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Abbreviations & Acronyms for Genealogy - The Accepted

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This will be a listing of the ACCEPTED - genealogical abbreviations and Acronyms - found from various sites - Rootsweb/Ancestry.com, Genealogy.com (which I think is now owned by Ancestry.com) - if you find another list - send me the link and i will check, verify, combine and add any additional items to the list.

Also abbreviations used on census records - since they are generally and most generally used or copied over itnto a genealogy database. As they seem to become accepted usage in genealogy.

The programs of PAF (by the LDS), ancestors (Evertons), Family tree, Legacy 7.5 are the standard's of Genealogical data entry - their abbreviations are the "accepted standard" so to speak.

I was taught IF IN DOUBT - DO NOT abbreviate - or if you feel that the abbreviation may be taken out of context or misconstrued - - in using/coping sourcing - do not change abbreviations to suite yourself. copy it VERBATIM and changing no spellings and it you fell you just must change the information any changes you make should be placed within [...] it indicate the changes made to the original entry.

Abbreviations for countries - RootsWeb, up-to-date country code standard. ISO 3166 is the commonly accepted International Standard this shows both the OLD two letter code ad the new ISO 3166 which is 3 letters.

Abbreviations: Country and Regional Locations - RootsWeb

At the end I will list the books also that were referenced -

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Genealogists were using symbols long before they were using computers. Handwritten documents could use any symbol the author cared to draw, including ♂, the male sign, and ♀, the female sign.

Early typewritten documents were limited by the repertoire of the typewriter

Early computer typically offered some 8-bit extension of the 7-bit ASCII character set. All the characters in the table below occur in both Windows ANSI (code page 1252) and MacRoman (code page 1000).

meaning symbol Windows ANSI name

                                code point(s)

birth * 2A Asterisk

baptisation, christening ~ 7E Tilde

death † 86 Dagger

burial [ ] 5B 5D Square Brackets

stillborn †* 86 2A Dagger, Asterisk

born illegitimately (*) 28 2A 29 Left Parenthesis, Asterisk, Right Parenthesis

killed in action x58 Latin Small Letter X

this line extinct ++ 2B 2B Plus Sign, Plus Sign

this line extinct ‡ 87 Double Dagger

approximate(ly) ± B1 Plus-Minus Sign

before < 3C Less-Than Sign

after >3E Greater-Than Sign

engaged o 6F Latin Small Letter O

married oo 6F 6F Latin Small Letter O, Latin Small Letter O

divorced o|o 6F 7C 6F Latin Small Letter O, Vertical Line, Latin Small Letter O

divorced o/o6 F 2F 6F Latin Small Letter O, Solidus, Latin Small Letter O

divorced % 25 Percent Sign

divorced ÷ F7 Division Sign

unmarried o-o 6F 96 6 FLatin Small Letter O, Hyphen-Minus, Latin Small Letter O

Handwritten documents could use any symbol the author cared to draw, including ♂, the male sign, and ♀, the female sign.

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1C - first cousin (2c, second cousin, etc.)
1R - once removed (2r, twice removed, etc.)

A good reference site for relationaships

Geographic Abbreviations

[-?-] any unknown data or best left BLANK

a / A about, age, acre, ante, aunt
A.A. Associate of Art AAONMS - Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
AAGRA Australasian Association of Genealogists and Record Agents
AAONMS - Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
a.a.r. - against all risks
AAS American Antiquarian Society
AASP - American Antiquarian Society Proceedings
AASR - Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite (of Freemasons)
AASRFM - Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
ab. - about; abbey
abbr. - abbreviation
abd. - abdicated
Abp. - Archbishop
abr. - abridged; abridgment
abs. or abstr. - abstract
abt. - about
AC - Ante Christum; ancestor chart
a.c. - attested copy; account current
acad. - academy
acc. - according to; account; accompanied
acco. - account
accu. - accurate
ackd. - acknowledged
actg. - acting
ACW - American Civil War
Ad Adopted
Ad.Cl Adopted Child
Ad.D Adopted Daughter
Ad.Gcl Adopted Grandchild
Ad.M Adopted Mother
Ad.S Adopted Son
AD - anno domini [Latin], in the year of the Lord
adj. - adjoining; adjutant; adjourned
adm. - admission; admitted
admin. - administration; administrator
Admon. - letters of administration
admr. - administration
A/Dip. LAH Associate Diploma of Local and Applied History
AEOS - Ancient Egyptian Order of Sciots (Masons)
af. or afft. - affidavit
AF - Ancestral File, database maintained by the LDS FHL
AF&AM - Ancient, Free, & Accepted Masons
AFAM - Ancient Free and Accepted Mason
aft., > - after
AG - Accredited Genealogist (FHL credential)
AG:ABC American Genealogy: A Basic Course
AGBU - Armenian General Benevolent Union
AFRA - American Family Records Association
AGLL- American Genealogical Lending Library
AGRA - Association of Genealogists and Record Agents (Professional)
AGRA Association of Genealoc, ca. - circa, about
AHOJB - Ancient and Honorable Order of the Jersey Blues
AIS - Accelerated Indexing System
AISB - Ancient Illuminated Seers of Bavaria
a.k.a. also known as; alias.
Al Aunt-In-Law
AL - American Legion
ald. - alderman
alleg. - allegiance
alh. (dutch) alhier here, in this place
a.l.s. - autographed letter signed
als. - alias
altm - at liberty to marry (Quaker)
AMORC - Ancient Mystic Order Rosae Crucis
Am. Rev. - American Revolution, American War for Independence
AMVETS - American Veterans
AMOS - Ancient Mystic Order of Samaritans (Odd Fellows)
anc. - ancestry; ancestor; ancient
annot. - annotated
ano. - another
anon. - anonymous
ant. - antiquary; antonym
antiq. - antiquary; antiquities; antiquity; antiquarian
a.o. - account of
AOB - Air Order of Battle
AODC - Ancient Order of Degree Coopermen
AOD - Ancient Order of Druids
AOF - Ancient Order of Foresters
AOH - Ancient Order of Hibernians
AOP - American Order of Pioneers
AOUW - Ancient Order of United Workmen
Ap (occupation/relationship) Apprentice
APCWS - Association for the Preservation of Civil War Sites
apd - attending places of diversion; appointed; appealed (Quaker)
APGQ Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly
APG - Association of Professional Genealogists
APJG Association of Professional Jewish Genealogists
APJI - Association for Protection of Jewish Immigrants
app. - apprentice; aprpoximately; appendix; appointed
App. Div. - Appelate division
appr. - appraisment
apprd. - apprised; appeared
approx. - approximately
apptd. - appointed
appx. - appendix
apt - appointed
AQM - Assistant Quartermaster (US Civil War)
AQRS - Assistant Quartermaster Remount Service (US Civil War)
ar. co. - artillery company
ARC - American Red Cross
arr. - arrived
ARSS - Antiquariorum Regiae Societatis Socius (Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries)
ascert. - ascertain(ed)
ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange - type of file on a computer that is usually readable / writable by most word processors
ASFD - American Society of Freedmen's Descendants
ASG - American Society of Genealogists
asgd. - assigned
ASGRA Association of Scottish Genealogists and Researchers in Archives
A.S. Associate of Science
ASN - Army Serial Number
assn - association
asr. - assessor
Asst Assistant.
assn. or assoc. - association
asso. - associated; associate
At (occupation/relationship) Attendant
att - attached to; attended (Quaker)
atty. - attorney
au. - gold
aud. - auditor
a.w.c. - admon. (letters of administration) with will and codicil annexed
AWOL - Absent Without Leave (military)

