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===== ani  =====
===== ani  =====
*Czech word for "not even."
*Czech word for "not even."


===== anima  =====
===== anima  =====
*Latin word for "soul, spirit." Animam reddidit domino suo means "he/she returned the soul to his/her Lord (died)."
*Latin word for "soul, spirit." Animam reddidit domino suo means "he/she returned the soul to his/her Lord (died)."


===== anime  =====
===== anime  =====
*Italian word for "parish census."
*Italian word for "parish census."


===== aniversario, Spanish  =====
===== aniversario, Spanish  =====
*Spanish word for "anniversary."
*Spanish word for "anniversary."


===== aniversário, Portuguese  =====
===== aniversário, Portuguese  =====
*Portuguese word for "anniversary, birthday."
*Portuguese word for "anniversary, birthday."


===== anjo  =====
===== anjo  =====
*Portuguese word for "angel, deceased child."
*Portuguese word for "angel, deceased child."


===== ankom  =====
===== ankom  =====
*Swedish word for "came, arrived."
*Swedish word for "came, arrived."


===== ankomst  =====
===== ankomst  =====
*Danish and Norwegian word for "arrival."
*Danish and Norwegian word for "arrival."


===== anmerkning  =====
===== anmerkning  =====
*Norwegian word for "remark, notice, note."
*Norwegian word for "remark, notice, note."


===== Anmerkungen  =====
===== Anmerkungen  =====
*German word for "remarks."
*German word for "remarks."


===== anmärkningar  =====
===== anmärkningar  =====
*Swedish word for "remarks, annotations."
*Swedish word for "remarks, annotations."


===== anmærkning  =====
===== anmærkning  =====
*Danish word for "remark, notice, note."
*Danish word for "remark, notice, note."


===== annan  =====
===== annan  =====
*Swedish word for "other."
*Swedish word for "other."


===== annar  =====
===== annar  =====
*Icelandic word for "second."
*Icelandic word for "second."


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===== annegato  =====
===== annegato  =====
*Italian word for "drowned."
*Italian word for "drowned."


===== annen gang  =====
===== annen gang  =====
*Norwegian word for "second time."
*Norwegian word for "second time."


===== annen, annet  =====
===== annen, annet  =====
*Norwegian word for "second, another."
*Norwegian word for "second, another."


===== annettu  =====
===== annettu  =====
*Finnish word for "given."
*Finnish word for "given."


===== Annexed  =====
===== Annexed  =====
*"Attached, attached to." For example: The United States annexed Texas in 1845.
*"Attached, attached to." For example: The United States annexed Texas in 1845.


===== anni  =====
===== anni  =====
*Italian word for "years."
*Italian word for "years."


===== anniversaire  =====
===== anniversaire  =====
*French word for "anniversary."
*French word for "anniversary."


===== anniversario  =====
===== anniversario  =====
*Italian word for "anniversary."
*Italian word for "anniversary."


===== anno  =====
===== anno  =====
*Italian and Norwegian word for "year."
*Italian and Norwegian word for "year."


===== anno (Latin)  =====
===== anno (Latin)  =====
*Danish word for "year."
*Danish word for "year."


===== anno domini  =====
===== anno domini  =====
*Latin word for "in the year of (our) Lord."
*Latin word for "in the year of (our) Lord."


===== anno incarnationis  =====
===== anno incarnationis  =====
*Latin word for "in the year (since/of) the incarnation (of the Lord)."
*Latin word for "in the year (since/of) the incarnation (of the Lord)."


===== anno, Latin  =====
===== anno, Latin  =====
*Latin word for "in the year (of)."
*Latin word for "in the year (of)."


===== annonsere  =====
===== annonsere  =====
*Norwegian word for "publish, announce."
*Norwegian word for "publish, announce."


===== annotazioni  =====
===== annotazioni  =====
*Italian word for "annotations."
*Italian word for "annotations."


===== annuaire  =====
===== annuaire  =====
*French word for "directory."
*French word for "directory."


