cattolico, -a ===== | ||
Italian word for "Roman Catholic."<br> | Italian word for "Roman Catholic."<br> | ||
===== católico (a) ===== | ===== católico (a) ===== | ||
Portuguese and Spanish word for "Catholic."<br> | Portuguese and Spanish word for "Catholic."<br> | ||
===== caupo (cauponis) ===== | ===== caupo (cauponis) ===== | ||
Latin word for "innkeeper."<br> | Latin word for "innkeeper."<br> | ||
===== causa ===== | ===== causa ===== | ||
Latin word for "cause, sake, because of." Ex causa means "on account of, for the sake of."<br> | Latin word for "cause, sake, because of." Ex causa means "on account of, for the sake of."<br> | ||
===== cavalheiro ===== | ===== cavalheiro ===== | ||
Portuguese word for "gentleman, knight, nobleman."<br> | Portuguese word for "gentleman, knight, nobleman."<br> | ||
===== cavaliere ===== | ===== cavaliere ===== | ||
Italian word for "knight."<br> | Italian word for "knight."<br> | ||
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*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. | *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. | ||
<br> cazador | ===== <br> cazador ===== | ||
Spanish word for "hunter."<br> | |||
caçador | ===== caçador ===== | ||
Portuguese word for "hunter."<br> | |||
caña de azúcar | ===== caña de azúcar ===== | ||
Spanish word for "sugar cane."<br> | |||
CC | ===== CC ===== | ||
Roman numeral for "two-hundred."<br> | |||
CCC | ===== CCC ===== | ||
Roman numeral for "three-hundred."<br> | |||
CD | ===== CD ===== | ||
Roman numeral for "four-hundred."<br> | |||
ce | ===== ce ===== | ||
Italian word for "us."<br> | |||
ce, c' | ===== ce, c' ===== | ||
French word for "it."<br> | |||
ce, cet, cette | ===== ce, cet, cette ===== | ||
French word for "this, that."<br> | |||
cech | ===== cech ===== | ||
Czech word for "guild."<br> | |||
Ceded | ===== Ceded ===== | ||
Transfer, give up control. When Spain ceded Florida to the United States, it gave up control of the area.<br> | |||
cedo | ===== cedo ===== | ||
Portuguese word for "early."<br> | |||
Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) | ===== Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) ===== | ||
The Canadian army that served in World War I.<br> | |||
ceglarz | ===== ceglarz ===== | ||
Polish word for "brick maker."<br> | |||
cego (a) | ===== cego (a) ===== | ||
Portuguese word for "blind."<br> | |||
cejourd'hier | ===== cejourd'hier ===== | ||
French word for "yesterday."<br> | |||
cejourd'hui | ===== cejourd'hui ===== | ||
French word for "today."<br> | |||
celator | ===== celator ===== | ||
Latin word for "turner."<br> | |||
celebrare il matrimonio | ===== celebrare il matrimonio ===== | ||
Italian word for "solemnize a marriage."<br> | |||
celebraverunt | ===== celebraverunt ===== | ||
Latin word for "they celebrated, were married."<br> | |||
celibe | ===== celibe ===== | ||
Italian word for "bachelor, bachelorette, single, unmarried."<br> | |||
celle | ===== celle ===== | ||
French word for "this one, she."<br> | |||
celle-ci | ===== celle-ci ===== | ||
French word for "the latter (f.)."<br> | |||
celle-là | ===== celle-là ===== | ||
French word for "the former (f.)."<br> | |||
celui | ===== celui ===== | ||
French word for "this one, he."<br> | |||
celui-ci | ===== celui-ci ===== | ||
French word for "the latter (m.)."<br> | |||
celui-là | ===== celui-là ===== | ||
French word for "the former (m.)."<br> | |||
celý | ===== celý ===== | ||
Czech word for "entire."<br> | |||
cem | ===== cem ===== | ||
Portuguese word for "one hundred."<br> | |||
cementerio | ===== cementerio ===== | ||
Spanish word for "cemetery."<br> | |||
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===== Cementerios ===== | ===== Cementerios ===== | ||
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*An alphabetical list of cemeteries in Indiana. This file is at the Indiana State Library. The Family History Library™ has a microfilm copy. | *An alphabetical list of cemeteries in Indiana. This file is at the Indiana State Library. The Family History Library™ has a microfilm copy. | ||
cemitério | ===== cemitério ===== | ||
Portuguese word for "cemetery."<br> | |||
censimento | ===== censimento ===== | ||
Italian word for "census."<br> | |||
===== Censo ===== | ===== Censo ===== | ||
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*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. | *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 | ===== Census ===== | ||
An official count and description of the people living in a country, colony, state, county, township, or city.<br> | |||
===== Census Birthplace Index, 1881 British Census ===== | |||
An index to the 1881 census that is arranged alphabetically by surname, then by place of birth, first name, and age in descending order.<br> | |||
===== Census bundle number, England<br> ===== | |||
<br> | 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.<br> | ||
===== Census district ===== | ===== Census district ===== | ||
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*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. | *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 district, British | ===== Census district, British ===== | ||