b. - born
B - Brother black, Negro
B (dutch) begraven burial
ba. - bachelor baptized
bach. or batch. - bachelor
B.A. Bachelor of Arts
B.A.Sc. Bachelor of Applied Science
bap / bapt - baptized
bapt. / bap - baptized
BAR - Brigade of the American Revolution
BARE - Benefit Association of Railway Employees
B.B.A. Bachelor of Business Administration
BBoy (relationship)Bound Boy
BBS - Bulletin Board System Phone dial up connection for PC's.
B.D. Bachelor of Divinity
BC - (of a date) before Christ
BCE - (of a date) before the Common Era (same as BC, but more inclusive)
bcer - birth certificate
BCG - Board for Certification of Genealogists
BCR - Battle Casualty Report
b.d. or bdt. - birth date
bd. - bound; buried
bec. - because; became
begr. (dutch)begraven buried
bef., < - before
bet. between
B.F.A. Bachelor of Fine Arts
BG - burial grounds
BGirl (relationship) Bound Girl
B.H.L. Bachelor of Hebrew Literature
BFHS British Family History Society
BK - Brother's Keeper (software , a genealogy program)
Bl Brother-In-Law
BIA - Bureau of Indian Affair
b-i-l - brother in law
biog. - biography
bish. - bishop
BK - Brother's Keeper (software)
bk. - book
bks. - books; barracks
bl. - bibliography
B.L.S. Bachelor of Library Science
BLM - Bureau of Land Management
BMD - Births, Marriages and Deaths
BMP - Bit Mapped Picture - file format of a computer disk file
BLW - Bount Land Warrant
B.M. - Bench Mark; British Museum
bndsmn. - bondsman
BNL - Brotherhood of the New Life
Bo (relationship) Boarder
bona—goods, chattels, moveable property
bo or bot. - bought; bottom
botp / b.o.t.p —both of this parish
Boy (relationship) Boy
bp. baptized birthplace Bishop
bpl. - birthplace
BPOE - Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
bpt. baptized ;
Br. - British
br. / bro. - brother
bro / br. - brother
bro-i-l - brother-in-law
B.S. - in court records, Bill of Sale
B.S.L.S. Bachelor of Science in Library Science
B.Sc. Bachelor of Science
B.S.C.E. Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
B.S.N.E. Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering
B.T. - Bishop's Transcripts
B.U.S. Bachelor of University Studies
Bu (occupation/relationship) Butler
bu. / bur - buried.
bur. / bu - buried
BYU Brigham Young University

c. / ca - cousin; chapter; circa; codicil
C18 - Eighteenth century (etc.)
ca / c - circa, about,about or around, from the Latin word circa. (as in ca. 1840.)
CA (military) Survivor of the Confederate Army
CAILS - Certified American Indian Lineage Specialist (BCG credential)
CALS - Certified American Lineage Specialist (BCG credential)
CANINDEX - Index of emigrants from British Isles to Canada and Newfoundland
Cap / capt. Captain (military rank); captured; captivity
CAR - National Society, Children of the American Revolution
catal. - catalogue
cath. - cathedral
Cause of Death - DthCau, DCs
CC - County Court (USA) County Clerk; county court, county commissioner; company commander
cc. - chapters
CCP - Court of Common Pleas
CD - Compact Disk - An optical disk used with some PC's to store lots of data.
CDA - Colonial Dames of America
CDIB - Certified Degree of Indian Blood
CE - (of a date) Common Era (same as AD, but more inclusive)
CFI - Computer File Index (precursor of IGI)
cem. - cemetery
cert. - certificate
cen. or cens. - census
cent. - century
cer. or cert. - certificate
cf. - confer
cd - contrary to the Discipline (Quaker)
CDA - Catholic Daughters of America
CG - Certified Genealogist (BCG credential)
CG(C) Certified Genealogist (Canada)
CGI - Certified Genealogical Instructor (BCG credential)
CGL - Certified Genealogical Lecturer (BCG credential)
CGRS - Certified Genealogical Record Searcher (BCG credential)
CIG Computer Interest Group
CH - Court House
Ch (race) Chineses
ch - child, children; church chief, chaplain
Cha (occupation/relationship) Chamber Maid
chm - condemned his/her misconduct (Quaker)
chan. - chancery
chldn. or chn. - children
chlw - Cotton Loom Hand Worker
ch/o - child of
chr - charter Christened.
chris.- christened
CIGO Council of Irish Genealogical Organizations
Cil Cousin-In-Law
cir. - circa
civ. - civil
CJ - County Judge
clk. - clerk
Cl Child
CMU - Concrete Masonry Unit
CN (military) Survivor of the Confederate Navy
c/o - child of
CO - commanding officer; Colonial Office
co. - county; company chosen overseer (Quaker)
Coa (occupation/relationship) Coachman
cod. - codicil
col. - colored (Negro, mulatto, fpc)
Col. - Colonel (military rank)
C of A - Coat of Arms
col. - colony; colonel
coll. - college; collections
Com (relationship/relationship)Companioncom. - commissioner; commander; commentary; committee; common; commoner; communicate, companion
com/comp - complained (Quaker)
comm - committee communion, communicant commissioners
con - condemned (Quaker) complained (Quaker)
comp. - company
conf. confirmed
confer. - conferred
conject. - conjecture
cont. - continued
Cook Cook
contr. - contract
corp. - corporal
cos. - Consul
couns. - counsellor
cous. - cousin
coven. - covenant
Cpl. = Corporal (military rank)
c.r. - church report
c.s. - copy signed
CRA - Church Records Archives
Cremated - crem
crspd. - correspond; correspondence
CSA - Confederate States of America
csn. - cousin; cousins
ct - certificate court; citation; county
CVA - Confederate Veterans of America
CW church warden Civil War, War of the Rebellion, War beteen the States, 1861-1865.
CWSS - Civil War Soldiers and Sailors gists and Record Agents