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===== annuale  =====
===== annuale  =====
*Italian word for "annual, yearly."
*Italian word for "annual, yearly."


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===== annuel  =====
===== annuel  =====
*French word for "annual, yearly."
*French word for "annual, yearly."


===== Annuity payment  =====
===== Annuity payment  =====
*A record that documents the payment of an annuity, which is a payment that is made annually or regularly at another interval.
*A record that documents the payment of an annuity, which is a payment that is made annually or regularly at another interval.


===== annus  =====
===== annus  =====
*Latin word for "year."
*Latin word for "year."


===== annus bissextus  =====
===== annus bissextus  =====
*Latin word for "leap year."
*Latin word for "leap year."


===== ano, Portuguese  =====
===== ano, Portuguese  =====
*Portuguese word for "year."
*Portuguese word for "year."


===== anoppi  =====
===== anoppi  =====
*Finnish word for "mother-in-law."
*Finnish word for "mother-in-law."


===== Anspänner  =====
===== Anspänner  =====
*German word for "farmer."
*German word for "farmer."


===== antal  =====
===== antal  =====
*Danish word for "number, count."
*Danish word for "number, count."


===== antall  =====
===== antall  =====
*Norwegian word for "number, count."
*Norwegian word for "number, count."


===== antavla  =====
===== antavla  =====
*Swedish word for "pedigree chart."
*Swedish word for "pedigree chart."


===== ante  =====
===== ante  =====
*Latin word for "before, in front of, prior to."
*Latin word for "before, in front of, prior to."


===== ante meridiane  =====
===== ante meridiane  =====
*Italian word for "before noon."
*Italian word for "before noon."


===== ante meridiem  =====
===== ante meridiem  =====
*Latin word for "before noon (A.M.)."
*Latin word for "before noon (A.M.)."


===== antenato, -i  =====
===== antenato, -i  =====
*Italian word for "ancestor(s)."
*Italian word for "ancestor(s)."


===== antepasado (a)  =====
===== antepasado (a)  =====
*Spanish word for "ancestor."
*Spanish word for "ancestor."


===== antepassado (a)  =====
===== antepassado (a)  =====
*Portuguese word for "ancestor."
*Portuguese word for "ancestor."


===== anterior  =====
===== anterior  =====
*Portuguese and Spanish word for "former, previous."
*Portuguese and Spanish word for "former, previous."


===== antes  =====
===== antes  =====
*Portuguese and Spanish word for "before."
*Portuguese and Spanish word for "before."


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===== antigo (a)  =====
===== antigo (a)  =====
*Portuguese word for "old, ancient."
*Portuguese word for "old, ancient."


===== antiguo (a)  =====
===== antiguo (a)  =====
*Spanish word for "old, ancient."
*Spanish word for "old, ancient."


===== antiquus  =====
===== antiquus  =====
*Latin word for "old, senior."
*Latin word for "old, senior."


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===== anual  =====
===== anual  =====
*Portuguese and Spanish word for "annual."
*Portuguese and Spanish word for "annual."


===== anuario, Spanish  =====
===== anuario, Spanish  =====
*Spanish word for "yearbook."
*Spanish word for "yearbook."


===== anuário, Portuguese  =====
===== anuário, Portuguese  =====
*Portuguese word for "yearbook."
*Portuguese word for "yearbook."


===== anya  =====
===== anya  =====
*Hungarian word for "mother."
*Hungarian word for "mother."


===== anyakönyv  =====
===== anyakönyv  =====
*Hungarian word for "register of births, marriages, and deaths; church book; parish register."
*Hungarian word for "register of births, marriages, and deaths; church book; parish register."


===== anyós  =====
===== anyós  =====
*Hungarian word for "mother-in-law."
*Hungarian word for "mother-in-law."


===== anzidetta  =====
===== anzidetta  =====
*Italian word for "aforesaid."
*Italian word for "aforesaid."