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 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 district, Scotland | ===== Census district, Scotland ===== | ||
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 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 division, Canada | ===== Census division, Canada ===== | ||
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.<br> | |||
===== Census enumeration district, England ===== | |||
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.<br> | |||
Census folio number | ===== Census folio number ===== | ||
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.<br> | |||
===== Census index ===== | ===== Census index ===== | ||
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*A special census taken in 1911 in Arkansas of all living veterans who served in the Confederate Army. | *A special census taken in 1911 in Arkansas of all living veterans who served in the Confederate Army. | ||
Census page number | ===== Census page number ===== | ||
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.<br> | |||
Census piece number | ===== Census piece number ===== | ||
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.<br> | |||
===== Census Place Index, 1881 British Census ===== | ===== Census Place Index, 1881 British Census ===== | ||
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*An index to the 1881 British Census that is organized alphabetically by surname then alphabetically by the census place. | *An index to the 1881 British Census that is organized alphabetically by surname then alphabetically by the census place. | ||
Census Record-As-Enumerated, 1881 British Census | ===== Census Record-As-Enumerated, 1881 British Census ===== | ||
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.<br> | |||
===== Census schedule ===== | ===== Census schedule ===== | ||
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Census street index | Census street index | ||
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.<br> | |||
Census subdistrict, Canada | ===== Census subdistrict, Canada ===== | ||
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.<br> | |||
Census substitutes | ===== Census substitutes ===== | ||
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 | ===== Census Surname Index, 1881 British Census ===== | ||
An index to the 1881 British census that is arranged alphabetically by surname, then by first name and age in descending order.<br> | |||
Census, PERiodical Source Index | ===== Census, PERiodical Source Index ===== | ||
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.<br> | |||
===== Census, Latin and Czech ===== | |||
Latin and Czech word for "census."<br> | |||
cent | ===== cent ===== | ||
French word for "hundred."<br> | |||
centenario | ===== centenario ===== | ||
Spanish word for "centennial."<br> | |||
centenarius | ===== centenarius ===== | ||
Latin word for "a person one hundred years of age."<br> | |||
centenário | ===== centenário ===== | ||
Portuguese word for "centennial."<br> | |||
centesimo, -a | ===== centesimo, -a ===== | ||
Italian word for "hundredth."<br> | |||
centesimus | ===== centesimus ===== | ||
Latin word for "hundredth."<br> | |||
centesimus primus | ===== centesimus primus ===== | ||
Latin word for "one-hundred-first."<br> | |||
centesimus quinquagesimus | ===== centesimus quinquagesimus ===== | ||
Latin word for "one-hundred-fiftieth."<br> | |||
centième | ===== centième ===== | ||
French word for "hundredth."<br> | |||
cento | ===== cento ===== | ||
Italian and Portuguese word for "one hundred."<br> | |||
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===== Central Bureau of Statistics, Sweden ===== | ===== Central Bureau of Statistics, Sweden ===== | ||
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*A grouping of Canadian provinces comprising Québec and Ontario. | *A grouping of Canadian provinces comprising Québec and Ontario. | ||
===== centum ===== | |||
Latin word for "hundred."<br> | |||
centum quinquaginta | ===== centum quinquaginta ===== | ||
Latin word for "one-hundred-fifty."<br> | |||
centum unus | ===== centum unus ===== | ||
Latin word for "one-hundred-one."<br> | |||
Century Farm Applications, Iowa | ===== Century Farm Applications, Iowa ===== | ||
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.<br> | |||
===== centésimo ===== | |||
<br> | Portuguese and Spanish word for "one-hundredth."<br> | ||
===== | ===== centésimo primero ===== | ||
Spanish word for "one-hundred-first." | |||
cerca | ===== cerca ===== | ||
Portuguese and Spanish word for "near, approximate."<br> | |||
cerdo (cerdonis) | ===== cerdo (cerdonis) ===== | ||
Latin word for "handworker."<br> | |||
cerrajero | ===== cerrajero ===== | ||
Spanish word for "locksmith."<br> | |||
certidão | ===== certidão ===== | ||
Portuguese word for "certificate."<br> | |||
certificado | ===== certificado ===== | ||
Spanish word for "certificate."<br> | |||
===== Certificate of arrival ===== | ===== Certificate of arrival ===== | ||
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*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. | *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. | ||
certificato | ===== certificato ===== | ||
Italian word for "certificate."<br> | |||
===== Certificats ===== | ===== Certificats ===== | ||