d. - died death; daughter
D (dutch) dopen baptism
DA - District Attorney
da. - daughter; day
DAB - Dictionary of American Biography
DAC - National Society of the Daughters of the American Colonists
DalS—daughter-in-law’s son
DAR - Daughters of the American Revolution
dau./ daugr - daughter
daugr / daugr - daughter
dau-i-l - daughter-in-law
daus. - daughters
DAV - Disabled American Veterans
DB - Domesday Book
DC - District of Columbia; Deputy Clerk; Deputy County Clerk
DBE - Daughters of the British Empire
DCG - Descendants of Colonial Governors
DCLI - Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
D.D. Doctor of Divinity
d. & coh. - daughter and coheiress
d'd. - deceased dead
dea / deac. - deacon
deac / dea. - deacon
dec. / dec'd - deceased dead
dec'd / dec - deceased dead
decis. - decision
DED - Declared Dead (military)
degr. - degree
dep. - deputy; depot
dept. - department
desc. - descendant
devis. - devised
DFPA - Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America
dft = defendant (legal term for person accused of and on trial for a crime)
d. & h. - daughter and heiress
dil / d-i-l daughter in law
d-i-l / dil daughter in law
dio. - diocese
Dip FHS Diploma in Family Historical Studies
dis. - discharge disowned, disowned for (Quaker)
discip. - discipline
dist. - district
div. - division; divided; divorce/divorced; divinity
div. - * Dl. - daughter-in-law
Dla (occupation/relationship) Day Laborer
DLI - Durham Light Infantry
D.Min. Doctor of Ministry
DMWVI - Descendants of Mexican War Veterans
d/o - daughter of
do. - ditto, the same as the previous entry
DOB - Date of birth
doc or docum. - document
DOCS - Documents / Documentations
DOD - Date of death
DOK - Daughters Of the King
Dom (occupation/relationship) Domestic
do/" ditto (which means "same as line above")
DOW - Died of Wounds (military)
dp - dropped plain dress (Quaker)
dpl. - death place
DR - Daughter of the Revolution; Diocesan Registry
dr - doctor; dram drinking to excess (Quaker)
dr. (dutch) (v.) dochter (van) daughter (of)
drpd - dropped (Quaker)
DRT - Daughters of the Republic of Texas
DSDI Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence
d.s. - document signed; died single
ds. - deaths; daughters
dsct. - descendant
d.s.p. - decessit sine prole [Latin], died without issue, childless
d.s.p.m. - [Latin] descessit sine prole mascula; died without male issue
dt - date daughter daughters
dtd - dated
dto. - ditto
dtr. - daughter
dt's. - delirium tremens
DUE --- Daughter of UEL (1 st gen. only)
dum. or d. um. - died unmarried
dup - duplicate
DUP - Daughters of Utah Pioneers
DUVCW Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War
dv - divorce
DVA - Department of Veterans Affairs
DVF - Society of the Descendants of Washington's Army at Valley Forge
D.V.M. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
d.s.p. - died without issue (from Latin: decessit sine prole)
d.v.p. - decessit vitae patre [Latin], died in father's lifetime
Dw (occupation/relationship) Dish Washer
d.w. = Died widow?
d.y. - died young

E. - East or eastern
EAD—Encoded Archival Description
easi. - easily
EBB—Electronic Bulletin Board
ecux. - executrix; a female executor
E.D. - Enumeration District
ed. - edited; edition; editor
Ed.D. Doctor of Education
educ. - education; educated
EM - Enlisted member (military)
Emp (occupation/relationship) Employee
En (occupation/relationship) Engineer
Eng. - England
ENHA - East Anglia National Heritage Area
end - endorsed (Quaker)
eno. - enough
ens. - ensign (military rank)
ensu. - ensuing
est. - estate;established
establ. - establishment
estd. - estimated
et al "and others."
etc. - [Latin] etcetera; and so forth
ETO = European Theater of Operations (the area in Europe, stretching from the Netherlands to the Mediterranean Sea, in which the Allied Forces fought against the Axis powers during World War II)
et. vir. - and husband
exc. - except; excellency; excepted; exchange
et ux"and wife."
ETO - European Theater of Operations (military)
EUS - Evacuated to the U.S. (military)
ev. luth. (dutch) evangelisch luthers Evangelical Lutheran
exec. executor.
exor. executor.
exox. executrix
exs. - executors
exx. - executrix