===== anzitutto  =====
===== anzitutto  =====
*Italian word for "first of all, initially."
*Italian word for "first of all, initially."


===== ao  =====
===== ao  =====
*Portuguese word for "to the (masculine)."
*Portuguese word for "to the (masculine)."


===== août  =====
===== août  =====
*French word for "August."
*French word for "August."


===== apa  =====
===== apa  =====
*Hungarian word for "father."
*Hungarian word for "father."


===== Apache Indians  =====
===== Apache Indians  =====
*A group of Native American tribes of the southwestern United States.
*A group of Native American tribes of the southwestern United States.


===== aparecer  =====
===== aparecer  =====
*Portuguese and Spanish word for "to appear."
*Portuguese and Spanish word for "to appear."


===== apelido  =====
===== apelido  =====
*Portuguese word for "name, nickname."
*Portuguese word for "name, nickname."


===== apellido  =====
===== apellido  =====
*Spanish word for "surname."
*Spanish word for "surname."


===== apenas  =====
===== apenas  =====
*Portuguese word for "only."
*Portuguese word for "only."


===== aphotækar  =====
===== aphotækar  =====
*Icelandic word for "pharmacist."
*Icelandic word for "pharmacist."


===== apodo  =====
===== apodo  =====
*Spanish word for "nickname."
*Spanish word for "nickname."


===== apoplexia  =====
===== apoplexia  =====
*Latin word for "stroke."
*Latin word for "stroke."


===== aposentado (a)  =====
===== aposentado (a)  =====
*Portuguese word for "retired."
*Portuguese word for "retired."


===== aposentadoria  =====
===== aposentadoria  =====
*Portuguese word for "retirement."
*Portuguese word for "retirement."


===== Apostolies  =====
===== Apostolies  =====
*Afrikaans word for "Apostolic."
*Afrikaans word for "Apostolic."


===== apostolisch  =====
===== apostolisch  =====
*German and Dutch word for "Apostolic."
*German and Dutch word for "Apostolic."


===== apostólico (a)  =====
===== apostólico (a)  =====
*Portuguese and Spanish word for "apostolic."
*Portuguese and Spanish word for "apostolic."


===== appartenenza religiosa  =====
===== appartenenza religiosa  =====
*Italian word for "religious affiliation."
*Italian word for "religious affiliation."


===== appartiene  =====
===== appartiene  =====
*Italian word for "pertains."
*Italian word for "pertains."


===== apparu  =====
===== apparu  =====
*French word for "appeared."
*French word for "appeared."


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===== appelé(e)  =====
===== appelé(e)  =====
*French word for "named."
*French word for "named."


===== appena  =====
===== appena  =====
*Italian word for "as soon as."
*Italian word for "as soon as."


===== appi  =====
===== appi  =====
*Finnish word for "father-in-law."
*Finnish word for "father-in-law."


===== appivanhemmat  =====
===== appivanhemmat  =====
*Finnish word for "parents-in-law."
*Finnish word for "parents-in-law."


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===== apprendista  =====
===== apprendista  =====
*Italian word for "apprentice."
*Italian word for "apprentice."


===== apprenti  =====
===== apprenti  =====
*French word for "apprentice."
*French word for "apprentice."


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===== Apprentice indenture  =====
===== Apprentice indenture  =====
*A record that documents an agreement between a master and an apprentice or the apprentice's legal guardian.
*A record that documents an agreement between a master and an apprentice or the apprentice's legal guardian.


===== Apprentice record  =====
===== Apprentice record  =====
*Documentation about an apprenticeship, which was a legal arrangement in which an individual, usually a child, worked for the master of a trade to learn the trade. The master provided training, food, and lodging for the apprentice.
*Documentation about an apprenticeship, which was a legal arrangement in which an individual, usually a child, worked for the master of a trade to learn the trade. The master provided training, food, and lodging for the apprentice.


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===== appresso  =====
===== appresso  =====
*Italian word for "after, the next."
*Italian word for "after, the next."


===== approuvé  =====
===== approuvé  =====
*French word for "approved."
*French word for "approved."


===== aprendiz  =====
===== aprendiz  =====
*Portuguese and Spanish word for "apprentice."
*Portuguese and Spanish word for "apprentice."


===== april  =====
===== april  =====
*Danish, Norwegian and Swedish word for "April."
*Danish, Norwegian and Swedish word for "April."


===== April  =====
===== April  =====
*Dutch and German word for "April."
 
*Dutch and German word for "April."  
*Afrikaans word for "April."
*Afrikaans word for "April."


===== aprile  =====
===== aprile  =====
*Italian word for "April."
*Italian word for "April."


===== aprilis  =====
===== aprilis  =====
*Latin word for "of April."
*Latin word for "of April."


===== aproximado (a),, Portuguese  =====
===== aproximado (a),, Portuguese  =====
*Portuguese word for "approximate."
*Portuguese word for "approximate."


===== aproximado (a), Spanish  =====
===== aproximado (a), Spanish  =====
*Spanish word for "approximate."
*Spanish word for "approximate."


===== après  =====
===== après  =====
*French word for "after."
*French word for "after."


===== après-demain  =====
===== après-demain  =====
*French word for "the day after tomorrow."
*French word for "the day after tomorrow."


===== après-midi  =====
===== après-midi  =====
*French word for "afternoon."
*French word for "afternoon."


===== apríl  =====
===== apríl  =====
*Icelandic word for "April."
*Icelandic word for "April."


apteekkari  
===== apteekkari =====
 
*Finnish word for "pharmacist, druggist."
    Finnish word for "pharmacist, druggist."
 
apud
 
    Latin word for "at the house of, at, by, near."


apéndice, Spanish
===== apud  =====
*Latin word for "at the house of, at, by, near."


    Spanish word for "appendix."
===== apéndice, Spanish  =====
*Spanish word for "appendix."


apêndice, Portuguese  
===== apêndice, Portuguese =====
*Portuguese word for "appendix."


    Portuguese word for "appendix."
===== após, Hungarian  =====
*Hungarian word for "father-in-law."


após, Hungarian
===== após, Portuguese  =====
*Portuguese word for "after."


    Hungarian word for "father-in-law."
===== apótekari  =====
*Icelandic word for "pharmacy."


após, Portuguese
===== aqua  =====
*Latin word for "water."


    Portuguese word for "after."
===== aquel (la)  =====
*Spanish word for "that."


apótekari
===== aquele (a),  =====
*Portuguese word for "that."


    Icelandic word for "pharmacy."
===== aquí  =====
*Portuguese and Spanish word for "here."


aqua
===== araldica  =====
*Italian word for "heraldry."


    Latin word for "water."
===== Arapaho Indians  =====
*A tribe of Native Americans living in the Great Plains from southern Canada to northern Texas.


aquel (la)
===== aratore  =====
*Italian word for "plowman."


    Spanish word for "that."
===== arbeider  =====
*Afrikaans, Dutch and Norwegian word for "laborer."


aquele (a),  
===== Arbeiter  =====
*German word for "laborer, worker."


    Portuguese word for "that."
===== arbejder  =====
*Danish word for "laborer."


aquí
===== arbetare  =====
*Swedish word for "worker, laborer."


    Portuguese and Spanish word for "here."
===== arbre généalogique =====
 
*French word for "family tree, pedigree."
araldica
 
    Italian word for "heraldry."
 
Arapaho Indians
 
    A tribe of Native Americans living in the Great Plains from southern Canada to northern Texas.
 
aratore
 
    Italian word for "plowman."
 
arbeider
 
    Afrikaans, Dutch and Norwegian word for "laborer."
 
Arbeiter
 
    German word for "laborer, worker."
 
arbejder
 
    Danish word for "laborer."
 
arbetare
 
    Swedish word for "worker, laborer."
 
arbre généalogique  
 
    French word for "family tree, pedigree."
 