F '* f. / F. - father; female; folio; feast; feet; farm; following

fa. - father
F.A. - Field Artillery
Fa.H (occupation/relationship) Farm Hand
Fa.L (occupation/relationship) Farm Laborer
Fa.W (occupation/relationship) Farm Worker
F&AM - Free and Accepted Masons
FAAO - Fellow of the American Academy of Osteopathy
FACC - Fellow of the American College of Cardiology
FACCE - Fellow, American College of Childbirth Educators
FACD - Fellow of the American College of Dentists
FACE - Fellow, American College of Endocrinology
FACEP - Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians
FACFAS - Fellowship of American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons
FACP - Fellow of the American College of Physicians
FACS - Fellow American College of Surgeons
FAM - Free and Accepted Masons
fam. - family families
FARC - Federal Archives and Records Centers (branches of the National Archives
FAS - Fellow of the Antiquarian Society
FASG - Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists
father-in-l - father-in-law
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
F.B. - Family Bible
FBG - Friends burial ground
FC&AGR—French Canadian and Acadian Genealogical Review
f.e. - for example
FEEFS Federation of East European Family Societies
ff. - following (pages), foster father
FF's - First Families
FFHS—Federation of Family History Societies
FFV - First Families of Virginia
FG—French Grants
FGRA - Family Group Record Archives
FGS - Family Group Sheet
FGBS Fellow, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
FGSP Fellow, Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania
FHC - Family History Center, branch of the FHL
FHL - Family History Library, genealogy library in Salt Lake City, Utah, maintained by LDS church
FHLC - Family History Library Catalog
FHS Family History Society
Fi Fireman
FIGRS - Fellow of the Irish Genealogical Research Society
fidel. - fidelity
f-i-l/ fil./ f.inl / FL - father in law
fil./ f-i-l/ f.inl / FL - father in law
f.inl/ f-i-l/ fil./ FL - father in law
filius - son of (remember this as: ends in "us" = male)
filia - daughter of (remember this as: ends in "a" = female)
First C First Cousin
Fl Father-In-Law
f.m. - free mulatto
FM - foster mother
fmc - free man of color
f.n. - free negro
FNGS - Fellow of the National Genealogical Society
FNHC - Founders of the New Haven Colony
fo / f - folio
Fo.B Foster Brother
Fo.S Foster Son
Fo.Si Foster Sister
FOE - Fraternal Order of Eagles
FOIA - Freedom of Information Act
FOP - Fraternal Order of Police (USA)
form - formerly
fpc - free person of color, neither Caucasian nor enslaved
fr - from
FR family register
FRACP - Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
FRAM - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music
FRCP - Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
FRCPE - Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
FRCSI - Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland
Frds - Friends (Quaker)
freem. - freeman; freemen
FSA Fellow, Society of Antiquaries (in England)
FSA Scot Fellow, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
FSAG Fellow, Society of Australian Genealogists
FSG - Fellow of the Society of Genealogists
Fstw—farm steward
ft. - foot; fort
FTB - Family Tree Builder(Online Sync Software by MyHertiage.com)
FTM - Family Tree maker (softwarea genealogy program from Banner Blue Software ) FTM - Family Tree Maker,
FTP - File Transfer Protocol (networking, technical)
FTW - Family Tree Maker for Windows (software)
FUGA - Fellow of the Utah Genealogical Association
fwc - free woman of color
fwf - free white female
fwm - free white male

g. - grand; great
GA - great aunt
GAR - Grand Army of the Republic
GAOTU - Great Architect of the Universe (Freemason Word)
G.B. - Great Britain
GB - Genealogy Bank
GC - Gregorian Calendar
gc - granted certificate (Quaker)
gch/ Gcl Grand Child grandchildren
gct - granted certificate to (Quaker)
GCVO - Grand Cross of the (Royal) Victorian Order (knight)
GD - granddaughter
gdn. guardian
.geb.(dutch) geboren born
ged. (dutch) gedoopt baptized
Gedcom - GEnealogical Data COMmunication, method of transferring genealogy files from one program to another
gem. (dutch) gemeente municipality
gemelli - gemini twins
Gen. = General (military rank)
GENTECH An organization dedicated to bridging GENealogy and TECHnology
GENUKI - Online Genealogical Information Service for the UK & Ireland.
Gf Grand Father
Ggf Great Grandfather
Ggm Great Grandmother
Gggf Great-Great-Grandfather
Gggm Great-Great-Grandmother
GH - Genelaogical Helper (Everton's)
GIF - A format to hold images on a computer disk file
GIM - Genealogical Information Manager
GIMA Genealogical Institute of Mid-America (University of Illinois-Springfield)
GIT Genealogical Institute of Texas
gl - granted letter
glt - granted letter to
GM Grand Mother
Gml Grand Mother-In-Law
Gni Grand Niece (or Great Niece)
Gn Grand Nephew (or Great Nephew)
Go (occupation/relationship) Governess
God Cl God Child
godf. - godfather
godm. - godmother
GOONS - Guild Of One Name Studies ‘The world's leading organization for one-name studies’.
gov . - governor government
govt. - government
gp. - grandparents
GPAI - Genealogical Periodical Annual Index
gr. - grand; great; grant; graduate
gr dau. - granddaughter
grdn. guardian
grd/o or gr/d/o—granddaughter of
grf. - grandfather
grmo. - grandmother
gr s. or GS - grandson
g.r. - grave record
Gr.Yd. - grave yard
GRINZ Dip.FH (Prof) Genealogical Research Institute of New Zealand-Diploma in Family History (Professional)
Gs Grand Son
GSG Genealogical Speakers Guild
Gsl Grand Son-In-Law
GSMD General Society of Mayflower Descendants
g.s. - grave stone
GSSR - General Society, Sons of the Revolution
g.s.w. - gun shot wound
GSW 1812 - General Society of the War of 1812
Gt. Br. - Great Britain
gt. gr. - great grand
GTT - Gone to Texas
GU - great uncle
Gua (relationship) Guardian
Guest Guest

h. - husband; heir; heiress
Hb Half Brother
Hbl Half Brother-In-Law
hdgrs. - headquarters
Help Help
He (relationship.occupation) Herder
HEIC - Honourable East India Comapny
her. - heraldry
hers. - herself
H.Gi (relationship/occupation) Hired Girl
H.H (relationship/occupation) Hired Hand
Hlg (relationship/occupation) Hireling
Hk (occupation/relationship) Housekeeper
HLI - Highland Light Infantry, Herefordshire Light Infantry
H.Maid (relationship) Housemaid
HM - His or Her Majesty, or hired man
HMS - Her (or His) Majesty's Service or Ship
hims. - himself
Hist. - History
hist. - historian
h/o - husband of
hon. honorable
hon. dis. - honorably discharged
honor. - honorary
honora. - honorably
HOSJG - Hospitaller Order of St. John of God
HRIP—Hic Requiescit Pace (here rests in peace)
HSA - Huguenot Society of America
H.Si Half Sister
H.Sil Half Sister-In-Law* Hs Uli—Hans Ulrich
hund. - hundred
hus. - husband
husb. husband
Husband (relationship) Husband
Hw (occupation/relationship) House Worker