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===== Archaic word  =====
===== Archaic word  =====
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*An ecclesiastical division within a diocese that is headed by an archdeacon. It may consist of one or more rural deaneries.
*An ecclesiastical division within a diocese that is headed by an archdeacon. It may consist of one or more rural deaneries.


Archdeacons' transcripts  
===== Archdeacons' transcripts =====
 
*Copies of parish registers sent by Church of England parish ministers to their archdeacons each year. An archdeacon was the church official over an archdeaconry, which was part of a diocese. An archdeacon was under the authority of the Bishop of the diocese.
    Copies of parish registers sent by Church of England parish ministers to their archdeacons each year. An archdeacon was the church official over an archdeaconry, which was part of a diocese. An archdeacon was under the authority of the Bishop of the diocese.
 
Archdiocese


    An ecclesiastical division that is headed by an archbishop.
===== Archdiocese  =====
*An ecclesiastical division that is headed by an archbishop.


archidiaconus  
===== archidiaconus =====
*Latin word for "archdeacon."


    Latin word for "archdeacon."
===== archief  =====
*Dutch word for "archive."


archief
===== archiepiscopus  =====
*Latin word for "archbishop."


    Dutch word for "archive."
===== Archiv  =====
*German word for "archive."


archiepiscopus
===== Archival quality =====
 
*Acid-free folders, acid-free boxes, and archival-safe plastic sleeves made of polyester, polypropylene, or polyethylene are archival quality and the only safe way to store documents and photographs.
    Latin word for "archbishop."
 
Archiv
 
    German word for "archive."
 
Archival quality  
 
    Acid-free folders, acid-free boxes, and archival-safe plastic sleeves made of polyester, polypropylene, or polyethylene are archival quality and the only safe way to store documents and photographs.
 
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===== Archive  =====
===== Archive  =====
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*A portion of the Family Group Records Collection that contains five million family group records submitted by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1942 and 1969. Information from these records has been added to the International Genealogical Index®.
*A portion of the Family Group Records Collection that contains five million family group records submitted by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1942 and 1969. Information from these records has been added to the International Genealogical Index®.


archives  
===== archives =====
 
*French word for "archive."
    French word for "archive."


===== Archives and Libraries, Family History Library Catalog™  =====
===== Archives and Libraries, Family History Library Catalog™  =====
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*A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize information about other archives (places where institutions such as governments, businesses, and churches keep their records and official documents) and libraries (places that contains books, manuscripts, music, art, and other reference materials).
*A subject heading used in the Family History Library Catalog to categorize information about other archives (places where institutions such as governments, businesses, and churches keep their records and official documents) and libraries (places that contains books, manuscripts, music, art, and other reference materials).


Archives du Royaume  
===== Archives du Royaume =====
 
*French word for "state archives (Belgium)."
    French word for "state archives (Belgium)."


===== Archives départementales, France  =====
===== Archives départementales, France  =====
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*The French term for departmental archive. These archives collect records for a department of the French government. Departmental archives have most of the French records of genealogical value, including civil registration records, pre-1792 church records, census records, some notarial records, and military conscription records.
*The French term for departmental archive. These archives collect records for a department of the French government. Departmental archives have most of the French records of genealogical value, including civil registration records, pre-1792 church records, census records, some notarial records, and military conscription records.


Archives Nationales  
===== Archives Nationales =====
 
*French word for "state archives (France)".
    French word for "state archives (France)".
 
archivi
 
    Italian word for "archives."
 
archivi di stato
 
    Italian word for "state archives."
 
archivo
 
    Spanish word for "archive."
 
archivum
 
    Latin word for "archive."
 
archiwum
 
    Polish word for "archive."


archív
===== archivi  =====
*Italian word for "archives."


    Czech word for "archive."
===== archivi di stato  =====
*Italian word for "state archives."


arcularius
===== archivo  =====
*Spanish word for "archive."