I - inmate
i.a. = in absentia (Latin term meaning in the absence of the person(s) concerned)
ibid. - ibidem [Latin], in the same place
ICAPGen International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists
IGI - International Genealogical Index
IGHR Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (Samford University)
ign. - ignorant
IIGS - International Internet Genealogical Society
illus. - illustrated
imp. - imported; importation; imperator (emperor)
IN (Race) Indian
inc. - incorporated; incomplete
incl. - included; inclusive
Ind. - Indians
IND.S.C. - Indian Survivors' Certificates
Ind. T. or Ind. Ter.- Indian Territory
Ind. W.C. - Indian Widow's Certificate
inf. - infant; infantry; informed
info. - information
infra dig—Infra dignitatem; undignified
inh. - inherited
inhab. - inhabitant
int. - intentions, public notice of an upcoming marriage
IGI - International Genealogical Index, created and maintained by the LDS FHL
Inmate (relationship) Inmate
inq. - inquiry
ins. - insert
inst. - instant [Latin], of the current month institute; institution
int. - intentions; interested; interred
inv. orinvt. - inventory
IOF - Independent Order of Foresters
IOGT - Independent Order of Good Templars
IOJD - International Order of Job's Daughters (freemason)
IOOF - Independent Order of Odd Fellows (fraternal organization)
IOR - Independent Order of Rechabites
IORG - International Order of the Rainbow for Girls (freemasonry)
IORM - Improved Order of Red Men
IOUAM - Improved Order of United American Mechanics
IRC—Internet Relay Chat
ISBGFH International Society for British Genealogy and Family History
ISFHWE International Society of Family History Writers and Editors
ISO - In Search Of
j. - joined (Quaker)
JA - Judge Advocate
jas - joined another society (Quaker)
jd / j.d. - dutch) jongedochter single woman / young daughter
j.d. / jd (dutch) jongedochter single woman / young daughter
JGS Jewish Genealogical Society
jm / j.m. (dutch) jongeman single man / young man
j.m. / jm (dutch) jongeman single man / young man
jMeth a Quaker abbreviation indicating that a member joined the Methodist Church
Jocu—joint occupant
JNH - Journal of Negro History
jno John or Johanne
Jr. /junr - Junior
Jp (race) Japanese
JP - Justice of the Peace
jud./ judic judicial.
junr. / Jr / junior
j.u.—Jure uxoris (right of wife)
jur. - [Latin] jurat; certification that a document was written by the person who signed it

k. - killed; king
KC - Knights of Columbus
KC - Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
KCSG - Knight Commander of the Order of St Gregory
Kew - Informal name for The National Archives, Kew, London.
KG - Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter
KGE - Knights of the Golden Eagle
KHS - Kentucky Historical Society
KIA - Killed in Action (military)
KIPC - Killed in Plane Crash (military)
KLH - Knight of the Legion of Honour; Knights and Ladies of Honor
kn. - known
KNB - Killed non-battle (military)
knd. (dutch) kind child
kndn. (dutch) kinderen children
knt. knight
KOSB - The King's Own Scottish Borderers
KOTM - Knights of the Maccabees
KOYLI - The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
KP - Order of Knights of Pythias
KSLI - The King's Shropshire Light Infantry
KT - Knight of the Order of the Thistle
KUV - Kranken Unterstuetzungs Verein

l. - license; law, or lodger launderer
L (dutch) lidmaten members (of a church)
L (relationship) Lodger
La /labr (occupation/relationship) Laborer
Lat. - Latin
Lau (occupation) Laundry
lb. - pound
LBC - Letter Book Copy
LC - Library of Congress
ld. - land
ldr. - leader
LDS - Latter Day Saints (Mormons)
l.e. - local elder in a church
LGAR - Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
Lgt.Art.—Light Artillery (military regiment)
ll. - lines
lib. - library
liber - book of public records.
lic. license. lieut. - lieutenant
li. / liv. - lived
liv. living. lived
liv. abt. - lived about
Lieut. = Lieutenant (military rank)
LL.B. Bachelor of Laws
lnd. - land
LNU - Last Name unknown
l.p. - local preacher
LOCIS - Library of Congress Information System
ltd. limited
Lt.Col. = Lieutenant-Colonel (military rank)
Lt.Gen. = Lieutenant-General (military rank)
lvg / liv - living
LWA - Lightly Wounded in Action (military)

m. - month; male; mother; married; marriage
m/1, m/2 - married first, married second, etc.
mag. - magistrate
Maid (occupation) Maid
Maj. = Major (military rank)
Maj.Gen. = Major General (military rank)
mak. - making
Man (occupation) Manager
Marr, - marriage
Mat Matron maternal
M Mother
m.bn. - marriage banns
mbr - member
mbrp - membership
MCA - Microfilm Corporation of America
MCC - Microfilm Card Catalog
mcd - married contrary to Discipline (Quaker)
MCD - Municipal Civil District minor civil division (Census Soundex)
MD - Doctor of Medicine; Middle Dutch
M.Div. Master of Divinity
md. - married
meerderj. (dutch) meerderjarig of age
mem. - member; membership; memorials; memoir
ment. - mentioned
messrs. - plural of mister
Mex. S.C. - Mexican Survivors' Certificates
Mex. S.O. - Mexcian Survivorr's Originals
Mex. W.C. - Mexican Widows' Certificate
MG - Minister of the Gospel
m.h. / MH - meeting house
MH / m.h. - meeting house
M.H.L. Master of Hebrew Literature
MGH - Middle High German
m.i. - monument inscription
mi. - mile; miles
MIA - Missing in Action
mil or milit. - military
m-i-l / m-in-l / ml - mother in law
m-in-l / m-i-l / ml Mother-In-Law
minderj. (dutch) minderjarig minor
min. - minister
ml / m-in-l / m-i-l / ml Mother-In-Law
MLG—Middle Low German
M.L.I.S. Master of Library and Information Science
MlkC—milk carrier
Mlo—Midlothian, Scotland
M.L.S. Master of Library Science
MLW - Military Land Warrant
MM - Monthly Meeting of Society of Friends (Quakers)
mnth / mo - month
N.M.I - no middle initial with or without periods
N.M.N. - no middle name with or without periods
m.o. - mustered out
mo. - mother; month
MOLLUS - Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
MOPH - Military Order of the Purple Heart
mors. - death; corpse
mos. - months; married out of society (Quaker)
mou - married out of unity (Quaker)
mov. - moved
MOWW - Military Order of World Wars
M.P.A. Master of Public Administration
MQ - Mayflower Quarterly
Mr. - Mister
Mrs. - Mistress
ms. - manuscript
M.S.L.I.S. Master of Science in Library and Information Science
M.S.L.S. Master of Science in Library Science
mss. - manuscripts
mt - married to
mtg. - meeting; mortgage
Mu Mulatto (race)
mvd. - moved
MWA - Modern Woodmen of America
my/d - my daughter

N Nephew Negro; North
n nephew; name
na. naturalized; not applicable. not attending meeting (Quaker)
NA - National Archives in Washington, D.C.; Native American
NARA - National Archives and Records Administration
NARS - National Archives and Record Service
NATF - National Archives Trust Fund
nam. - named
nata - born (female)
nat. - [Latin] natus;;; birth; son; offspring
NAT - North African Theater (military)
NATO - North African Theater of Operations (military, WW2)
natus born.
NCWA - National Civil War Association (USA)
n.d. no date; not dated.
nee, née - born, used to denote a woman's maiden name, ie., Anne Gibson nee West. the usual term for a woman's maiden or unmarried or birth name. (Means "born" in French)
N.E. - New England; North Eeast
NEH - National Endowment for the Humanities
NEHGR - New England Historic Genealogical Register [publication of NEHGS]
NEHGS - New England Historical Genealogy Society
neph. nephew.
neph-i-l - nephew-in-law
nfi - no further information
nfk - nothing further known
nfr - no further record
NFMP - National Fraternity of Military Pilots
NGC - National Genealogical Conference
NGS - National Geographical Society
NGSQ National Genealogical Society Quarterly
NHPRC - National Historical Publications and Records Commission
n.h. (dutch) nederlands hervormd Dutch Reformed
Nl Nephew-In-Law
Ni Niece
NIGR National Institute on Genealogical Research (National Archives)
NIGRAA National Institute on Genealogical Research Alumni Association
NIGS National Institute for Genealogical Studies (Toronto)
Nil Niece-In-Law
NLD the international genealogy standard for the Netherlands is NLD. Tis is a USA but the inernational English name is the Neterlands, Every country should be mentioned in the own language, thus it is NEDERLAND
nm. - name never married
nmed. - named
nmn - no middle name
N.N. - nomen nescio [Latin], name unknown
N.N. - non nominatus / non nominata' [Latin], not named
NOB - Naval Order of Battle
NOK - Next of Kin (military)
not. - noted
NP - Notary Public
n.p. no place listed; no publisher listed. not reported (Census Soundex)
n.pub. / n.p. - no publisher given
nr. - none recorded; not recorded; naturalized
NS - New Style calendar; Nova Scotia
NSCDA - National Society of the Colonial Dames of America
NSDAR - National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution
NSSAR National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
NSSDP - National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims
Nu (occupation)Nurse
NUCMC - National Union Catalog of Manuscript Colletions
nunc. nuncupative will,oral will.
nupsit - married
N.W. - North West
NWC - Navy Widow's Certificate
NW. Terr. - North West Territory
n.x.n. - no christian name
NYGBR New York Genealogical and Biographical Record
NYGBS New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
NZSG New Zealand Society of Genealogists

o. - oath, officer
O (occupation) Officer
OA - Order of the Arrow (Boy Scouts)
ob obit, deceased, inf—obit infantia (died in infancy) obiit
OB (order book, as in court order book.
OBE - Order of the British Empire
obiit. he or she died.
obit. obituary.
OBLI - Ox and Bucks Light Infantry
OC - Order of Canada
o.c. - only child
O.E. - Old England; Old English
OES - Order of the Eastern Star
offor offic. - official
OFPA The Order of the Founders and Patriots of America
oft. - often
OHC - Order of the Holy Cross
OISE Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (University of Toronto)
OM - Organized Militia Ordained Minister; Order of Merit
OMM - Order of Military Merit
OP - Order of Preachers (Roman Catholicism; Dominican)
o.p. - out of print
ord. - ordained; ordinance; order; ordinary
org. - organization
orig. - origin; original
OS old style calendar
OSA - Order of St. Anne; Ordinis Sancti Augustini (of the order of St. Augustine)
OSB - Order of St. Benedict
OSIA - Order of the Sons of Italy in America
OSL - Order of St. Luke the Physician
OSM - Order of Servants of Mary
OSSB - Order of the Star Spangled Banner
Ot (race) All others
o.t.p. - of this parish
ou - out of unity (Quaker)
OUAM - Order of United American Mechanics
overl. (dutch) overleden died

P / p. - page; per; populus; parentage; parents; pence, patient
Pa Partner
p.a. - power of attorney
PAF - Personal Ancestry File, genealogy program of the Mormon Church (LDS) No Longer Supported or distributed
Pal-Am/PALAM—Palatines to America,
pam. - pamphlet
par. - parish; parent; parents
pat. - patent; patented; paternal
PBA - Patrolman's Benevolent Association
PCC - Prerogative Court of Canterbury (UK)
pchd. - purchased
PE - Presiding Elder
peo. - people
perh. - perhaps
petitn. or petn. - petition
petr. - petitioner
PH - The Order of Patrons Of Husbandry (Grange)
ph. - parish, physician
Ph.D. Doctor of Philosophy
PI - Preliminary Inventories
PLAV - Polish Legion of American Veterans
pion. - pioneer
PJP - Probate Judge of the Peace
PLB - Poor Law Board
PLCGS Professional Learning Certificate in Genealogical Studies
plt. - plantiff
PM - preparative meeting (Quaker)
P.M. - Post Meridiem; afternoon; Post Mortem; after death; Police magistrate
PMP Project Management Professional
P.O. - Post Office
p.o.a. power of attorney
POE - Port of Entry
Por (occupation/relationship) Porter
POSA - Patriotic Sons of America
Prefix
Pri (occupation) Principal
pp. - pages
PPA - per power of Attorney
pr. - proved; probated, prisoner
Pr (relationship) Prisoner
pr. proved, probated.
prc - produced a certificate (Quaker)
prob. probably; probated.
prot. (dutch) protestant Protestant
Prv (occupation military) Privatepreced. - preceding
PRO - Public Record Office
pro. - probate; proved
prob. - probable; probably
PRONI - Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
prop. - property
PRP Professional Registered Parliamentarian
propr. - proprietor(s)
provis. - provision
Psy.D. Doctor of Psychology
pt. - point; port; petition; pint
ptf. - plaintiff
Pu - pupil
pub. - public; published; publisher; publication
Pu (occupation/relationship) Pupil
p.v. - prorare vexilla, patriotically
Pvt., Pte. = Private (military rank)
pymt. - payment