    Latin word for "carpenter."
===== archivum  =====
*Latin word for "archive."


Julia Hoge Spencer Ardery Collection (Ardery collection)
===== archiwum  =====
*Polish word for "archive."


    A collection of abstracted court records, deeds, family Bibles, family histories, and correspondence about families from Kentucky and Virginia.
===== archív  =====
*Czech word for "archive."


argief
===== arcularius  =====
*Latin word for "carpenter."


    Afrikaans word for "archive."
===== Julia Hoge Spencer Ardery Collection (Ardery collection)  =====
*A collection of abstracted court records, deeds, family Bibles, family histories, and correspondence about families from Kentucky and Virginia.


Arid
===== argief  =====
*Afrikaans word for "archive."


    Dry, lacking in water, a desert.
===== Arid  =====
 
*Dry, lacking in water, a desert.
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===== Arizona Territory, USA  =====
===== Arizona Territory, USA  =====
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*One of the two ships that brought Catholic and Protestant English settlers to the western shore of Chesapeake Bay in 1634. The other ship was named the Dove. The settlers founded St. Mary's City. King Charles I had originally granted the Maryland region to George Calvert, who died before the king could sign the charter, so the king granted the charter to Calvert's son Cecelius. Cecelius, himself a Roman Catholic, believed in religious freedom and saw to it that law and policies were established to guarantee that right in Maryland.
*One of the two ships that brought Catholic and Protestant English settlers to the western shore of Chesapeake Bay in 1634. The other ship was named the Dove. The settlers founded St. Mary's City. King Charles I had originally granted the Maryland region to George Calvert, who died before the king could sign the charter, so the king granted the charter to Calvert's son Cecelius. Cecelius, himself a Roman Catholic, believed in religious freedom and saw to it that law and policies were established to guarantee that right in Maryland.


arkisto  
===== arkisto =====
*Finnish word for "archive."


    Finnish word for "archive."
===== arkistoluettelo  =====
*Finnish word for "archive list."


arkistoluettelo
===== arkiv  =====
*Danish and Swedish word for "archive."


    Finnish word for "archive list."
===== arm  =====
*German word for "poor."


arkiv
===== arma  =====
*Latin word for "coat of arms."


    Danish and Swedish word for "archive."
===== armentarius  =====
*Latin word for "herdsman."


arm
===== armiger =====
 
*Latin word for "gentleman, squire."
    German word for "poor."
 
arma
 
    Latin word for "coat of arms."
 
armentarius
 
    Latin word for "herdsman."
 
armiger  
 
    Latin word for "gentleman, squire."
 
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===== Armiger  =====
===== Armiger  =====
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*A person entitled to use a coat of arms.
*A person entitled to use a coat of arms.


armoiries  
===== armoiries =====
 
*French word for "coat of arms."
    French word for "coat of arms."


===== Armorial  =====
===== Armorial  =====
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*An alphabetical list of people entitled to use a coat of arms. The armorial also describes the coat of arms. The term armorial can also refer to anything having to do with heraldry.
*An alphabetical list of people entitled to use a coat of arms. The armorial also describes the coat of arms. The term armorial can also refer to anything having to do with heraldry.


armorum  
===== armorum =====
 
*Latin word for "of coats of arms."
    Latin word for "of coats of arms."
 
Armut


    German word for "poverty."
===== Armut  =====
*German word for "poverty."


===== Army  =====
===== Army  =====
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*The branch of a nation's armed forces that is trained to fight on land.
*The branch of a nation's armed forces that is trained to fight on land.


Aroostook War (Maine)  
===== Aroostook War (Maine) =====
 
*A dispute in 1839 about the boundary between the state of Maine and what is now the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Troops were called out, but there was no battle. The boundary was finally settled by a treaty between the United States and Britain in 1842.
    A dispute in 1839 about the boundary between the state of Maine and what is now the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Troops were called out, but there was no battle. The boundary was finally settled by a treaty between the United States and Britain in 1842.


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