q. - [Latin] quarto; oversize book
Qkr - Quaker
QM - quarter master (military); quarterly meeting (Quaker)
QOCH - Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
q.v.quod vide (see above). directs the reader to look in another part of the book for further information
q.y. - query

r. - rector; rex; rejected; river; road
R (relationship) Roomer
R Range Rabbi; River; Road
rat. - rated
R.C. Roman Catholic.
RCA - Railway Carmen of America
rcd - recorded; received
rcdr. - recorder
RCJ - Rogationists Cordis Jesu (formal name for Rogationists, Roman Catholic Order of Men)
rcpt. - receipt
RD - release of dower rights
re. - regarding received
rec. - record
rec'd received
recrq - received by request (Quaker)
reg. register.
Reg. Gen. - Registrar General
rel. - relative
relfc - released from care of (Quaker)
relrq - released by request (Quaker)
rel/o = relict of (widow of)
reld. - relieved
rel-i-l - relative-in-law
rem. - remove, removed
ren. - renunciation
rep. - report; representative; reprint; reprinted
repl. - replaced; replacement
repud. repudiate.
res. residence; research. resides
respectiv. - respectively
ret. retired.
ret mbrp - retained membership (Quaker)
rev - reversed
Rev. War Revolutionary War Reverend.
RG - Registered Genealogist
RGLI - Royal Guernsey Light Infantry
rgstr. - registrar
RHF - Royal Highland Fusiliers
RIP - [Latin] requiescat in pace' (singular) or requiescant in pace (more than one person), rest in peace
rinq. - relinquished
r.k. (dutch) rooms katholiek Roman Catholic
RJLI - Royal Jersey Light InfantryRMC - Returned to Military Control (Military)
RMLI - Royal Marine Light Infantry
rm(t) - reported married (to)
RNA - Royal Neighbors of America
roc - received on certificate (Quaker)
rocf - received on certificate from (Quaker)
rol - received on letter (Quaker)
rolf - received on letter from (Quaker)
Rom. - Roman
ROOTS-L - a mailing list of subscribers who are interested in genealogy The original internet genealogy mailing list established in 1987.
rpd - reported
RQM - Regimental Quartermaster (US Civil War)
RR - railroad
rrq - request, requests, requested
rqc - requested certificate (Quaker)
rqct - requested certificate to (Quaker)
rqcuc - requested to come under care (Quaker)
RSF - The Royal Scots Fusiliers
RSOF - Religious Society Of Friends (Quakers)
rst - reinstate, reinstated (Quaker)
RTD - Returned to Duty (military)
RTT - Royal Templars of Temperance
RW - Revolutionary War

/s/ = signed by
s. son(s)/ soldier; survivor; spinster; successor; shilling
s. & h. son and heir.
s'd - said [found in legal documents]
Sa (occupation) Sailor
Sal (occupation) Saleslady
SAR - Sons of the American Revolution
SASE - Self Addressed, Stamped Envelope
Sb Step Brother
Sbl Step Brother-In-Law
Scl Step Childscatt. - scattering; scattered
SCV - Sons of Confederate Veterans
Sd Step Daughter
SDA - Seventh Day Adventists
SDWA - Society of the Descendants of Washington's Army at Valley Forge
Sdl Step Daughter-In-Law
Se (relationship) Servant
S.E. - southeast
sec. - second; secretary; section; sector; security * serv. servant
Se.Cl (relationship)Servant's Child
sep. - separated
serg. Sgt . - sergeant (military rank)
serv. - service; servant
sett. - settlers; settler
sev. - several
SEYM - South Eastern Yearly Meeting (Quaker)
Sf Step Father
Sfl Step Father-In-Law
Sgd Step Granddaughter
Sgs Step Grandson
Sgt, Serg. = Sergeant (military rank)
sh. - share; ship
Si Sister
sic - As written latin term signifying a copy reads exactly as the original; indicates a possible mistake in the original. Often used when the original word or phrase is, or appears to be, different from that which would normally be expected.
Si / sis - sister
SIG Special Interest Group
s-i-l / sil / Sl - son-in-law sister in law
sil / s-i-l / Sl - son-in-law sister in law
sin. - [Latin] sine; without
sis. / si - sister
Sl / sil / s-i-l - son-in-law sister in law
SLI Salt Lake Institute (of Genealogy)
Sm Step Mother
Sm - stepmother
sn. - [Latin] sine; without
s/o - son of
SO - Survivors' Originals
soc. - society; societies
SoG Society of Genealogists (United Kingdom)
soc.roots - a Usenet newsgroup for people interested in genealogy
SOUNDEX - A method of translating a name to a one letter code followed by three numerical digits. The aim of the translation is to render all names which sound alike (or sufficiently similar) to the same code.
SOWD - Special Order War Department (US Civil War)
s.p. - [Latin] sine prole; without offspring died without issue (from Latin: decessit sine prole)
s.p.l. - [Latin] sine prole legitima; without legitimate offspring
s.p.m. - [Latin] sine prole mascula; without male offspring
spell. - spelling; spelled
spr. - sponsor
sr. - senior
srnms. - surnames
Ss - stepson
SSDI social security death index
srnm. surname, last name.
St. saint; street.
Step Mother-In-Law Sml
Step Sister Ssi
Step Sister-In-Law Ssil
Step Son Ss
Ssl Step Son-In-Law
Su (occupation/relationship) Superintendent
SUE --- Son of UEL, 1st gen. only)
Suf - Suffix
Sun—(1) step-uncle (2) Sunday
sup. - supply; superior
supt. or Su - superintendant
surg. - surgeon
SUV - Sons of Union Veterans
SUVCW Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Sv—Sohn von (son of)
sw. - swear; sworn
SWA - Seriously Wounded in Action (military)
syl.- syllable

T. town township
T (dutch) trouwen marriage
TAG The American Genealogist (quarterly journal published since 1922)
tak. - taken
temp. - temporarily
Ten (relationship) Tenant
tent = tenant or tenement
terr. territory.
test. testament.
tho. - though
thot. - thought
thro. - through
TIB - Temple (Records) Index Bureau
TMG - The Master Genealogist (software)
TMS - Tiny Tafels Software genealogy program also Tafel Matching System
tn. - town; township
TNG - The Next Generation Sitebuilding (http://lythgoes.net/genealogy/software.php)
top. - topographical
Tot/Parals—Total Paralysis
Tp — (1) this parish (2) title page Township
t.p. - title page
t.p.m. - title page mutilated
t.p.w. - title page wanting
tr. - troop; translated; translation
tr. (dutch) trouwde marrietranscr. - transcribed
transfrd - transferred
transl. - translation
treas. - treasurer
TRIB - Temple Records Index Bureau
trigemini - triplets
TSSF - Third Order of St. Francis
TVA - Tennessee Valley Authority
TVC - Texas Veterans Commission
twn. - town
twp. - township, division of land
ty. - territory

UA (military) Survivor of the Union Army
U Uncle
UBCJA - United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America
uc - under care of (Quaker)
UCV - United Confederate Veterans
UDA - United Daughters of America
UDC - United Daughters of the Confederacy
UDC - United Daughters of the Confederacy
UE --- Unity of the Empire (for all proven descendants of UELs)
UEL --- United Empire Loyalist (Only for the original Loyalists)
UELAC United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada
UFT - Ultimate Family Tree (software)
U.K. - United Kingdom
Ul Uncle-In-Law
ult. - ultimo (Latin), of the preceding month
ultimo - the preceeding month
UN (military) Survivor of the Union Navy
unasgd. - unassigned
unc. - uncle
unit. - uniting; united
unk. - unknown
unm. unmarried.
unk. unknown.
UNKNOWN - Unkown data
unorg. - unorganized
upl - using profane language (Quaker)
USCG - United States Coast Guard
USCT - United States Colored Troops
USGenWeb (online collective providing genealogical resources via linked webpages)
USIGS - United States Internet Genealogical Society
USMC - United States Marine Corps USGW -
USN - United States Navy
USV - United States Volunteers (US Civil War)
USWPA - United States Works Progress Administration
uxor. wife, spouse, consort

v.a. - [Latin] vixit annos; (s)he lived (a certain number) years
var. - various; variation; variant
VC - Victoria Cross - highest award in the British Commonwealth for bravery in the face of the enemy
VE—Vagrancy Examination
VFW - Veterans of Foreign Wars
Vi (relationship) Visitor
vidua widow.
viduus widower.
VIP - Very Important Person
virgo used to describe an unmarried woman in English and European marriage * records.
Vis. or Visc. - Viscount; Viscountess
vit. - vital
viz. - [Latin] videlicet; namely
V.L. - Vulgar Latin
vols. - volunteers; volumes
v.p. vita patris (in the lifetime of the father)
v.r. - vital records
VRC - Veteran Reserve Corps (US Civil War)
vs. - versus
v.s. - vital statistics
VVI - Vermont Volunteer Infantry (US Civil War)

w. - wife; will; west; widow White Caucasian
W (race) White Caucasian
w. (dutch) wonend living
WAC - Women's Army Corp
w/c - with consent of
Wa (occupation) Warden
wag. - wagoner
Wai (occupation) Waitress
Ward (relationship) Ward
W.B. - Will Book
W.D. - War Department
w.d. - will dated
wd. - widow; ward
wdr = widower
wed. (dutch) weduwe widow
wedn.(dutch) weduwnaar widower
wf/o - wife of
wh. - who; which
wid. / wd - widow
wit. - witness
wk(s). - week(s)
Wkm - workman
wnt. - wants
w/o - wife of
W.O. - Warrant Officer Widow's Originals
WOTW - Woodmen Of The World
WOW - Woodmen Of The World
w.p. - will probated; will proved
WPA - Works Progress Administration
w/pwr - with power (Quaker)
WRC - Women's Relief Corps
WRHS - Western Reserve Historical Society
wrkd - worked
W.S. - Writer to the Signet
Wt (occupation) Waiterwf/o - wife of
wh. - who; which
wit. - witness
wk(s). - week(s)
Wkm - workman
wnt. - wants
w/o - wife of
W.O. - Warrant Officer Widow's Originals
w.p. - will probated; will proved
WPA - Works Progress Administration
WRHS - Western Reserve Historical Society
W.S. - Writer to the Signet
ww. - widow
ww/o - widow of
wwr. - widower
WW1 - World War One
WW2 - World War Two

X - a mark made by a person instead of a signature; Christ; Christian
x ch. - exchange
Xn. - Christian
Xnty. - Christianity
Xped. - Christened
Xr. - Christian
Xt. - Christ
Xtian. - Christian
Xty. - Christianity

y. - year
yd. - graveyard
YM - yearly meeting (Quaker)
yr. - year; younger; your

zn. (dutch) (v.) zoon (van) son (of)

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Sources for further reading and reference.

Concise Genealogical Dictionary, by Maurine & Glen Harris

1900 Federal Population Census, by the National Archives Trust Fund Board.

Abbreviations and Acronyms: A Guide for Family Historians A book by by Kip Sperry.

Colonial American English: A Glossary by Richard M. Lederer.

The Dictionary of Genealogy by Terrick H. Fitzhugh. An outstanding reference explaining terms and concepts used in UK genealogy.

Bouvier Law Dictionary A Law Dictionary Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America and of the Several States of the American Union, by John Bouvier, Revised Sixth Edition, 1856.

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